Author Topic: Weeds from the back yard..... Round 2: MORE from the woodlot this time. (Read 2625 times)

SwampDonkey · « **on:** June 30, 2007, 08:46:42 pm »

Plant # 1

What ya think?

Jeff · « **Reply #1 on:** June 30, 2007, 10:50:09 pm »

About what?

Furby · « **Reply #2 on:** June 30, 2007, 10:52:16 pm »

SD's weed.

SwampDonkey · « **Reply #3 on:** July 01, 2007, 05:25:50 am »

No guesses as to it's identification? $:-\$

Timburr · « **Reply #4 on:** July 01, 2007, 07:01:20 am »

Ok, let's start the ball rolling. It's definately a member of the Caryophyllaceae (pink / campion / stitchwort) family. More specifically, I'm going to be brave and stick my neck out and guess, is it a Silene vulgaris??

Texas Ranger · « **Reply #5 on:** July 01, 2007, 09:22:46 am »

Oh, just plain old vulgar.

SwampDonkey · « **Reply #6 on:** July 01, 2007, 10:15:45 am »

Same genus Timburr, but it's a Bladder Campion S. cucubalus

SwampDonkey · « **Reply #7 on:** July 01, 2007, 10:23:04 am »

Plant # 2

What's this one? I have a local common name, but I don't know the latin. Maybe we can figure it out. It grows in thick duff on wetlands that firm up in summer months. Cursed seeds cling to your clothes.

metalspinner · « **Reply #8 on:** July 01, 2007, 10:25:51 am »

SD,
You sure have some pretty weeds up there.

SwampDonkey · « **Reply #9 on:** July 01, 2007, 10:32:58 am »

Plant # 3

There are a couple common names that I know for this one.

PawNature · « **Reply #10 on:** July 01, 2007, 10:33:58 am »

Yep, looks like weeds to me.

SwampDonkey · « **Reply #11 on:** July 01, 2007, 10:40:25 am »

Plant # 4

Another wetland flower

SwampDonkey · « **Reply #12 on:** July 01, 2007, 10:43:53 am »

Plant # 5

Flower is pea-like, found on disturbed ground like abandoned log landings.

Timburr · « **Reply #13 on:** July 01, 2007, 11:48:23 am »

SwampDonkey, what you just said was what I first thought, so...

Plant # 1, Silene cucubalus.

# 2, Geum rivale. We call it Water Avens, but I don't suppose you do!

# 3, family Asteraceae. Possibly a Hieracium or a Crepis _{or not}. Hawkweed or Hawk's Beard??

# 4. A weed, which seems to be the general concensus here. Although I do have an incline.

# 5. Looks suspiciously like a Bird's Foot Trefoil (Lotus corniculatus).

Edit note; Silene cucubalus and S.vulgaris are the same plant. We are both correct!

SwampDonkey · « **Reply #14 on:** July 01, 2007, 04:27:01 pm »

#1 yes, we used to pinch the end of the bladder and remove it from the plant, then make a popping noise when poked against something solid. What kids will do.

#2 yes, we call it begger's tic here. The seeds (tics) attach to your clothes and probably bad in sheep's wool. Thanks for the latin name. It wasn't in Audubon's, although one website said it was and gives a plate photo number, but it isn't it. Maybe there is a more up to date guidebook.

#3 yes, we call it devil's paint brush locally.

#5 yes, I had to give it a second glance. It is very much like another plant, even the leaves. Non native here.

Any guesses on # 4?

Jeff · « **Reply #15 on:** July 01, 2007, 05:02:15 pm »

Here is an example of number 5 from my property.

Jeff · « **Reply #16 on:** July 01, 2007, 05:08:16 pm »

And also an example of 3. Swamp, it looks like we have a lot of the same type of plants.

SwampDonkey · « **Reply #17 on:** July 01, 2007, 05:16:49 pm »

Got any open meadow on some old harvested cedar ground? Not with heavy grasses, but low herb? You'll probably find those 'water avens' (beggars tics). The old seed heads might be around with seeds to catch into your clothes. The stems are fine like wire and they are 2 or 3 feet high. I never new such a cursed plant could have such nice colorful flowers. Plant #2.

Jeff · « **Reply #18 on:** July 01, 2007, 05:28:25 pm »

It looks familiar. I'll keep my eyes open for it.

Is this perhaps your number 4?

sprucebunny · « **Reply #19 on:** July 01, 2007, 06:20:43 pm »

#3 We call it Indian paint brush . It has both seeds AND runners.

SwampDonkey · « **Reply #20 on:** July 01, 2007, 09:32:02 pm »

Jeff, by the looks of the basal leaves on yours, it looks like a buttercup. Mine has pointed leaves at tip and base, and are linear. It grows in wetland meadows with number 2. You might also find dwarf raspberry and currants.

SwampDonkey · « **Reply #21 on:** July 01, 2007, 09:39:26 pm »

Quote from: sprucebunny on July 01, 2007, 06:20:43 pm

#3 We call it Indian paint brush . It has both seeds AND runners.

There is a shallow spot on my lawn overlaying some shale and it's mostly this plant and some wild strawberries.

Reminds me, I saw some wild strawberry out in the woods as big as the end of your pinky finger. I like them, but since I had a mixing bowl full of cultivated ones and my father is picking them in his garden daily, I never picked any. The deer flies didn't keep me moving along either, or nothing.

SwampDonkey · « **Reply #22 on:** July 15, 2007, 07:23:52 am »

Round # 2 : Woodland Flowers

Plant #1

This is often dried and used in flower arrangements. It has a sweet smell when crushed.

Plant #2

Plant #3

SwampDonkey · « **Reply #23 on:** July 15, 2007, 07:28:10 am »

Plant #4

Plant #5

Don't know this one, but Jacob's ladder might be a clue.

Plant #6

SwampDonkey · « **Reply #24 on:** July 15, 2007, 07:31:02 am »

Plant #7

Plant #8

Plant #9

SwampDonkey · « **Reply #25 on:** July 17, 2007, 08:15:04 pm »

OK, # 7 is a member of the buckwheat family. No, not from the little rascals.

and # 9 is a tree.

and # 4 is associated with wild fires.

I still don't know # 5, but I think I'm close.

Dodgy Loner · « **Reply #26 on:** July 18, 2007, 12:07:32 am »

Me and herbaceous plants go together like nuts and bubblegum $:-\$ . You're going to cause me to hit the books tomorrow, SD. I'll go ahead and give a couple of them a shot, though:

#8 - nutsedge

#9 - mountain-ash

SwampDonkey · « **Reply #27 on:** July 18, 2007, 05:51:20 am »

# 8 is not a sedge (no edges) The flower heads have not elongated yet. Your in the ball park. Won't expect the 'exact species' just the genus.

#9 Hmmmm here is a flower.

Dodgy Loner · « **Reply #28 on:** July 18, 2007, 01:57:33 pm »

#9 Juglans nigra - I simply must protest the title, "Woodland flowers", though

.

SwampDonkey · « **Reply #29 on:** July 18, 2007, 02:45:17 pm »

Quote from: Dodgy Loner on July 18, 2007, 01:57:33 pm

I simply must protest the title, "Woodland flowers", though .

They are, they are growing on my woodlands.

#9 ball park, but nope.

Dodgy Loner · « **Reply #30 on:** July 18, 2007, 04:02:59 pm »

#9 Juglans cinera, or else I quit. Don't try to tell me that ain't a walnut flower in your picture!

SwampDonkey · « **Reply #31 on:** July 18, 2007, 04:07:40 pm »

Don't throw in the towel yet.

It's a butternut flower.

#3 is very common along streams and beaver dams. Its a tall plant.

#4 is very common in the north. I'll give that one to ya. It's fireweed Epilobium augustifolium. Can't believe no one knows that one.

Dodgy Loner · « **Reply #32 on:** July 18, 2007, 04:09:36 pm »

#6 Tall thimbleweed (Anemone virginiana)

Dodgy Loner · « **Reply #33 on:** July 18, 2007, 04:10:53 pm »

Quote from: SwampDonkey on July 18, 2007, 04:07:40 pm

It's a butternut flower.

Don't worry, butternut (aka white walnut) is still a walnut, you I guess I'll let you off the hook

Quote from: SwampDonkey on July 18, 2007, 04:07:40 pm

Don't throw in the towel yet.
#4 is very common in the north. I'll give that one to ya. It's fireweed Epilobium augustifolium. Can't believe no one knows that one.

Know what's not very common up north? Me!

SwampDonkey · « **Reply #34 on:** July 18, 2007, 04:12:10 pm »

Quote from: Dodgy Loner on July 18, 2007, 04:09:36 pm

#6 Tall thimbleweed (Anemone virginiana)

roger dodger

Dodgy Loner · « **Reply #35 on:** July 18, 2007, 04:26:19 pm »

#7 curly dock (Rumex crispus), or at least some kind of dock

SwampDonkey · « **Reply #36 on:** July 18, 2007, 04:29:43 pm »

Quote from: Dodgy Loner on July 18, 2007, 04:10:53 pm

Know what's not very common up north? Me!

Thank goodness for the snow line.

Possitory on # 7. Keep'm come'n

Dodgy Loner · « **Reply #37 on:** July 18, 2007, 04:49:53 pm »

Is #8 a Juncus sp.?

Dodgy Loner · « **Reply #38 on:** July 18, 2007, 05:02:30 pm »

#3 Tall meadow rue (Thalictrum polyganum)

SwampDonkey · « **Reply #39 on:** July 18, 2007, 06:02:37 pm »

Quote from: Dodgy Loner on July 18, 2007, 04:49:53 pm

Is #8 a Juncus sp.?

Positively

Juncus effusus soft rush

Quote from: Dodgy Loner on July 18, 2007, 05:02:30 pm

#3 Tall meadow rue (Thalictrum polyganum)

Yup on #3

Timburr · « **Reply #40 on:** July 18, 2007, 07:06:11 pm »

SD, are you positively smiley about #8? Our Juncus effusus look strikingly different to yours

The Juncus family have round section, hollow stems and leaves. Yours seem to have blade type leaves, suggesting a member of the Cyperaceae familyu.

On a different note, you've got us totally bamboozled on round 1, #4. I thought I had it, but the more I look, the more the confusion. Can not even determine the family. Is it a Brassicaceae and how many stamens does it have

SwampDonkey · « **Reply #41 on:** July 19, 2007, 05:02:57 am »

Quote from: Timburr on July 18, 2007, 07:06:11 pm

SD, are you positively smiley about #8? Our Juncus effusus look strikingly different to yours The Juncus family have round section, hollow stems and leaves. Yours seem to have blade type leaves, suggesting a member of the Cyperaceae familyu.

Yes it's Juncus, the flower heads have not elongated yet. It is as you described. It's growing in a wet trail, heavily traveled by moose.

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On a different note, you've got us totally bamboozled on round 1, #4. I thought I had it, but the more I look, the more the confusion. Can not even determine the family. Is it a Brassicaceae and how many stamens does it have

Onagraceae Evening primrose family. Same family as fireweed in round two.

Timburr · « **Reply #42 on:** July 20, 2007, 07:41:34 pm »

D'oh. Onagraceae. Of course it is.

Our glades are currently ablaze with fireweed!

SwampDonkey · « **Reply #43 on:** July 20, 2007, 08:05:11 pm »

Funny how some people will scoff at fireweed and plant that dang lupen in the yard. Don't look any better to me.

I always said, we plant other people's weeds and overlook our own.

Paul_H · « **Reply #44 on:** July 20, 2007, 08:14:59 pm »

#1-Pearly Everlasting (?)

SwampDonkey · « **Reply #45 on:** July 20, 2007, 09:04:27 pm »

Yup

SwampDonkey · « **Reply #46 on:** August 05, 2007, 10:02:55 am »

Was out for a stroll this morning. Walked into a sensitive area with overstory aspen. Many herbs include purple trillium (very big leaves), jewel weed, rattlesnake root and sarsaparilla.

What I found is this orchid, which as similar leaves as the yellow lady slipper, but with many small orchid-like flowers on a terminal spike. I tried like the dickens to get a well focused flower, but I was running low on battery power. I saw at least 40 plants in the area and the dominant ones were probably 16 inches tall.

Can't find it in Audubon. I'm thinking it's uncommon, maybe rare? I am busy doing a search on SARA and other sites.

SwampDonkey · « **Reply #47 on:** August 05, 2007, 11:05:24 am »

I think I ID'ed it. It appears to be non native. Although, I have no idea how it would get into my woods, closest house is 1 mile away.

http://www.wildflowersofontario.ca/helleborine.html

Aroostooksawyer · « **Reply #48 on:** August 05, 2007, 01:46:17 pm »

Looks like False helleborine an alien.Quite common even in deep woods over on this side of the border.

SwampDonkey · « **Reply #49 on:** August 05, 2007, 02:23:28 pm »

Thanks Aroostooksawyer, for helping to confirm it.

How has it spread so? Gee, it's a nice little flower but leaves one wondering how this stuff spreads.

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Author Topic: Weeds from the back yard..... Round 2: MORE from the woodlot this time. (Read 2625 times)