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Regents Biology
Mrs. Kilmartin
Common Plants of Shenendehowa Field

Common Name	Scientific Name	Description	Reference
Yarrow	Achilea millefolium	leaves fern-like, white flowers in June, leaves feathery and aromatic	Newcombs p. 220
Round-Headed Bush Clover	Lespedeza capitata	green pom-pom like flowers, leaves in groups of 3	Peterson p. 80 Newcombs p.
Black Eyed Susan	Rudbeckia serotina	black center, yellow petals, stem hairy and grayish	Newcombs p. 374
Common Milkweed	Asclepias syriaca	large seed pods, stem produces milk when broken, 3 ft tall, pink flowers in summer	Newcombs p 264
Dewberry	Rubus flagellaris	vine, prickly stem, 3 leaves in a cluster, white flowers in spring, red/black berries in summer	Newcombs p. 330
Leafy Spurge	Euphorbia esula	pale green/yellow, 8-36", narrow leaves, green cup-like flowers	Newcombs p. 408
Butterfly Weed	Asclepias tuberosa	small, long pods present in Fall, leaves lance shaped, hairy stem, orange flowers in summer, milkweed family	Newcombs p. 188
Wild Lupine	Lupinus perennis	blue cone-like flower in June, many dark gray seed pods in Fall, leaves with 7-10 leaflets	Newcombs p 66
Rabbbit-Foot Clover	Trifolium arvense	grayish/pink flowers, oblong, furry, leaves narrow and hairy 4-10"	Newcombs. p. 60
Sand Jointweed	Polygonella articulata	Tiny white/pink flowers, stem jointed with threadlike leaves, pink "stripes" on parts of stem	Newcombs p. 172
Common Cinquefoil	Potentilla simplex	grows on ground, connected by runners, tiny yellow flowers in May, leaves in clusters of 5, toothed	Peterson p. 134
Spotted Knapweed	Centaurea maculosa	pink or purple flowers in thistle-like heads, base of flowers covered by flat, blackish bracts, 1-3' tall, leaves divided into sections	Peterson p. 134 Newcombs p. 234
Queen Anne's Lace (Wild Carrot)	Daucus carota	white lacy, umbrella -like flowers, flowers closed in Fall	Peterson, p 48
Goldenrod	Solidago	yellow flowers, stem leaves decrease in size upwards	Newcombs p. 446-448
Common Ragweed	Ambrosia artemesiifolia	upside down cup like greenish flowers, deeply toothed leaves, plant 10-30"	Peterson p. 374
Pepperweed	Lipidium virginicum	deeply toothed leaves	Peterson p. 82
Bladder Campion	Silene cucubalus	white flowers, swollen puffy calyx,flower petals notched	Peterson p. 34
horseweed	Erigeron canadensis	green flower heads with insignificant white rays,	Peterson 88, 376
Fleabane (white flowers)	Erigeron strigosus	small white daisy like flowers with yellow center	Golden Guide "Weeds" p. 126
Hoary Alyssum	Berteroa incana	many small white flowers in clusters at ends of stems, numerous small flat round seed pods in fall, brown seed, small white flowers, pale down on leaves and stems	Newcombs p 130
Little Blue Stem	Andropogon scoparius	stem blue in Spring, white fuzzy flowers, wiry branches	Grasses p. 130
Purple Love Grass	Eragrostis spectabilis	purple color, flat flowers cluster, turns tan, floats around after flowering	Grasses p. 168
Quaking Aspen (Trembling	Populus tremuloides	leaves 1-3" long, short pointed, rounded at base, finely toothed, shiny green above & dull green beneathbark whitish & smooth, grows in sandy soil	Peterson Trees p. Nat Audubon Trees p. 326
Red Oak	Quercus Rubra	young leaves reddish in Sept, adult leaves lobed with points, 4 -9" long	Peterson Trees