bittersweet nightshade

Bittersweet Nightshade

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Bittersweet Nightshade Solanum dulcamara Other names: bittersweet, bittersweet nightshade, bitter nightshade, blue bindweed, Amara Dulcis, climbing nightshade, fellenwort, felonwood, poisonberry, poisonflower, scarlet berry, snakeberry, trailing bittersweet, trailing nightshade, violet bloom, or woody nightshade Family: Solanaceae (Nightshade Family) Range: It grows in all types of terrain with a preference for wetlands and the understory of riparian […]

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beach pea

Beach Pea

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Beach Pea Lathyrus japonicus Other names: Sea Pea, Circumpolar Pea, Sea Vetchling Family: Fabaceae Range: Native to temperate coastal areas of Asia, Europe, and North and South America. Native: Native Native Habitat: Sand and gravel beaches Bloom Time: June to August Notes: The flowers are purple, and turn bluer as they age. The native range

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Canada mayflower

Canada Mayflower

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Canada Mayflower Maianthemum canadense Other names:  Canadian may-lily, Canada mayflower, false lily-of-the-valley, Canadian lily-of-the-valley, wild lily-of-the-valley, Two-leaved Solomonseal Family: Ruscaceae (Butcher’s Broom Family) Range: From the Yukon and British Columbia east to Newfoundland and south to Nebraska and Pennsylvania, and also in the Appalachian Mountains to northern Georgia. Native: Native Native Habitat: Forest understory plant

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bluet

Bluet

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Bluet Houstonia caerulea Other names: Little bluet, Azure bluet, Quaker Ladies, Innocence Family: Rubiaceae (Madder Family) Range: Native to Eastern Canada (Ontario to Newfoundland), and the eastern US (Maine to Wisconsin, south to FL and LA, and scattered in OK.) Native Native Habitat: It thrives in moist acidic soils in shady areas, growing especially well

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common soapwort

Common Soapwort

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Common Soapwort   Saponaria officinalis   Other names: Bouncing Bet, crow soap, wild sweet William, soapweed, Latherwort, Lady’s-wash Bowl, Old Maid’s-pink, Fuller’s Herb, London Pride   Family: Caryophyllaceae (Carnation Family)   Range: Across the US.   Native: Introduced   Native Habitat: Saponaria officinalis’s native range extends throughout Europe, and in Asia till western Siberia. It

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Yarrow

Yarrow

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Yarrow   Achillea millefolium   Other names: Common Yarrow, plumajillo, gordaldo, nosebleed plant, old man’s pepper, devil’s nettle, sanguinary, milfoil, soldier’s woundwort, thousand-leaf, thousand-seal, arrowroot, bad man’s plaything, bloodwort, carpenter’s weed, death flower, eerie, field hops, gearwe, hundred leaved grass, knight’s milefoil, knyghten, milefolium, millefoil, noble yarrow, old man’s mustard, seven year’s love, snake’s grass,

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spotted jewelweed

Spotted Jewelweed

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Spotted Jewelweed Impatiens capensisOther names: orange jewelweed, spotted touch-me-not, orange balsamFamily: Balsaminaceae (Balsam family)Range: Saskatchewan to Newfoundland; south to Georgia; west to Oklahoma; north to Missouri.Native: NativeNative Habitat: Shaded wetlands. Bloom Time: July to October Notes: This family has only two genera: Impatiens (more than a thousand species) and Hydrocera (1 species).     What

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