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What

Prairie Wedge Grass (Sphenopholis obtusata)

Observer

wernerehl

Date

July 2023

Description

In dense vegetation in full sun on a rocky slope, plants were declining but stiff and straight and had lost most of their seeds. This was found a couple weeks ago by Brett Trowbridge who shared the location with me. Massachusetts Natural Heritage should have probably been tracking this but we haven't been. It was listed as state historic in Cullina et al. 2011, (the county checklist) but there are 6 herbarium records since 2001 which could be checked. It's quite rare in New England though common further west and south. In fact this is the first iNat observation in New England. The strongly cup shaped tip of the upper glume is a dead giveaway for this. For more good photos, see Minnesota Wildflowers page on this.

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What

Carolina Crane's-Bill (Geranium carolinianum)

Observer

threepogonias

Date

June 2023

Description

traprock glade

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What

Northern Cranesbill (Geranium bicknellii)

Observer

threepogonias

Date

June 2023

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What

White-tubed Colicroot (Aletris farinosa)

Observer

threepogonias

Date

May 11, 2023 10:19 AM EDT

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What

Cypress Clubmoss (Diphasiastrum tristachyum)

Observer

amymaria

Date

November 5, 2022 11:50 AM EDT

Place

Nantucket (Google, OSM)

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What

Canadian Lousewort (Pedicularis canadensis)

Observer

bengouletscott

Date

May 10, 2021 02:28 PM EDT

Place

Nantucket (Google, OSM)

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What

Mudmat (Glossostigma cleistanthum)

Observer

wernerehl

Date

August 2022

Description

on a muddy part of an otherwise clean pondshore. This is a non-native invasive species not well documented yet in New England. The last shot is not in focus. Had to grab it from a video. But is shows what it looks like from a distance.

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What

Checkered Rattlesnake Plantain (Goodyera tesselata)

Observer

karro_frost

Description

Near a stream, very small (that's moss near it)

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What

Turk's-cap Lily (Lilium superbum)

Observer

eileenrudden

Date

August 4, 2020 08:53 AM EDT

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What

Eastern Blue-eyed Grass (Sisyrinchium atlanticum)

Observer

chasemathey

Date

May 27, 2021 01:23 PM EDT

Description

White morph!

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What

Knotroot Bristlegrass (Setaria parviflora)

Observer

mcharpentier

Date

October 2022

Description

5 individuals observed adjacent the beach and nearby a saltmarsh. Knotty rhizomes and the axis of the inflorescence scabrous hispid.

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What

Tall Beakrush (Rhynchospora macrostachya)

Observer

wernerehl

Date

October 2022

Description

At least a thousand plants around the edge. Shallow acidic coastal plain pond in Town of Plymouth near commercial cranberry bogs.

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What

Netted Nutrush (Scleria reticularis)

Observer

wernerehl

Date

October 2022

Description

This is the first time iNat observation of this species in New England and New York. It's another coastal plain pond specialist. It's endangered in Connecticut and New Hampshire, threatened in Rhode Island, and does not occur in Maine. Thanks to the abundance of coastal plain ponds in Massachusetts it is only watch listed here and is common around some ponds, so not this one. I only found it in one location. In a shallow acidic coastal plain pond in Town of Plymouth near commercial cranberry bogs.

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What

Blunt-lobed Grapefern (Sceptridium oneidense)

Observer

threepogonias

Date

October 2022

Photos / Sounds

Observer

lauracoffin

Date

August 8, 2021 11:08 AM UTC

Description

Perhaps similar to ghost pipe.