11/20/13
Today I went to the lake to make a collection from the naturalized population of Cotoneaster down by the lake. While doing that, I photographed some other plants in the area.
Later, I went to a woods just inland to check on the status of a particular listed plant. It was not detectable at present, but that may be due to the season. I did find many other interesting woodland and swamp plants. Unfortunately, run-off from a nearby project has deposited mud over many of the best parts of the swamp and the margins of the meandering woodland stream that drains it. DNR was informed.
Observations
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Gray's Sedge (Carex grayi)Observer
dlcarterksuDescription
Perigynia radiate rather than ascend. These plants are in alluvial woods.
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Eastern Avens (Geum aleppicum)Observer
dlcarterksuDescription
It keys here because of the pilose receptacle, but let me know, if you disagree. I always worry about confusing this with laciniatum.
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Clustered Sanicle (Sanicula odorata)Observer
dlcarterksuDescription
Maybe I'm kidding myself in thinking I still see a long style on the top fruit in the second picture.
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Ontario Aster (Symphyotrichum ontarionis)Observer
dlcarterksuDescription
This looks much like laterifloris, but it creeps by long rhizomes.
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Eastern Skunk Cabbage (Symplocarpus foetidus)Observer
dlcarterksuDescription
The fields to the east are being developed, so all of this sediment washed down into the swamp during a big rain on Saturday.
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Golden Ragwort (Packera aurea)Observer
dlcarterksuDescription
I may be totally wrong. I am not sure what else these would be. This was a swampy spot in an old stream meander.
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False Rue Anemone (Enemion biternatum)Observer
dlcarterksuDescription
"Enemion" is a cruel name for a false Anemone!
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Cuckooflower (Cardamine pratensis)Observer
dlcarterksuDescription
There were three OTHER Cardamine spp. from prior inventories, but this didn't seem right for any of those...hopefully not C. pensylvanica.
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Palm Sedge (Carex muskingumensis)Observer
dlcarterksuDescription
New county record!
Check that. I crossed the county line into Racine Count, so second county record! I will have to follow the river back into Milwaukee County to get a record there.
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Bristly Buttercup (Ranunculus hispidus)Observer
dlcarterksuDescription
growing throughout swampy area... Older, dead stems are bristly.
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Meadow Willow (Salix petiolaris)Observer
dlcarterksuDescription
S. interior is not relatively more whitened below vs. above
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Alpine Rush (Juncus alpinoarticulatus)Observer
dlcarterksuDescription
This one keyed easy. Blades were terete and septate, and the inflorescences were only about 1/9 the height of each plant.
http://wisplants.uwsp.edu/juncuskey.html
Plants were growing in a small seep.
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Torrey's Rush (Juncus torreyi)Observer
dlcarterksuDescription
Heads 0.8-1.3mm, auricles were 2mm
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