The Scenic Lawrence Brook - Plants (2)
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Herbaceous plants [invasives are indicated in red]

Moccasin flower (Cypripedium acaule)

 May apple
(Podophyllum peltatum)		 Halberdleaf rose mallow 1
(Hibiscus militaris)		 Halberdleaf rose mallow 2
(Hibiscus militaris)
Also named water willow Purple Loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria), an invasive plant. Striking red vertical flower, it cannot be missed
Swamp loosestrife
(Decodon verticillatus)		 Purple Loosestrife [invasive]
(Lythrum salicaria) 		Cardinal flower
(Lobelia cardinalis)		 Touch-me-not, jewelweed (Impatiens capensis)
Blue flag <br>(Iris virginica) Swamp milkweed (Asclepias incarnata) Milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) in the spring. Favorite plant of monarch butterflies  
Blue flag
(Iris virginica)		 Swamp milkweed
(Asclepias incarnata) 		Milkweed (Asclepias syriaca)  
Blue vervain (Verbena hastata) Common Cattail (Typha latifolia) Pokeweed or inkweed (Phytolacca americana). Its berries are toxic. In colonial times, the juice of its berries was used as ink.

Blue vervain
(Verbena hastata)

 Common Cattail
(Typha latifolia) 		Pokeweed (toxic)
(Phytolacca americana)		 Stinging nettle
(Urtica dioica)
Legume family. Leaves havemedicinal properties (laxative) Gold finches love their seeds arifolium = leaves like those of an arum
Wild senna
(Senna hebecarpa)		 Bull thistle
(Cirsium vulgare)
 Common reed [invasive]
(Phragmites australis)		 Halberdleaved tearthumb (Polygonum arifolium)
Was used for mats and to fill pillows. Common names: woolgrass, club-rush, bulrush, deergrass and grassweed. Also known as Stickseed. Seeds stick to clothing.   Evergreen leaves. Each berry comes from the fusion of 2 flowers and shows 2 "eyes."
Woolgrass
(Scirpus cyperinus)		 Beggar's Lice
(Hackelia virginiana)		  Stilt grass [invasive]
(Microstegium vimineum)		 Partidgeberry
(Mitchella repens)
Evergreen leaves. Endangered some states.
Spotted wintergreen
(Chimaphila maculata		 Spotted wintergreen [winter]
(Chimaphila maculata		 Pearly Everlasting
(Anaphalis margaritacea)		 Mugwort [invasive]
(Artemisia vulgaris)
Smartweed (Polygum sp.)    
(Polygonum sp.) (Polygonum sp.) Jap. knotweed [invasive]
 (Polygonum cuspidatum)		  
(syn. Fallopia japonica, Reynoutria japonica) invasive, difficut to readicate  
Jap. knotweed [invasive]
 (Polygonum cuspidatum)		 Jap. knotweed [invasive]
 (Polygonum cuspidatum)		 Garlic mustard [invasive](Alliaria petiolata)