The Scenic Lawrence Brook - Plants (4)  
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Ferns  and  Others

invasives
- All  pictures have been taken along  the  Lawrence Brook

Vines [invasive are indicated in red]
Convolvulus arvensis (Field Bindweed) native to Eurasia Also named potato bean, Indian potato, it belongs to the legume family. Was an important American Indian food. Now developped for domestication. native to temperate areas of Asia. Invasive (crowds out native species); syn. Chinese tearthumb
Field Bindweed
(Convolvulus arvensis)		 Groundnut
(Apios americana)		 Porcelain berry[inv.]
(Ampelopsis brevipedunculata)		 Mile-a-minute [invasive]
(Persicaria perfoliata)
Also know as bittersweet, climbing nightshade, poisonberry and poisonflower Also named "Oriental Staff Vine",Oriental Bittersweet, Japanese Bittersweet or Asiatic Bittersweet  
Nightshade (toxic)
(Solanum dulcamara)		 Bittersweet [invasive]
(Celastrus orbiculatus). 		 
  Here, on the ground, the largest leaves of poison ivy I have ever seen (15 inches long) Ravine totally invaded by English ivy (near Westoms Mill Pond)
Jap. honeysuckle[invasive]
(Lonicera japonica)		 Poison ivy -1 (Toxicodendron radicans) English  Ivy [invasive]
(Hedera helix)
The vampire of the plant world Can climb 100 ft high
Dodder
(Cuscuta sp.)		 Fox grape (Vitis labrusca)