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== Yarrow ==
*''Achillea millefolium''
*To 40 in. (1 m)
*Flowers are white to pink
*Leaves are fern like
<gallery widths="200px" heights="260px" perrow="3">
File:yarrow.jpg | Yarrow
</gallery>
== Pokeweed ==
*''Achillea millefolium''
*To 10 ft (3 m)
*Grows in fields and waste areas
*Berries are toxic when raw but cooked juice is edible. The seeds remain toxic after cooking.
*Berries were used for ink making
<gallery widths="200px" heights="260px" perrow="3">
File:pokeweed.jpg | Pokeweed
</gallery>
== Canada Mayflower ==
*''Maianthemum canadense''
*To 6 in (15 cm)
*Perennial
*Has 1 to 3 leaves
*Cluster of white flowers held above the leaves
*Berry fruit becomes red and translucent when ripe
<gallery widths="200px" heights="260px" perrow="3">
File:canada_mayflower.jpg | Canada Mayflower
</gallery>
== False Solomon Seal ==
*''Maianthemum racemosum''
*To 2 ft (60 cm)
*Perennial
*Leaves elongated and alternating
*Round fruit turns red when ripe
<gallery widths="200px" heights="260px" perrow="3">
File:false_solomon_seal.jpg | False Solomon Seal
</gallery>
== Daisy Fleabane ==
*''Erigeron strigosus''
*To 5 ft (1.5 m)
*May be annual or biennial
*Name derived from the belief that the dried plants repelled fleas
*Flowers are white, pink or lavender and have yellow disk
<gallery widths="200px" heights="260px" perrow="3">
File:daisy_fleabane.jpg | Daisy Fleabane
</gallery>
== Stinging Nettle ==
*''Urtica dioica''
*To 4 ft (1.2 m)
*Touching plant hairs produces burning sensation
<gallery widths="200px" heights="260px" perrow="3">
File:stinging_nettle.jpg | Stinging Nettle
</gallery>
== Jack in the Pulpit ==
*''Arisaema triphyllum''
*To 3 ft (90 cm)
*Herbaceous perennial plant
*Curving hood ("Pulpit") covers over fingerlike central stem ("Jack")
<gallery widths="200px" heights="260px" perrow="3">
File:jack_in_the_pulpit.jpg | Jack in the Pulpit
</gallery>
== Starflower ==
*''Trientalis borealis''
*To 8 in (20 cm)
*Perennial
<gallery widths="200px" heights="260px" perrow="3">
File:starflower.jpg | Starflower
</gallery>
== Goldenrod ==
*''Solidago'' genus
*To 5 ft (1.5 m)
*Perennial
*Large clusters of small yellow flowers that appear from the end of summer until frost
*Grows in open meadows, on the side of the road, in garbage areas
*Produces golden yellow dye
<gallery widths="200px" heights="260px" perrow="3">
File:goldenrod.jpg | Goldenrod
File:goldenrod_flower.jpg | Goldenrod Flower
</gallery>
== New England Aster ==
*''Symphyotrichum novae-angliae'' (formerly ''Aster novae-angliae'')
*To 7 ft (2.1 m)
*Perennial
*Gold disk florets at tip of stems, surrounded by 30 or more ray florets that are purple, lavender, or light pink
*Long leaves alternating along central stem and side branches which are covered with short white hairs
<gallery widths="200px" heights="260px" perrow="3">
File:new_england_aster.jpg | New England Aster
</gallery>
== Bracken Fern ==
*''Pteridium aquilinum''
*To 5 ft (1.5 m)
*Perennial
*Instead of leaves, ferns have what are called fronds, subdivided in leaflets with small pinnae.
*Bracken fronds are shaped like triangles
*Grows in large colonies
<gallery widths="200px" heights="260px" perrow="3">
File:bracken_fern.jpg | Bracken Fern
</gallery>
== Cinnamon Fern ==
*''Osmundastrum cinnamomeum''
*To 3 ft (90 cm)
*Likes moist and marshy soil
*Spreads by spores made on smaller cinnamon-colored frods
<gallery widths="200px" heights="260px" perrow="3">
File:cinnamon_fern.jpg | Cinnamon Fern
</gallery>
== Common Milkweed ==
*''Asclepias syriaca''
*To 6 ft (1.8 m)
*Stem and leaves produce a white latex when broken
<gallery widths="200px" heights="260px" perrow="3">
File:common_milkweed.jpg | Common Milkweed
</gallery>
== Joe-Pye Weed ==
*''Eutrochium'' genus
*To 7 ft (2.1 m)
*Occurs naturally in moist and very wet soils, but also tolerates garden soil that is not too dry
*Was used by New England healer Joe Pye to treat a variety of ailments, therefore the name
<gallery widths="200px" heights="260px" perrow="3">
File:joe_pye_weed.jpg | Joe-Pye Weed
</gallery>
== Jewelweed ==
*''Impatiens capensis''
*To 5 ft (1.5 m)
*Juice from stems can be used as rubbing treatment for skin that had poison ivy contact
<gallery widths="200px" heights="260px" perrow="3">
File:jewelweed.jpg | Jewelweed
</gallery>
== Skunk Cabbage ==
*''Symplocarpus foetidus''
*To 2 ft (60 cm)
*Huge leaves rise directly from ground
*Foul smelling flower attracts insects
*Prefers wetlands, river banks
<gallery widths="200px" heights="260px" perrow="3">
File:skunk_cabbage.jpg | Skunk Cabbage Flowers
File:skunk_cabbage_leaves.jpg | Skunk Cabbage Leaves
</gallery>
== Cattail ==
*''Typha latifolia''
*To 10 ft (3 m)
*Wetland plant
<gallery widths="200px" heights="260px" perrow="3">
File:cattail.jpg | Cattail
</gallery>


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Yarrow

  • Achillea millefolium
  • To 40 in. (1 m)
  • Flowers are white to pink
  • Leaves are fern like

  • Yarrow

Pokeweed

  • Achillea millefolium
  • To 10 ft (3 m)
  • Grows in fields and waste areas
  • Berries are toxic when raw but cooked juice is edible. The seeds remain toxic after cooking.
  • Berries were used for ink making

  • Pokeweed

Canada Mayflower

  • Maianthemum canadense
  • To 6 in (15 cm)
  • Perennial
  • Has 1 to 3 leaves
  • Cluster of white flowers held above the leaves
  • Berry fruit becomes red and translucent when ripe

  • Canada Mayflower

False Solomon Seal

  • Maianthemum racemosum
  • To 2 ft (60 cm)
  • Perennial
  • Leaves elongated and alternating
  • Round fruit turns red when ripe

  • False Solomon Seal

Daisy Fleabane

  • Erigeron strigosus
  • To 5 ft (1.5 m)
  • May be annual or biennial
  • Name derived from the belief that the dried plants repelled fleas
  • Flowers are white, pink or lavender and have yellow disk

  • Daisy Fleabane

Stinging Nettle

  • Urtica dioica
  • To 4 ft (1.2 m)
  • Touching plant hairs produces burning sensation

  • Stinging Nettle

Jack in the Pulpit

  • Arisaema triphyllum
  • To 3 ft (90 cm)
  • Herbaceous perennial plant
  • Curving hood ("Pulpit") covers over fingerlike central stem ("Jack")

  • Jack in the Pulpit

Starflower

  • Trientalis borealis
  • To 8 in (20 cm)
  • Perennial

  • Starflower

Goldenrod

  • Solidago genus
  • To 5 ft (1.5 m)
  • Perennial
  • Large clusters of small yellow flowers that appear from the end of summer until frost
  • Grows in open meadows, on the side of the road, in garbage areas
  • Produces golden yellow dye

  • Goldenrod

  • Goldenrod Flower

New England Aster

  • Symphyotrichum novae-angliae (formerly Aster novae-angliae)
  • To 7 ft (2.1 m)
  • Perennial
  • Gold disk florets at tip of stems, surrounded by 30 or more ray florets that are purple, lavender, or light pink
  • Long leaves alternating along central stem and side branches which are covered with short white hairs

  • New England Aster

Bracken Fern

  • Pteridium aquilinum
  • To 5 ft (1.5 m)
  • Perennial
  • Instead of leaves, ferns have what are called fronds, subdivided in leaflets with small pinnae.
  • Bracken fronds are shaped like triangles
  • Grows in large colonies

  • Bracken Fern

Cinnamon Fern

  • Osmundastrum cinnamomeum
  • To 3 ft (90 cm)
  • Likes moist and marshy soil
  • Spreads by spores made on smaller cinnamon-colored frods

  • Cinnamon Fern

Common Milkweed

  • Asclepias syriaca
  • To 6 ft (1.8 m)
  • Stem and leaves produce a white latex when broken

  • Common Milkweed

Joe-Pye Weed

  • Eutrochium genus
  • To 7 ft (2.1 m)
  • Occurs naturally in moist and very wet soils, but also tolerates garden soil that is not too dry
  • Was used by New England healer Joe Pye to treat a variety of ailments, therefore the name

  • Joe-Pye Weed

Jewelweed

  • Impatiens capensis
  • To 5 ft (1.5 m)
  • Juice from stems can be used as rubbing treatment for skin that had poison ivy contact

  • Jewelweed

Skunk Cabbage

  • Symplocarpus foetidus
  • To 2 ft (60 cm)
  • Huge leaves rise directly from ground
  • Foul smelling flower attracts insects
  • Prefers wetlands, river banks

  • Skunk Cabbage Flowers

  • Skunk Cabbage Leaves

Cattail

  • Typha latifolia
  • To 10 ft (3 m)
  • Wetland plant

  • Cattail

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