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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
Yellow Columbine
- Aquilegia flavescens
- 20-70cm
- Leaf: Basal
- Plant Observed last week of May thru 1st week of September
Yellow Columbine
