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| Hello all,
I moved into a new house this spring. We have a small woods/shade garden full of great natives (trillium, ferns, bloodroot, trout lily, dogwood) and some nice trees including a huge magnolia, red oak, solver maple, black cherry, mulberry etc. The woods and yard were somewhat neglected over the past ten years so I also have some invasives including first year garlic mustard, buckthorn and nightshade. I am slowly getting rid of stuff but would like help IDing a few things. These are up right now and I'm not sure what they are:
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| 1. Japanese knotweed 2. commelina communis 3. weed...not sure of name 4. looks familiar...a keeper, I think, but I'm blanking. |
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- Posted by misterpatrick none (My Page) on Sat, Aug 6, 11 at 19:45
| Great work! I can usually figure natives out, but I have a hard time with invasives. if you think of that last one let me know. Here's the flowers I've ID'd in the woods so far, at least what I can remember: Erythronium albidum (White Trout Lily) There used to be some Lady Slipper's according to the neighbors but I haven't seen any yet. |
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| If I'm not mistaken, that's the virginia waterleaf with its spent flowers. You've got excellent natives there, good for you. The trout lilies spread far and wide, but do disappear with the onset of summer. They will only flower when they have two leaves, and there are many many many (LOL) one leaved plants in the mix. They sometimes look messy in the spring, but I'm in love with these early natives. I'll keep trying to think of that last one. Have you posted on the Name That Plant forum? You'd get an answer right away, most likely. And it's a much busier forum than this one. |
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| Just remembered...Photo #4 could maybe be Actaea rubra Red Baneberry. Google and compare. |
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- Posted by fatamorgana (My Page) on Sun, Aug 7, 11 at 0:26
| #1. Lady's thumb, Polygonum persicaria #2. Asiatic Dayflower, Commelina communis #3. I do believe it is Circaea lutetiana or enchanter's nightshade. #4. Blue cohosh, Caulophyllum thalictroides FataMorgana |
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- Posted by misterpatrick none (My Page) on Sun, Aug 7, 11 at 1:01
| Thanks all for the help! The little woods is really nice. It was planted in the 50's and was kept up nicely until the 90's when it started to get neglected. I've been doing a lot of work to get it cleaned up but there is a great base to work with. Here are some photos from this year:
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| Pretty sure your last ID request is white avens, geum canadense. Native, rather weedy. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Geum canadense
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- Posted by linda_schreiber z5/6 MI (My Page) on Tue, Aug 23, 11 at 21:10
| I agree with FataMorgana on 1 thru 4, and yes, that is enchanter's nightshade. The photo at the end of your post on Sat, with the mostly lower leaves, where the mature infloresences are burs.... I know that plant, intimately, over years, but I don't know the name of it. I will hope that someone can help both of us on that one. |
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| I agree that the last one is a geum. I don't know G canadense but we have a very similar one, G urbanum. Beautiful spring ephemeral natives. I struggle with Erythroniums and would love to have the right conditions for Sanguinarias and Trilliums. |
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- Posted by beatrice_outdoors 6a MA (My Page) on Thu, Sep 8, 11 at 9:07
| Is the Polygonum persicaria considered a weed? We have it sprouting up EVERYWHERE here (garden beds, middle of the lawn, street gutters, cracks in sidewalks), and I've been pulling it out with a vengeance for fear it will take over everything. Beatrice |
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- Posted by fatamorgana Zone 5/6 (My Page) on Fri, Sep 9, 11 at 8:40
| What is a "weed" is one of the "eye of the beholder" things. Sounds like it is a weed to you! FataMorgana |
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- Posted by beatrice_outdoors 6a MA (My Page) on Wed, Sep 14, 11 at 7:48
| Hi Fata-so true! Someone told me impatiens are considered a weed in Hawaii because they grow so prolifically. But I love impatiens in my shade garden. I suppose that if I could keep the Polygonum isolated to one location, instead of having one plant here, one plant there, one in every location where a plant is not desired, I could appreciate it more. Thanks for the Zen insight. :) Beatrice |
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| Isn't the last one Actaea pachypoda, White Baneberry? |
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- Posted by fatamorgana Zone 5/6 (My Page) on Sat, Sep 17, 11 at 11:03
| Last of the first 4 is Blue cohosh, Caulophyllum thalictroides. The last picture above has blooroot and troutlilies. FataMorgana |
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| So beatiful.but ���� |
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- Posted by illinoisdoglover z5IL (My Page) on Thu, Mar 1, 12 at 0:52
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