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Water Hemlock (Cicuta sp.) Finely divided leaves, in the carrot family. Highly poisonous.
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Spotted Smartweed (Polygonum persicaria) a variation on the earlier smartweed.
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Common Beggar's tick (Biden frondosa)
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Bur Reed Flowers (Sparganium erectum) previously called
Sparganium eurycarpum and Sparganium ramosum. From the Sparganiaceae (Bur-reed) Family.
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Tour group discusses park history with Dr. Quentin Carpenter (straw hat) and Jim Carrier, chair of Wild Warner (far right)
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Dr. Quentin Carpenter explains the difference in European and American cattials with this classic European - note narrow leaf and wide gap between male and female flower clusters (the "corndog" on the cattail stem)
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Milkweed (Asclepias sp.) still retains the dried stalks from last year with threads as strong as fishing line.
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Milkweed (Asclepias sp.) still retains the dried stalks from last year with threads as strong as fishing line.
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Dr. Quentin Carpenter amid the more typical American cattails with broader leaves.
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Canadian Thistle (Cirsium arvense) with prickles on leaves. (Note: fox sedge golden flowerhead near lower stem)
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Can you spot the spots of the Leopard Frog (Rana pipiens) hiding in the center under leaves?
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Reed Canary Grass (Phalaris arundinacea) non-native, was brought is as forage and has spread throughout the area.
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Close up of Reed Canary Grass (Phalaris arundinacea) flower head.
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Canadian Thistle (Cirsium arvense) with prickles on leaves, just starting to set flowers.
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Long-stemmed flower stalk of the Hawkweed (Hieracium sp.). Varieties bloom in yellow, as here, or white. See close-up of flower in next slide. Both native and exotic species in the area.
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Close-up of the flower from previous Hawkweed. Note bright yellow color of species.
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Male Red-wing Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) in a typical pose surveying his domain.
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An overview of the area of the tour, shows stand of Canary Grass in forground.
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Jewelweed ( Impatiens capensis) will have bright orange flowers later in the summer. This dense colony is clustered in the rocks at base of footbridge
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Dogwood shrub (Cornus sp.) are about to bloom. Two species of this small tree/large shrub is very common in the area, Red-osier (C. stolonifera) and Silky (C. amomum), but there are many similar cultivars.
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Dogwood (Cornus sp.) flowers just beginning to open
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Common lawnweeds in the park - Great Plantain (Plantago major), and White Clover (Trifolium repens) amid various grasses.
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As we left the park, a murder of crows harried a Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis), who tried to hide from them in this tree.
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The Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis), still being harried by crows, seeks shelter in this long-needled pine.
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