Aquatic and Wetland Plants Lab ID

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Cupressaceae

Taxodium distichum

Bald Cypress

OBL

Synapomorphies: soccer ball-shaped cones

Characteristics: deciduous soft needles, scratchy bark.

<p>Synapomorphies: soccer ball-shaped cones</p><p>Characteristics: deciduous soft needles, scratchy bark.</p>
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Poaceae

Sorghum halepense

Johnson grass

FACU

Synapomorphies: long light stripe in center of leaf

Characteristics: panicle inflorescence, reddish color

<p>Synapomorphies: long light stripe in center of leaf</p><p>Characteristics: panicle inflorescence, reddish color</p>
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Polygonaceae

Persicaria pensylvanicum

Pensylvania smartweed

FACW

Synapomorphy: hairless ochrea

Characteristics: pink to purple flowers in a raceme

<p>Synapomorphy: hairless ochrea</p><p>Characteristics: pink to purple flowers in a raceme</p>
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Convulvulaceae

Calystegia sepium

Appalachian false bindweed

FAC

Synapomorphies: climbing/twining habit, arrow-shaped leaves

Characteristics: two bracts at base of corolla, fused and symmetrical corolla

<p>Synapomorphies: climbing/twining habit, arrow-shaped leaves</p><p>Characteristics: two bracts at base of corolla, fused and symmetrical corolla</p><p></p>
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Salicaceae

Salix exigua

Coyote/sandbar willow

FACW

Synapomorphies: leaf margins with 1-5 teeth per cm, hairy capsules on fruit

Characteristics: woody plant, narrow leaves with acuminate tip and toothed margins

<p>Synapomorphies: leaf margins with 1-5 teeth per cm, hairy capsules on fruit</p><p>Characteristics: woody plant, narrow leaves with acuminate tip and toothed margins</p>
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Bignoniaceae

Campsis radicans

Trumpet creeper

FAC

Synapomorphies: woody vine, orange-red tubular flowers, fruit is a long pod with feathery seeds inside

Characteristics: opposite, pinnately compound leaves, 7-11 leaflets, serrated margins

<p>Synapomorphies: woody vine, orange-red tubular flowers, fruit is a long pod with feathery seeds inside</p><p>Characteristics: opposite, pinnately compound leaves, 7-11 leaflets, serrated margins</p>
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Malvaceae

Sida spinosa

Prickly fanpetals

FACU

Synapomorphies; spiny stipule where leaf attaches, lanceolate leaves with serrated margins

Characteristics: yellow flowers with fused calyx, presence of epicalyx (extra whorl of bracts below calyx)

<p>Synapomorphies; spiny stipule where leaf attaches, lanceolate leaves with serrated margins</p><p>Characteristics: yellow flowers with fused calyx, presence of epicalyx (extra whorl of bracts below calyx)</p>
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Dryopteridaceae

Onoclea sensibilis

sensitive fern

FACW

Synapomorphies: large fronds are sterile, separate smaller frond has all the spores

Characteristics: dimorphic fronds, sterile fronds pinnatified

<p>Synapomorphies: large fronds are sterile, separate smaller frond has all the spores</p><p>Characteristics: dimorphic fronds, sterile fronds pinnatified</p>
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Vitaceae

Ampelopsis cordata

raccoon grape

FAC

Synapomorphies: simple, slightly lobed leaves in cordate shape with toothed margins

Characteristics: climbing vine with tendrils, flowers in clusters.

<p>Synapomorphies: simple, slightly lobed leaves in cordate shape with toothed margins</p><p>Characteristics: climbing vine with tendrils, flowers in clusters.</p>
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Polygonaceae

Persicaria hydropiperoides

false water pepper

OBL

Synapomorphies: 2-10 mm cilia coming from ochrea

Characteristics: flowers not as dense in raceme, often stoloniferous, flowers light pink to dark pink/purple

<p>Synapomorphies: 2-10 mm cilia coming from ochrea</p><p>Characteristics: flowers not as dense in raceme, often stoloniferous, flowers light pink to dark pink/purple</p>
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Fagaceae

Quercus bicolor

Swamp white oak

FACW

Synapomorphies: acorn attached to long peduncle

Characteristics: shallowly lobed leaves, broadest at apex

<p>Synapomorphies: acorn attached to long peduncle</p><p>Characteristics: shallowly lobed leaves, broadest at apex</p>
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Typhaceae

Typha angustifolia

narrow-leaved cattail

OBL

Synapomorphies: more than 2 cm between male and female flower clusters, leaves less than 10 cm wide

Characteristics: cylindrical floral clusters, each one turning into single seeded capsule, parallel venation, leaves alternate

<p>Synapomorphies: more than 2 cm between male and female flower clusters, leaves less than 10 cm wide</p><p>Characteristics: cylindrical floral clusters, each one turning into single seeded capsule, parallel venation, leaves alternate</p><p></p>
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Poaceae

Arundinaria giganita

Giant cane

FACW

Bisexual flowers, stems perennial, can become woody

<p>Bisexual flowers, stems perennial, can become woody</p>
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Asteraceae

Vernonia gigantea

Tall ironweed

FAC

less than 30 flowers per head, trichomes (short straight hairs) on bottom of leaf

<p>less than 30 flowers per head, trichomes (short straight hairs) on bottom of leaf</p>
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Bignoniaceae

Impatiens capensis

Orange touch-me-not

FACW

Orange flowers

<p>Orange flowers</p>
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Poaceae

Microstegium vimineum

Japanese stiltgrass

FAC

fruits in spikelets in pairs, ciliate hairs where sheath of leaf meets stem, spread stoloniferously

<p>fruits in spikelets in pairs, ciliate hairs where sheath of leaf meets stem, spread stoloniferously</p>
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Urticaceae

Pilea pumila

clearweed

FACW

Distinct arcuate venation, serrated margin, white flowers in axillary clusters

<p>Distinct arcuate venation, serrated margin, white flowers in axillary clusters</p>
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Asteraceae

Rudbeckia laciniata

cutleaf coneflower

FACW

Yellow ray florets, disc florets on arching receptacle, greenish disc florets especially when young, distinct lobed, jagged leaves

<p>Yellow ray florets, disc florets on arching receptacle, greenish disc florets especially when young, distinct lobed, jagged leaves</p>
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Campanulaceae

Lobelia siphilitica

great blue lobelia

FACW

Fused corolla divided into two lips, no globous looking structure at base, stamens aggregated around style, bluish white flowers, slit-like openings at base of flower, calyx has oracles

<p>Fused corolla divided into two lips, no globous looking structure at base, stamens aggregated around style, bluish white flowers, slit-like openings at base of flower, calyx has oracles</p>
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Araceae

Lemna minor

common duckweed

OBL

1-5 mm, floating, primarily asexual. Each thallus has single roots

<p>1-5 mm, floating, primarily asexual. Each thallus has single roots</p>
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Araceae

Wolffia columbiana

colombian watermeal

OBL

very small, almost microscopic. like still or slow-flowing waters, vegetative reproduction by budding

<p>very small, almost microscopic. like still or slow-flowing waters, vegetative reproduction by budding</p>
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Platanaceae

Platanus occidentalis

sycamore

FACW

distinctive bark and leaves

<p>distinctive bark and leaves</p>
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Salicaceae

Salix nigra

black willow

FACW

leafy stipules paired where leaf meets stem, much more serrations in leaf margin

<p>leafy stipules paired where leaf meets stem, much more serrations in leaf margin</p>
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Asteraceae

Eclipta prostrata

false daisy

FAC/FACW

Whitish disc florets, extremely reduced pappus, creeping form, disturbed moist environments

<p>Whitish disc florets, extremely reduced pappus, creeping form, disturbed moist environments</p>
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Cyperaceae

Cyperus strigosus

straw-colored flat sedge

FACW

Achenes not enclosed, terminal clusters of spikelets with overlapping scales, smooth stems, no trichomes, very dense golden-colored scales

<p>Achenes not enclosed, terminal clusters of spikelets with overlapping scales, smooth stems, no trichomes, very dense golden-colored scales</p>
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Typhaceae

Typha latifolia

common cattail

OBL

Male flower very close to female flowers, wider leaves

<p>Male flower very close to female flowers, wider leaves</p>