Flower ID
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Hi guys,
I am 99% sure that#86 with the grape-like leaves is Coral bells or Heuchera var.. (Alumroot) Not native, but culitvated for ease of growth and attraction to hummingbirds.....
Here is a photo of LOTS of Redroot (discussed in post # 62). It is growing and blooming along the west side of Route 206 south of mm 6. I imagine there are many other wonderful specimens in there as well. I did not have the opportunity to wander this week. I have friends with a cranberry bog who reiterated the fact that it does indeed become invasive in bogs and were the ones to identify this for me last year.
cool thread.......
Turtle
I am 99% sure that#86 with the grape-like leaves is Coral bells or Heuchera var.. (Alumroot) Not native, but culitvated for ease of growth and attraction to hummingbirds.....
Here is a photo of LOTS of Redroot (discussed in post # 62). It is growing and blooming along the west side of Route 206 south of mm 6. I imagine there are many other wonderful specimens in there as well. I did not have the opportunity to wander this week. I have friends with a cranberry bog who reiterated the fact that it does indeed become invasive in bogs and were the ones to identify this for me last year.
cool thread.......
Turtle
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I would greatly appreciate your input on whether this photo depicts red milkweed or swamp milkweed. The horns and leaves indicate "red" but the flower color indicates "swamp". How much variation can one expect in this plant? Unfortunately there were only three flower clusters on this specimen. I came upon this last week. It's been a fantastic summer for wildflowers......Thanks!
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Turtle, I googled coral bells and believe you are correct. The picture of the Redroot looks like a picture of the audience at Woodstock! When I enlarged the picture I could spot areas with different colors. As for the Milkweed, I a still a novice and really can't tell. 
Man-O-Man Turtle, that really is a bunch of redroot in there. Fantastic shot. The pink in there is probably meadow beauty...Rhexia virginica.
I think that milkweed is Asclepais rubra, the very rare one. Nice find.
And you are correct sir. It is a fantastic year for plants. I am having a great year.
I think that milkweed is Asclepais rubra, the very rare one. Nice find.
And you are correct sir. It is a fantastic year for plants. I am having a great year.
This was on an old road that isn't driven on anymore and overgrown. There were a couple more but I don't think there were a lot. Also a lot of Crown Vetch in the area. Just on the other side of the heavy woods where the Fly poison was located.
Sure is a great thread. Nice shots and many contributors. Thanks, oji, for keeping it up. Educational! Especially about "weeds." 
"What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered." ~ Emerson, Fortune of the Republic, 1878
Glo
"What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered." ~ Emerson, Fortune of the Republic, 1878
Glo
If you see jewelweed growing than you can be sure that poison ivy is close by as well. They grow in close proximity to each other. I remember seeing poison ivy all my life as a kid. I remember my first botany class field trip to the Delaware River and being introduced to jewelweed.....and spotting the itchy stuff close by. Confirmed........ Jewelweed is a Native American remedy for the relief of poison ivy, iches, stings, swelling.......
Ahhhhhhh..............
Turtle
Ahhhhhhh..............
Turtle
