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alt. bipinnate leaves w/ many leaflets
- Albizia julibrissinLeguminosae; mimosa
- *Fruit: legume
- native Iran to China
- pollinated by hummingbirds
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large shrub, tiny leaves near tip w/ flower buds
turtle foot leaf
- Baccharis halimifolia (salt-leaved)
- Asteraceae (Aster); silverling, sea-myrtle
- fruit: nutlet
- dioecious
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papery bark,
leaf base wedge-shaped
- Betula nigra (black)
- Betulaceae; river birch
- fruit: nutlet
- fruits mature in spring
- used in landscaping
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- Euonymus americanus (of America)
- Celastraceae; hearts-a-bustin'
- *Fruit: capsule
- deer browse foliage
- songbirds eat fleshy seeds.
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- Fraxinus pennsylvanica (from PA)
- Oleaceae (Olive); green ash
- *Fruit: samara
- emerald ash borer native to Asia, discovered in MI in 2002 killing ash trees in the North
- wood use same as white ash
- beavers eat inner bark
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tiny, opp. uniform leaves
pubescent twigs, green drupes now
- Ligustrum sinense (of China)
- Oleaceae; privet
- fruit: drupe
- native to China, invasive
- songbirds eat fruits, deer eat foliage, beaver eats bark and twigs, thickets provide escape cover
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- Liquidambar styraciflua (storax-flowing)
- Altingiaceae (sweetgum family); sweetgum
- *fruit: capsule
- most planted hardwood in plantations
- plywood furn., paneling
- formerly prized for paneling
- resin sometimes used in perfume
- songbirds eat seeds
- beavers eat inner bark
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twining shrub
opp. leaves
- Lonicera japonica (of Japan)
- Caprifoliaceae; Japanese honeysuckle
- fruit: berry
- native to Japan
- invasive
- deer eat foliage in winter
- songbirds eat fruit
- wildlife cover
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grass w/ shiny midrib
- Microstegium vimineum
- Poaceae; Japanese stilt grass
- fruit: caryopsis (grain)
- annual, very invasive
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- Parthenocissus quinquefolia (five-leaved)
- Vitaceae; Virginia creeper
- fruit: berry
- songbirds eat fruit
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- Paulownia tomentosa (densely hairy)
- Bignoniaceae; paulownia
- *Fruit: capsule
- native to China, some consider a weed
- Japanese love the lumber: furn, instruments, carvings, bowls. leaves used for fodder. planted on mine spoil banks
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medium shrub
3-5 leaflets, prickles
- Rubus argutus (sharply serrate)
- Rosaceae; blackberry
- fruit: aggregate of drupelets
- most common blackberry
- wildlife and humans love it
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lenticels on stem
opp. pinnate, serrate, green rachis - looks like celery stalk
- Sambucus canadensis (of Canada)
- Adoxaceae; elderberry
- fruit: drupe
- songbirds eat fruit
- leave/twigs toxic
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forked tendrils! alt leaves, 3-5 shallow lobes, coarse dentate margin, pubescent underside, ridged angular twig (won't roll in finger tips)
- Vitis cincerea (ashy gray)
- Vitaceae; winter grape
- fruit: berry
- wildlife love it
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unbranched tendril! glabrous leaf underside
- Vitis rotundifolia (round-leaved)
- Vitaceae; muscadine grape
- fruit: berry
- wildlife love it
- good for wine (scuppernog)
- viticulture: growth and care of grapes
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- Fraxinus caroliniana (of Carolina)
- Oleaceae; Carolina ash
- *Fruit: samara (canoe paddle?)
- our most water-tollerant ash
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