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Ox-Eye Daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare)
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Common Vetch
Common vetch makes high quality hay! But “bloat is a risk.” I think there are about three kinds of vetch at Centennial. We’ll see. Common vetch has been part of the human diet — as evidenced by carbonized remains at early Neolithic sites in Syria, Turkey, and several other countries. Pea family.
Common Vetch (Vicia sativa)
Bristly Locust
Kudos to A.F. Donna for spotting this at Wilson Mountain. There is an area just full of these low shrubs all hung with pink blossoms. Pea family. Native to the southeastern U.S…. so these have somehow escaped and migrated northward.
Bristly Locust (Robinia hispida)
Yellow King-Devil
6 to 40 inches tall. Like dandelions but satanic.
Yellow King-Devil (Hieracium caespitosum)
Long-leaved Stitchwort
Just a graceful little flower out in the field at Centennial. Related to Chickweed — the same deeply divided petals.
Stitchwort (Stellaria)
Swamp Dewberry
A creeping vine. Will have blackberry-like fruit.
Swamp Dewberry (Rubus hispidus)
English Plantain
The flowers are wind-pollinated, so they attract few insects. A.F. Donna remarked that the flower form is like a little sombrero. Native to Eurasia. Plantain Family.
English Plantain (Plantago lanceolata)
Red Clover
Used for a long list of medicinal purposes… Native to Europe, Western Asia and northwest Africa. Bean family.
Red Clover (Trifolium pratense) (pratense is Latin for “found in meadows.”)
White Clover
Wild Sarsaparilla
In the ginseng family, which explains why the bloom looks so much like wild ginseng. Will have purple-black berries, which are edible and a little sweet. This is not “true” Sarsaparilla. 1-2 feet tall. Native.
Wild Sarsaparilla (Aralia nudicaulis)