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 8/2/07
What's In Flower Today
Howard County, MD
Mark Burchick
What's In Flower Today?
Dave and I performed a wetland floristic
survey in Howard County today,
and
here's some of the plants that were in
flower:
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Water Plantain ( Alisma
plantago-aquatica ) |
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We pushed lots of bull frogs
( Rana catesbeiana ) into
the pond. They don't want
to venture far because bass will
eat them. The common bull
frog is the one that has the
good-eating frog legs, and can
jump 3 to 6-feet. Did you
know that they live on average
up to 5-years, and this
particular frog was quite
photogenic, just sitting for the
photo-op. |
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Seedbox
( Ludwigia alternifolia )
is called as such because the
flower turns into a brown
seed-box, like a maraca, and
when you shake it you can hear
all of the tiny seeds inside. |
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Peppermint ( Mentha piperita
) is a non-native wetland
plant (FACW+). When you
crush the leaves as you walk
thru them, you can smell the
wonderful, menthol oils of the
peppermint, which can smell
nicer than Dave on a long, hot
day. |
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Naked-leaved Tick Trefoil (
Desmodium nudiflorum ) has
no leaves on the stems, hence
the name. The flowers turn
into the little velcro triangles
that stick to your jeans. |
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Mountain Mint ( Pycnanthemum
sp.). We have four or
five species in Maryland and I'm
not quite sure which one this
is. I think it's the
short-toothed P. muticum.
All mountain mints have upper
modified leaves called bracts,
surrounding the flower
heads that are pale or silver in
color. The Christmas
poinsettia and dogwood flowers
are also modified bracts. |
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Boneset ( Eupatorium
perfoliatum ) |
Submitted by Mark Burchick
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