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Drier soils, prairies, fields, roadsides, and forest openings.

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Supports pollinators, quickly revegetates disturbed sites, a buffer for invasive species.

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Wet meadows, swamps, bogs, and moist woodlands.

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Well-drained, poor, sandy soil but is tolerant of most soil conditions.

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Moist areas like prairie depressions, roadsides, and streams.

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North America

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Moist environments: Ponds, fields, disturbed soil, shorelines.

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Producer, supports pollinators, habitat, and acts as a deterrent.

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Originally Eurasia. Now naturalized in North and South America and Africa.

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Mentha spicata (Garden Mint, Lamb Mint, Mint, Spearmint) | North Carolina Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox

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Spearmint is a flowering, aromatic herb or groundcover in the Lamiaceae (mint) family native to Europe. In its natural haibtat it is found growing in moist fields and pond or lake margins. It can be distinguished from other mints by its almost hairless (glabrous) leaves that are attached to the stem with a very to almost non-existant petiole (sessile). The genus name comes from Minthe or Menthe, a water nymph in Greek mythology, who was transformed by Persephone into a mint plant in revenge for Minthe’s ongoing affair with Hades (husband of Persephone). The species name means spike.

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Wet Environments: Shores, streambanks, springs, moist soil, etc.

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Food, habitat, and stabilize soil.

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Europe, Asia, and Africa.

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Water Forget-Me-Not (Myosotis Scorpioides): Plant Information & Care Guide

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Get the best information and care guide for the water forget-me-not (Myosotis scorpioides) plant with this comprehensive guide from WildflowerWeb.co.uk.

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NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory

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NOAA National Center for Research on Aquatic Invasive Species (NCRAIS): goal is to foster, coordinate, and support development of aquatic invasive species research throughout and across NOAA.

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Thousands of wildflowers grow on our national forests and grasslands, in many shapes, sizes, and colors. Celebrating Wildflowers periodically features a different wildflower plant found on our national forests and grasslands.

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Spreads quickly and attracts bees

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We announce ID/Comparison guides for goldenrods (Solidago sp.), many of which are keystone species in North America.

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Dry thin forests, rocky openings, fields, gravely stream banks, and roadsides.

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Seed production and dispersing, pollinators.

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North America

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Select the criterion by which you wish to search (Scientific name, Genus, Family, etc.) and enter that information into the provided field.

Hint: Correct spelling is necessary for desired results, but because this function is a string search the full name need not be entered. Any correct part of a taxon name can be entered and a choice of the correct one made from the small list of resulting matches.

For example, matching the full name exactly in a Scientific Name search for Piptochaetium avenacioides may be difficult, but strings of either tium aven or avenaci or m avenac or pipto will all result in very small lists of matches. The intended name can then be chosen from any of those lists. Usually, the last letter (or two) of a given genus, a space, and the first few correct letters of the specific epithet will provide a sufficiently short list containing the desired taxon.

A similar example in a Common Name search is Virginia snakeroot. Searching using "snake root" will yield no results due to the extra space, but searching "snake" will generate a short list of plants with the word "snake" in the common name. Furthermore, a search of "Virginia snake" or even "nia snak" yields one result: Virginia snakeroot.

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florida center for community design and research

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The New York Flora Atlas is a source of information for the distribution of plants within the state, as well as information on plant habitats, associated ecological communities, and taxonomy. In addition, users can learn about the location of vouchered specimens and see images to get a better visual for each plant.

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Wet forests, swamps, marshes, stream banks, disturbed areas, shaded roadsides, trail edges, and ditches. Prefers wetter areas.

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Seed dispersal and its nectar.

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North America

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Impatiens capensis - Species Page - NYFA: New York Flora Atlas

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The New York Flora Atlas is a source of information for the distribution of plants within the state, as well as information on plant habitats, associated ecological communities, and taxonomy. In addition, users can learn about the location of vouchered specimens and see images to get a better visual for each plant.

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Thousands of wildflowers grow on our national forests and grasslands, in many shapes, sizes, and colors. Celebrating Wildflowers periodically features a different wildflower plant found on our national forests and grasslands.

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Marl fens, wet calcareous meadows, cove forests, grassy balds

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Food source and attracts pollinators

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Eastern North America

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Eutrochium maculatum (Joe-Pye-weed, Queen of the Meadow, Spotted Joe-pye-weed, Spotted Trumpet Weed) | North Carolina Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox

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Eutrochium maculatum is an herbaceous native perennial wildflower, commonly known as Joe Pye Weed or Queen of the Meadow, that is useful as a tall plant in wet spaces. It displays clusters of purple blossoms through summer into fall. Joe Pye Weed prefers moist to wet soil and does best in sun to partial shade. This plant is resistant to damage by deer. It does best in average, medium to wet soils in full sun, but tolerates some light afternoon shade in hot summer climates. You can cut the plants to the ground in late winter. The root system is fibrous and rhizomatous. This plant often forms small clonal colonies. You can divide the plant in spring or fall and replant to a new site.

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Food source

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Europe, Asia, and Africa

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Cirsium arvense (Canada thistle, Creeping Thistle, Field Thistle, Swamp Thistle, Thistle) | North Carolina Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox

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Canada Thistle is an upright herbaceous perennial weed in the Asteraceae (daisy) family. It is native to Europe, Asia, and Africa where it is found in wet meadows, swamps, bogs, and moist woodlands. It was introduced to the United States in the 1600’s and is considered a noxious weed in 43 states including North Carolina. It is found in most of the US and southern Canada. Stems are upright up to 6′ tall, grooved, and just a few hairs or none. The stems are also slender and branched only at the top. The leaves are poky like other thistles and it has purple pink flowers that appear in the summer. Canada thistle has male and female flowers on separate plants, but the flowers look similar to each other. Male flowers will not produce seeds, female flowers are fragrant.

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Streams, exposed gravel, sand bars in streams, and coarse-grained soil at the end of lakes.

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Shelter and restoration.

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North America

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Salix interior - Species Page - NYFA: New York Flora Atlas

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The New York Flora Atlas is a source of information for the distribution of plants within the state, as well as information on plant habitats, associated ecological communities, and taxonomy. In addition, users can learn about the location of vouchered specimens and see images to get a better visual for each plant.

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Supports bees and attracts pollinators. Has low-severity poison characteristics.

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Tropical and Subtropical America

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Common Morning Glory - Ipomoea purpurea | North Carolina Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox

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NC State University and N.C. A&T State University work in tandem, along with federal, state and local governments, to form a strategic partnership called N.C. Cooperative Extension, which staffs local offices in all 100 counties and with the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians.

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Canada

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Thousands of wildflowers grow on our national forests and grasslands, in many shapes, sizes, and colors. Celebrating Wildflowers periodically features a different wildflower plant found on our national forests and grasslands.