Field Trip 8

Bear Branch/ Lake Hashawaha

March 12, 2009 

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INDEX: 

1. Arctium lappa, Asteraceae
2. Seteria fraseri, Poaceae
3. Cornus foemina, Cornaceae
4. Nuphar lutea, Nymphaeaceae
5. Nymphaea odorata, Nymphaeaceae
6. Daucus carota, Apiaceae
7. Castanea dentata, Fagaceae
8. Euonymus alatus, Celastraceae
9. Symplocarpus foetidus, Araceae
10. Apocynum cannabinum, Apocynaceae 
11. Achillea millefolium, Asteraceae
12. Stellaria, Caryophyllaceae
13. Potentilla anserina, Rosaceae
14. Asclepias syriaca,Apocynaceae 
15. Trifolium repens, Fabaceae
16. Trifolium pratense, Fabaceae 

Arctium lappa, Asteraceae

Burdock

• Thistle group of astraceae which is the biggest flowering plant family
• The flowers are purple and grouped in globular capitular united in clusters
• Big taproot -staple in Japanese cooking
• The root is very crisp and has a sweet, mild, and pungent flavor with a little muddy harshness

English Dogwood

Cornus foemina, Cornaceae

• Twigs thin, brown to reddish, with white pith.
• Flowers numerous, small, white or greenish-white, blooming in Spring
• Leaves opposite, broadly lanceolate to narrowly elliptic-ovate
• Fruits bluish, round

Spatterdock, Yellow Water Lily

Nuphar lutea, Nymphaeaceae

Waterlily

Nymphaea odorata, Nymphaeaceae

Carrot

Daucus Carota, Apiaceae

• Coumpound umbles

American Chestnut

Castanea dentata, Fagaceae

Fagales

• Deciduous tree of the beech family
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