Unknown Wooded Area Plants

Discussion in 'Plants: Identification' started by QuietLibertine, Oct 9, 2010.

  1. QuietLibertine

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    Hey there,

    I am doing a research project and just can't figure out what plants these are. I am new to plant I.D and I am sure it is something simple but I am stumped!

    Any help would be wonderful.

    Thanks!
     

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    2 appears to be a member of the Solanaceae; 4 looks like a Teasel (Dipsacus).
     
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    That was fast! Thanks for your help. I will look into it :)
     
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    Fear not: all your plants will have names as soon as our ID mavens have a look at 'em.
     
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    Not so certian that could be it. It grew about four 1/2 feet from the ground. in reference to number one that is :)
     
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    Yeah, my impulse with 1 was daylily---but these have black roundish seeds unlike the flat stacked ones shown.
     
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    5. Ligustrum vulgare
     
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    Hey, S.s., what I'm sayin' is that I knew I was wrong, and I think that you are right.

    I agree: ID from one photo, esp. if the photo is of the seed pod of a flowering plant with no context or other info, is an educated guess. And yours, as always, is pretty well educated!
     
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    togata.
    I do not know if I am right or not!
    I was just trying to show Quietlibertine that Martagon lilies have flat seeds.
     
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    Well, I would bet on your ID 99.9 times out of 100.
    Why 'Traveler's Joy' for #3? Some ascribed medicinal quality, or does this term refer to the understandable happiness induced by gazing at a cool fuzzy plant?
     
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    togata Thank you for your vote of confidence!

    3. I have absolutely no idea where the common name Travellers joy, comes from! Another common name here is Old mans beard. At least there is a little logic to that. Close up the seeds are so beautiful.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clematis_vitalba
     
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    QuietLibertine: your title says 'Unknown Wooded Area Plants'. Are these plants wild? From an abandoned farm stead? I agree with #1 is Martagon, although it is not native to Canada. I also say # 3 looks like Clematis, but I'm not sure about C. vitalba. Silver surfer, look at these two pics: they do not look like the same plant, but are labelled as such.
    http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c9/Clematis_vitalba_IP0602021.jpg
    http://lh3.ggpht.com/_rWksMjEBTQk/Sa1LUTZQL0I/AAAAAAAAJ7U/S4J3WcXcurE/s800/leo-mic-Clematis-vitalba-296.jpg
    Why the difference?
     
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    Kevin the 2 links you have added are taken at different stages of ripeness/ development of the seed.
    At first it is a ball of feathery bits, each has a seed attached; as the seeds ripen they turn brown and start to blow away. So one of your links only has a few ripe seeds still attached.
     

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