| Wild Carrot, Daucus carota
| Sm
Med
Lg
|
| Description :
| I keep intending to learn the distinguishing features of "common white umbelliferous things" so
here's a start at it.
| | Common Name :
| Wild Carrot
| | Latin Name :
| Daucus carota
| | Location :
| By the railroad tracks at the Davis end of the Linear Park, Somerville MA
| | Date :
| 06/07/2002 16:00:55
| | Event :
| Around Somerville, Davis end of the linear park
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| |
| Canada Thistle, Cirsium arvense
| Sm
Med
Lg
|
| Common Name :
| Canada Thistle
| | Latin Name :
| Cirsium arvense
| | Location :
| By the railroad tracks at the Davis end of the Linear Park, Somerville MA
| | Date :
| 06/07/2002 16:05:14
| | Event :
| Around Somerville, Davis end of the linear park
|
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| |
| Bouncing Bet, Saponaria offcinalis
| Sm
Med
Lg
|
| Description :
| This one is much pinker than the one I found on Columbia Street.
| | Common Name :
| Bouncing Bet
| | Latin Name :
| Saponaria offcinalis
| | Location :
| By the railroad tracks at the Davis end of the Linear Park, Somerville MA
| | Date :
| 06/07/2002 16:10:30
| | Event :
| Around Somerville, Davis end of the linear park
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| |  |
| |
| Intermediate Dogbane, Apocynum medium
| Sm
Med
Lg
|
| Description :
| I'm a little shaky on my identification here; the flowers aren't droopy,
but aren't at all pink, either.
Lower down on the plant, the stems are very noticeably reddish, and it grows
in a big thicket.
| | Common Name :
| Intermediate Dogbane
| | Latin Name :
| Apocynum medium
| | Location :
| By the railroad tracks at the Davis end of the Linear Park, Somerville MA
| | Date :
| 06/07/2002 16:11:41
| | Event :
| Around Somerville, Davis end of the linear park
|
| |  |
| |
| Curled Dock, Rumex crispus
| Sm
Med
Lg
|
| Description :
| I've seen lots of this before; it's now gotten late enough in the year to
darken.
| | Common Name :
| Curled Dock
| | Latin Name :
| Rumex crispus
| | Location :
| By the railroad tracks at the Davis end of the Linear Park, Somerville MA
| | Date :
| 06/07/2002 16:12:55
| | Event :
| Around Somerville, Davis end of the linear park
|
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| |
| Garden Cosmos, Cosmos bipinnatus
| Sm
Med
Lg
|
| Description :
| Thanks to Robert Flogaus-Faust for the identification.
| | Common Name :
| Garden Cosmos
| | Latin Name :
| Cosmos bipinnatus
| | Location :
| By the railroad tracks at the Davis end of the Linear Park,
Somerville MA
| | Date :
| 06/07/2002 16:14:21
| | Event :
| Around Somerville, Davis end of the linear park
|
| |  |
| |
| Pokeweed, Phytolacca americana
| Sm
Med
Lg
|
| Description :
| One of the first things I identified when I got the wildflower book at
the end of last summer.
| | Common Name :
| Pokeweed
| | Latin Name :
| Phytolacca americana
| | Location :
| By the railroad tracks at the Davis end of the Linear Park, Somerville MA
| | Date :
| 06/07/2002 16:15:04
| | Event :
| Around Somerville, Davis end of the linear park
|
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| |
| Day Lily, Hemerocallis fulva
| Sm
Med
Lg
|
| Description :
| Another of the things that grew in my mother's garden. Apparently good to
eat; I should try sometime.
| | Common Name :
| Day Lily
| | Latin Name :
| Hemerocallis fulva
| | Location :
| By the railroad tracks at the Davis end of the Linear Park, Somerville MA
| | Date :
| 06/07/2002 16:16:40
| | Event :
| Around Somerville, Davis end of the linear park
|
| |  |
| |
| Unknown #6
| Sm
Med
Lg
|
| Description :
| Showy enough to be a garden escape, maybe?
| | Location :
| By the railroad tracks at the Davis end of the Linear Park, Somerville MA
| | Date :
| 06/07/2002 16:18:13
| | Event :
| Around Somerville, Davis end of the linear park
|
| |  |
| |
| Great Burdock, Arctium lappa
| Sm
Med
Lg
|
| Description :
| This huge burdock was taller than me. I got a picture of the dangling flowers and burs.
| | Common Name :
| Great Burdock
| | Latin Name :
| Arctium lappa
| | Location :
| Linear Park, Somerville MA
| | Date :
| 06/07/2002 16:26:49
| | Event :
| Around Somerville, Davis end of the linear park
|
| |  |
| |
| Cat's Ear, Hypochoeris radicata
| Sm
Med
Lg
|
| Description :
| This floppy straggly plant has hairy but dandelion shaped basal leaves.
The stems are branched.
Note the little scales on the stem; Peterson's lists this as an
identifying characteristic.
| | Common Name :
| Cat's Ear
| | Latin Name :
| Hypochoeris radicata
| | Location :
| Next to Alewife T station, Somerville MA
| | Date :
| 06/07/2002 16:42:53
| | Event :
| Around Somerville, Davis end of the linear park
|
| |  |
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