Canada Thistle – Fruit & Pappus

Canada Thistle – Fruit & Pappus

Canada Thistle Cirsium arvense (L.) Scop. An introduced, erect, leafy and variable perennial up to 1.5 m tall that spreads by underground rhizomes forming clones. Stems are hollow and become hairy with age Leaves are alternate and without stalks and the base may clasp...

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Canada Thistle – Bracts

Canada Thistle – Bracts

Canada Thistle Cirsium arvense (L.) Scop. An introduced, erect, leafy and variable perennial up to 1.5 m tall that spreads by underground rhizomes forming clones. Stems are hollow and become hairy with age Leaves are alternate and without stalks and the base may clasp...

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Canada Thistle – Flower

Canada Thistle – Flower

Canada Thistle Cirsium arvense (L.) Scop. An introduced, erect, leafy and variable perennial up to 1.5 m tall that spreads by underground rhizomes forming clones. Stems are hollow and become hairy with age Leaves are alternate and without stalks and the base may clasp...

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Canada Thistle – Infestation

Canada Thistle – Infestation

Canada Thistle Cirsium arvense (L.) Scop. An introduced, erect, leafy and variable perennial up to 1.5 m tall that spreads by underground rhizomes forming clones. Stems are hollow and become hairy with age Leaves are alternate and without stalks and the base may clasp...

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Canada Thistle – Shoots

Canada Thistle – Shoots

Canada Thistle Cirsium arvense (L.) Scop. An introduced, erect, leafy and variable perennial up to 1.5 m tall that spreads by underground rhizomes forming clones. Stems are hollow and become hairy with age Leaves are alternate and without stalks and the base may clasp...

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Canada Lettuce – Sap

Canada Lettuce – Sap

Canada Lettuce Lactuca canadensis L. An erect biennial up to 2.5 m tall with few lateral branches. Leaf shape is highly variable but generally plants have deeply lobed leaves and the margins may be toothed or smooth. The stem and leaves contain a milky white sap....

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Canada Lettuce – Leaf

Canada Lettuce – Leaf

Canada Lettuce Lactuca canadensis L. An erect biennial up to 2.5 m tall with few lateral branches. Leaf shape is highly variable but generally plants have deeply lobed leaves and the margins may be toothed or smooth. The stem and leaves contain a milky white sap....

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Canada Lettuce – Flower

Canada Lettuce – Flower

Canada Lettuce Lactuca canadensis L. An erect biennial up to 2.5 m tall with few lateral branches. Leaf shape is highly variable but generally plants have deeply lobed leaves and the margins may be toothed or smooth. The stem and leaves contain a milky white sap....

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Canada Lettuce – Bolting Plant

Canada Lettuce – Bolting Plant

Canada Lettuce Lactuca canadensis L. An erect biennial up to 2.5 m tall with few lateral branches. Leaf shape is highly variable but generally plants have deeply lobed leaves and the margins may be toothed or smooth. The stem and leaves contain a milky white sap....

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Canada Lettuce – Immature Plant

Canada Lettuce – Immature Plant

Canada Lettuce Lactuca canadensis L. An erect biennial up to 2.5 m tall with few lateral branches. Leaf shape is highly variable but generally plants have deeply lobed leaves and the margins may be toothed or smooth. The stem and leaves contain a milky white sap....

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Bunchberry – Fruit

Bunchberry – Fruit

Bunchberry (Pigeon berry) Cornus canadensis L. A short perennial spreading by underground rhizomes usually found in large patches. Leaves are smooth, deep green with parallel veins meeting at the tip and are found in a whorl of 4 to 6, often with 2 smaller and...

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Bunchberry – Flower

Bunchberry – Flower

Bunchberry (Pigeon berry) Cornus canadensis L. A short perennial spreading by underground rhizomes usually found in large patches. Leaves are smooth, deep green with parallel veins meeting at the tip and are found in a whorl of 4 to 6, often with 2 smaller and...

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Bunchberry – Shoot

Bunchberry – Shoot

Bunchberry (Pigeon berry) Cornus canadensis L. A short perennial spreading by underground rhizomes usually found in large patches. Leaves are smooth, deep green with parallel veins meeting at the tip and are found in a whorl of 4 to 6, often with 2 smaller and...

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Bristly Sarsparilla – Fruit

Bristly Sarsparilla – Fruit

Bristly Sarsparilla Aralia hispida Vent. A much-branched perennial up to 1.0 m tall arising from a stout rhizome or underground stem. Extensively bristled at the base of the plant; less so near the top. Pinnately compound leaves with 5 or more sharply toothed...

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Bristly Sarsparilla – Early Flower

Bristly Sarsparilla – Early Flower

Bristly Sarsparilla Aralia hispida Vent. A much-branched perennial up to 1.0 m tall arising from a stout rhizome or underground stem. Extensively bristled at the base of the plant; less so near the top. Pinnately compound leaves with 5 or more sharply toothed...

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