Bush Honeysuckle – Opposite Leaves

Bush Honeysuckle – Opposite Leaves

Bush Honeysuckle Diervilla lonicera Mill An erect, upright shrub usually <0.5 m in height that forms dense, scattered patches. Leaves are oppositeĀ  with toothed margins and red ribs that often become reddish-purple. The flowers are yellow with a 5- lobed floral...
Bush Honeysuckle – Young Plants

Bush Honeysuckle – Young Plants

Bush Honeysuckle Diervilla lonicera Mill An erect, upright shrub usually <0.5 m in height that forms dense, scattered patches. Leaves are oppositeĀ  with toothed margins and red ribs that often become reddish-purple. The flowers are yellow with a 5- lobed floral...
Broad Leaved Meadowsweet – Flowering Head

Broad Leaved Meadowsweet – Flowering Head

Broad Leaved Meadowsweet Spiraea alba Du Rod var. latifolia (Aiton) Dippel An erect shrub up to 1.5 m tall, but usually <1.0 m in blueberry fields. Leaves are alternate, oval with toothed margins and the undersides are smooth. The flowering head is an open panicle...
Broad Leaved Meadowsweet – Flowers

Broad Leaved Meadowsweet – Flowers

Broad Leaved Meadowsweet Spiraea alba Du Rod var. latifolia (Aiton) Dippel An erect shrub up to 1.5 m tall, but usually <1.0 m in blueberry fields. Leaves are alternate, oval with toothed margins and the undersides are smooth. The flowering head is an open panicle...
Broad Leaved Meadowsweet – Sprout

Broad Leaved Meadowsweet – Sprout

Broad Leaved Meadowsweet Spiraea alba Du Rod var. latifolia (Aiton) Dippel An erect shrub up to 1.5 m tall, but usually <1.0 m in blueberry fields. Leaves are alternate, oval with toothed margins and the undersides are smooth. The flowering head is an open panicle...
Black Huckleberry – Mature Fruit

Black Huckleberry – Mature Fruit

Black Huckleberry Gaylussacia baccata (Wang.) K. Koch A much branched, slightly hairy common shrub of lake shores, barrens and bogs that grows >1.0 m in height, but is less than 0.5 m tall in blueberry fields. It spreads by rhizomes forming dense patches and looks...