Included in this key are only those species found in the area surveyed at Buttermilk Falls State Park.

 

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Vascular Plants of the Gorge at
Buttermilk Falls State Park (Ithaca, NY)

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All these shrubs are unarmed.
Leaves are
simple and mostly alternate.
Leaves are egg-shaped or
elliptical in shape.

(Click one of the pictures below that corresponds to your choice.)

   
American hazelnut
(Corylus americana)
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Witch hazel
(Hamamelis virginiana)
   
Chokecherry
(Prunus virginiana)

(Teeth are very small.)

   
Lowbush blueberry
(Vaccinium angustifolium)

(Teeth are very small.)

   
Common buckthorn
(Rhamnus cathartica)

(Teeth are very small.)

   
Weeping forsythia
(Forsythia suspensa)

(This species may have some
leaves that are
opposite.)

   

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