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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 Plants with tiny yellow flowers arranged into dense,
compact clusters called "flower heads". Plants
with well-developed stems and at least some well-
developed stem leaves during the flowering period

Composite Family
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Plants with milky sap
and florets all having
the same shape and
sexual composition,
and ligules with
5 minute teeth.
 
   
Plants with clear sap
and florets with
different shapes
and varying sexual
composition. Ray
florets with from
0 to 4 teeth.
 
   

 

 

 

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