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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 Herbaceous Plants with White Flowers.
Plants are taller than 1 foot, with evident
upright stems.
Flowers are arranged into
long, narrow dense inflorescences with
no gaps or with small gaps separating flowers.

   
Foamflower 
( Tiarella cordifolia )
   
Field pepperweed
( Lepidium campestre )
   
White sweet-clover
( Melilotus albus )
   
Dock-leaved smartweed
( Persicaria lapathifolia )
   
Pokeweed
( Phytolacca americana )
   
Silverrod
( Solidago bicolor )

[ Note: the yellow color
is not from the flower
"petals" (corolla), but
from the stamens. ]

   

 

 

 

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