F. Robert Wesley

Marginal shield fern habit, taken in Tompkins Co. NY

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Typical all-white flower. Note the opposite toothed leaves.

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Broadleaf sedge in bloom in upstate NY. Note the bluish leaf color and overwintered leaves.

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Eupatorium sessilifolium in flower. Note sessile leaves.

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Rue anemone is usually seen as a few plants, or just one, unlike the similar Enemion.

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False rue anemone, found wild in far western NYS, has deeper lobes than the more common Thalctrum thalictroides.

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Anemone virginiana can be hard to distinguish from A. cylindrica.

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tall anemone

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Doll's eyes bloom panicle is usually more elongated than the very similar Actaea rubra.

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Northern lady fern

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