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Fertile cone of rough horsetail (aka scouring rush) in Monroe. Co. NY

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Sterile stalk of horsetail with whorled branches. St. Lawrence Co. NY

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Emerging horsetail stalks demonstrate dimorphism. Monroe Co. NY

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Fireweed flowerheads can be loose (shown) or very dense. Taken in Franklin Co. NY

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West Virginia White butterfly on toothwort - its host plant.

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Non blooming trailing arbutus, Hamilton Co. NY

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Notice the hairy leaves of trailing arbutus in Monroe Co. NY

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Virginia rye grass has straight, upright seed heads. St. Lawrence Co. NY

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Note the long hairs on the glumes & rachis, consistent with the name silky (or downy) wild rye. Ontario Co. NY

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Elymus riparius looks like a smaller, thinner Elymus canadensis. Taken in Monroe Co. NY

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