Key Quiz - Monday afternoon
See the Plants
of Lick Creek Park for a general overview. Our path this
Fall included:
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1. Old field
areas with combination of early-sage
annual
colonizers with expanding populations of native perennials, especially
grasses.
2. Forested uplands with typical dominant species 3. A transition from upland to alluvial (floodplain) forest 4. The Utility Line opening, the Sedge Meadow, and Lick Creek Plants of Interest: (click image for larger version) Poaceae: Chasmanthium, Bluestem, and - with a scent: Greasegrass (purpletop) = Tridens flavus Campanulaceae (Asteridae): Cardinal Flower Verbenaceae - what eats beauty berries? Don't know, but take a close look - some are gone: ![]() Orchidaceae: - Spiranthes parksii
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