1. Characteristics

Simple, Opposite, Entire leaves

Cornus ssp. 

Dogwood, found in the weed garden between Aronoff and Jennings

Simple, Alternate, Serrate

Found inside gardens in the Jennings courtyard

2. Sight ID

Andropogon gerardii

Found outside of Jennings lecture hall 1, easy to tell because of the “turkey foot”, commonly known as big blue stem or turkey foot

Acer saccharinum 

Sugar maple, found by Mirror Lake

Identifiable by the five lobes in the leaf, and palmate venation

3. Family identification

Lamiaceae

Agastache urticifolia 

Horse nettle, give away for this family is the square stem

Found in weed garden outside of Aronoff

Fabaceae

Trifolium ssp. 

Clover, which are found in the Fabaceae family

Found in the grass outside of Aronoff

Species name: Potentilla simplex

Common name: Common cinquefoil

Plant family: Rosaceae

Native

Field notes: This plant was found on September 17th on the Knowlton Rooftop Garden, this is a flat garden, with a lot of sunlight. The flower has 5 green sepals, 5 yellow petals, 20 stamen.

Species name: Hesperis matronalis 

Common name: Dame’s violet

Plant family: Brassicaceae

Native

Field notes: This plant was found on September 17th behind Knowlton Hall, in a shady plot of soil by the back sidewalk

Species name: Liriope muscari

Common name: Lily Turf

Plant family: Asparagaceae

Not Native – comes from East Asia

Field notes: This plant was found on September 17th behind Knowlton Hall, in a shady plot of soil by the back sidewalk. I picked this plant because it was very out of place, the only one of its kind in the patch, and I did not think it was actually planted there