Plant Number 1 (first two pictures – white flowers):

Convolvulus sepium
Hedge bindweed
Convolvulaceae
Native
Found growing on Solidago spp. in pairie swell outside of Aronoff Lab on Sunday, September 14^th, 2014, Columbus, OH. No obvious roots observed, could not determine microhabitat.

Plant Number 2 (violet flowers)
Solanum dulcamara
Bittersweet Nightshade
Solanaceae
Introduced
Found on the edge of the prairie swell outside of Aronoff Lab on Sunday, September 14^th 2014. Only three plants of this species were found, Columbus OH. Plant growing in soil.

Description of Characters used:
I used the 5 part regular flower, lobed leaves, and backward pointing flower lobes to identify the plant. Initially, I had difficulty determining the plant because it did not appear to be a vine. However, upon further examination, I discovered it had only just begun to creep up the side of the tree nearby.

Plant number 3 (yellow flowers):
Rudbeckia triloba
Thin-leaved Coneflower
Asteraceae
Native
Found growing with various grasses in the prairie swell outside of Aronoff Lab on Sunday, September 14^th, 2014, Columbus, OH. Plant growing in soil.

White Snakeroot — Eupatorium rugosum or Ageratina altissima

native

• date: Sept 13, 2014
• location: Columbus, OH, woods between Olentangy trail and mountain biking hills where Duncan dead-ends
• overall habitat: mixed mesophytic forest
• microhabitat: damp soil or clay
• Family: Asteraceae

This tall (1-5′) plant has tooted opposite ovate (egg-shaped) leaves that come to a sharp point. It has flowers in many clusters on its end tips, and on the tips ofstems throughout the plant. Each flower has 5 regular parts but is in a head (cluster of flowers) numbering upwards of 10, so it is categorized with flowers that have parts “indistinguishable.”

Wild Carrot, Queen Anne’s Lace, or Bird’s Nest

native

• date: Sept 13, 2014
• location: Columbus, OH, Olentangy trail, open area before Dodridge Bridge
• overall habitat: small prairie-type clearing
• microhabitat: moderately damp soil
• family: Apiaceae

Swamp Goldenrod

native

• date: Sept 13, 2014
• location: Columbus, OH, Olentangy bike trail just south of OSU Wetlands Research Center
• overall habitat:  mixed mesophytic forest
• microhabitat: very damp soil
• Family: Asteraceae

Scientific Name: Vernonia noveboracensis

Common Name: New York Ironweed

Family: Asteraceae

Status: Native

Field Notes:    

Date: 9.12.14

Location: Mt. Sterling, OH (northeastern Fayette County)

Habitat: Meadow/old field scattered between soybean fields.

Microhabitat: Soils ranged from Algiers silt loam to Fox silt loams.

Discussion of characters: Tall plants (3-10′) with small purple flowers in heads (1/2 – 3/4″ wide) and finely toothed leaves. Bracts with long, threadlike tips cover the base of the flower heads. Each flower head contains 30-50 flowers.

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Scientific Name: Ipomoea purpurea

Common Name: Common morning glory

Family: Convolvulaceae

Status: Introduced (escaped cultivation)

Field Notes:           

Date: 9.12.14

Location: Mt. Sterling, OH (northeastern Fayette County)

Habitat: Meadow/old field scattered between soybean fields.

Microhabitat: Soils ranged from Algiers silt loam to Fox silt loams.

Discussion of characters:  Funnel/trumpet shaped flowers (1 3/4 – 3″ long) with heart-shaped (chordate) leaves. The flowers are blue, purple, red, white or variegated. Note: this flowers grows on a vine.

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Scientific Name: Rudbeckia triloba

Common Name: Thin-leaved coneflower

Family: Asteraceae

Status: Native

Field Notes:   

Date: 9.12.14

Location: Mt. Sterling, OH (northeastern Fayette County)

Habitat: Meadow/old field scattered between soybean fields.

Microhabitat: Soils ranged from Algiers silt loam to Fox silt loams.

Discussion of characters: Flower heads 1-2″ wide; have a dark brown central disk (1/2 – 3/4″ wide). Lower leaves sometimes 3-lobed; alternate leaf arrangement.

Genus/Species: Rudbeckia laciniata

Common Name: Tall Coneflower

Family: Asteraceae

Location Found: Along a riparian corridor by the Alum Creek in Columbus Ohio on 9/11/14. Found in the understory along the riparian edge in moist soil. Tall cone flower is native to North America.

Genus/Species: Rudbeckia hirta

Common Name: Black Eyed Susan

Family: Asteraceae

Location Found: Along a riparian corridor by the Alum Creek in Columbus Ohio on 9/11/14. Found in the understory along the riparian edge in moist soil. Black-eyed Susan is native to North America.

Identification: Yellow daisy like flower with eight petals. The yellow petals can develop a dark orange almost brown tint towards the center. The center of the flower has a large black head approximately 1 inch in width. The leaves are elongated slightly and hairy. The stem is also hairy.

Genus/Species: Helenium autumnate

Common Name: Sneeze Weed

Family: Asteraceae

Location Found: Along a riparian corridor by the Alum Creek in Columbus Ohio on 9/11/14. Found in the under story along the riparian edge in moist soil. Sneeze weed is native to North America.

Eupatorium rugosum was the original name for the ‘white snakeroot’ but due to the toxin it contains, it has been replaced in the Asteraceae family and is now named Ageratina altissima. This plant is native to eastern North America. This plant was observed 2014 September 12 in Newark, Ohio in an open area along the edge of a mixed mesophytic forest with an overstory dominated by Quercus rubra (red oak),  Quercus alba (white oak), Acer saccharum (sugar maple), and Juglans nigra (black walnut) and an understory is dominated by Podophyllum peltatum (mayapple), grass and other herbatious plants. This plant was found growing in a moist soil on the south-eastern side of an Acer saccharum (sugar maple) tree. This plant can be best described as a small white flowers in clusters near the top with hair-like tips; opposite leaves (a pair of leaves are attached to a node), ovate (spare-like), and a serrated margin (toothed edge).