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Plant
  habit
   shrubs
   herbaceous
   grass-like
  special groups
   composites
   legumes
   milkweeds
   mints
   spurges
   dicots
   monocots
  longevity
   annual or biennial
   perennial
  armature
   unarmed
   armed
  sap
   latex absent (sap clear)
   latex present
  leaves/twigs aromatic when crushed
   without marked odor
   clearly odiferous
Leaves
  arrangement/phyllotaxy
   basal
   alternate
   opposite
  blade division
   all simple
   some or all fully compound
Inflorescence
  flowering season - upper Midwest
   spring
   summer
   fall
  plant sexuality
   monoecious
   bisexual flowers
Flower
  principal flower color
   white or cream
   purple
   blue
   green
   yellow
   orange
   red
   pink
   inconspicuous
  flower type
   daisy- or dandelion-like
   bilateral/irregular symmetry
   radial symmetry 3 petals
   radial symmetry 4 petals
   radial symmetry 5 petals
   radial sym. 6 or more petals
   petals indistinguishable
  ovaries/pistils per flower
   1
   2-5
   more than 5
Fruit or Cone
  fruit consistency at maturity
   dry/leathery
   fleshy
  mature fruit dehiscence
   opening along 1-2 seams
   opening along 3 to many seams
   does not split open to release seed

Sussex MG Meadow Plot 1B

Judith Pfister
Species Count: 33

Apocynaceae

Asteraceae

Commelinaceae

Cyperaceae

Euphorbiaceae

Fabaceae

Juncaceae

Lamiaceae

Malvaceae

Onagraceae

Plantaginaceae

Poaceae

Rhamnaceae

Rosaceae

Verbenaceae