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Plant
  habit
   grass-like
   aquatic & OBL wetland species
  special groups
   composites
   legumes
   mints
   dicots
   monocots
  leaves/twigs aromatic when crushed
   without marked odor
   clearly odiferous
Leaves
  arrangement/phyllotaxy
   basal
   alternate
   opposite
   whorled
  blade division
   all simple
   some or all fully compound
  leaf attachment
   sessile or nearly so
   sessile and auriculate clasping
   leaf stalk (petiole) clearly present
   sheathing
Inflorescence
  flowering season - upper Midwest
   spring
   summer
   fall
  plant sexuality
   monoecious
   bisexual flowers
Flower
  principal flower color
   white or cream
   purple
   blue
   yellow
   red
   pink
   inconspicuous
  flower type
   daisy- or dandelion-like
   bilateral/irregular symmetry
   radial symmetry 5 petals
   petals indistinguishable
Fruit or Cone
  mature fruit dehiscence
   opening along 1-2 seams
   does not split open to release seed

Sussex MG Meadow Plot2A

Judith Pfister
Species Count: 12

Acanthaceae

Asteraceae

Cyperaceae

Fabaceae

Lamiaceae

Poaceae