GREEN OR GREENISH FLOWERS 



I. UPRIGHT PLANTS. 

 1. Upright shrub. 



Poison Sumach. Dogwood {Rhus venenata). Cashew 

 family. 

 Max. ht. 1 8 ft.; flowers small in open axillary clus- 

 ters; leaves compound, leaflets 7-13, egg-shaped to 

 oblong, not toothed; fruit whitish or dun colored. 

 Swamps. Early summer. 



Staghorx Sumach (Rhus typhina). Cashew family. 

 Tall shrub or small tree ; branches velvety ; flowers 

 small, in close terminal clusters (panicles); leaves 

 compound, leaflets 11 -31, lance-shaped, pointed, 

 toothed, narrower than leaves of above. Fruit crim- 

 son. Hillsides. Early summer. 



Marsh Elder {Iva fructescens) . Composite family. 



Ht. few feet to 8 feet; shrubby at base; small 

 flower-heads in raceme-like arrangement in axils; 

 upper leaves narrow and pointed; lower broader, 

 pointed, coarsely toothed, scarcely stalked, lower 

 leaves opposite. Marshy ground near sea. Summer. 



2. Upright herb, leaves simple, flowers in raceme or spike, 

 plant under 2 ft. 



Ditch Stonecrop {Penthorum sedoides). Orpine family. 

 Ht. ^-2 ft.; flowers small in forked spikes; petals 5; 

 leaves short-stemmed, toothed. Summer, autumn. 



Smartweed {Polygonum H ydropi per aides) . Buckwheat 

 family. 

 Max. ht. 2 ft.; flowers small in long racemes; 

 leaves long-pointed, with short stems. Wet ground. 

 Summer, autumn. 



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