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Descriptive Flora 



obovate, thick, convex, wingless. April, May and June. In dry 

 soil. Grows in patches in low moist fields or pastures and is 

 frequently seen growing on the margin of ditches, ponds and 

 lakes. This genus is well known to plant lovers as several species 

 are cultivated in gardens. 



Coreopsis car damine folia (DC.) Torr. & Gray. 



Similar to Coreopsis drummondii described above but easily 

 distinguished by the very short, lanceolate outer row of in- 

 volucral bracts, which are only from 1/4 to % as long as the 

 inner row of bracts. Achenes elliptic-oblong, with a wing about 

 one-third as broad as the body. April to July. Margins of 

 ditches and ponds, and in drier places. 



Coreopsis cmssifolia Ait. Sand dollars. Coreopsis. 



Sand Tiekseed. 



Similar to Coreopsis above but disk is comparatively small 

 and yellow and the ray flowers are yellow with a pattern of 

 faint, broken purple lines near the base, forming a broken purple 

 ring around the disk. Rays usually longer. In dry sandy soil 

 to the south and east. 



Bidens chrysantJiemoides Michx. Wild Golden Glow. 



Spanish Needles. 



Smooth, thick-stemmed plants, 2 to 4 feet high, with large, 

 sunflower like blossoms that come out in late fall and resemble 

 the Golden Glow of northern gardens. Plants rooted in mud and 

 growing in clumps along the margins of creeks, ditches and 

 rivers. Leaves simple, opposite. Blades long, linear or lanceo- 

 late, tapering at both ends, half clasping the stem. Margins 

 saw-toothed. Flowers composite, large, yellow, with a yellowish- 

 brown button-like disk. Involucre consists of two rows of bracts, 

 the outer of green leaflets, the inner yellowish and thinner. 

 Seeds are flattened achenes, each tipped by two awns covered 

 with short, downwardly barbed hairs. 



