Pokeweed, Pickerelweed, Wild Mint

Pokeweed is found in disturbed areas.

Pickerelweed is an aquatic plant that has spikes of purplish flowers.

Wild Mint has small, white flowers arranged in whorls around the stem.

Swamp Candle, Marsh Skullcap, Pale St. John's-wort, Whorled Milkwort

Swamp Candle is species of loosestrife. It has tall, upright spikes of small, star-shaped yellow flowers.

Marsh Skullcap is in the mint family. The flowers grow in pairs along the stem.

Pale St. John's-wort has small yellow flowers with five petals. The buds appear red before opening.

Whorled Milkwort has tiny white to pinkish-white flowers arranged in a conical cluster called a raceme.

Pipsissewa, Canda Lily, Marsh Hedge Nettle

Pipsissewa has five petals that nod down. It is usually found in coniferous forests and dry woodlands, often in sandy soil.

Canada Lily has large, nodding, bell-shaped blooms that appear in yellow, orange or red wiith dark spots in their throats.

Marsh Hedge Nettle lives in wet meadows, marshes and along streambanks. It grows 1 - 3 feet tall and produces spikes of pink to purple flowers.

Bouncing-bet, Tick Trefoil, Sneezeweed

Bouncing-bet, also known as soapwort, grows in disturbed areas and along roadsides. The bug on it is a spotted Lady Beetle.

Tick Trefoil has small, pink to purple pea-like flowers. The seed pods are covered in tiny hooked hairs that cling to clothing or animal fur.

Purple-headed Sneezeweed is a member of the daisy family. The name comes from the dried leaves being used to make snuff.

Tulip Tree, Dryad's Saddle

The flower of the Tulip Tree is orange and yellow and shaped like a goblet.

Dryad's Saddle is a fungus that grows on dead or dying hardwood trees.

Enchanter's Nightshade, Whorled Tickseed

Enchanter's Nightshade is a shade loving plant known for its tiny, white, two-lipped flowers.

Whorled Tickseed, also known as Threadleaf Coreopsis, has thin, thread-like foliage that forms bushy clumps.

Jewelweed, Rose Campion, Asiatic Dayflower, New Jersey Tea, Narrow-leaved Sundrops, Snake in a bush

Jewelweed, also called touch-me-not, features bright orange, tubular flowers spotted with red or brown.

Rose Campion has magenta blossoms and woolly, silvery-gray leaves.

Asiatic Dayflower has two blue petals at the top and amuch smaller petal underneath. The blooms last for one day.

New Jersey Tree is native shrub that produces abundant clusters of tiny, fragrant white flowers.

Narrow-leaved Sundrops is in the evening primrose family.

After a drenching rainfall garter snakes will climb into bushes to dry out and possibly get warm.

Thermopsis

Thermopsis, also called False Lupine or Goldenbanner, has tall, upright spikes of bright yellow, pea-lke flowers.

Queen Anne's Lace, Lady's Thumb Smartweed, Spotted Spurge, Musk Mallow

Queen Anne's Lace, also called Wild Carrot, has flat-topped, lace-like flower clusters, often with a single dark red or purple flower in the center.

Lady's Thumb Smartweed features dense, spike-like clusters of small pink or white flowers.

Spotted Spurge is a mat forming weed found in disturbed areas. It has reddish stems and small white petaled flowers.

Musk Mallow has pink petals that often have a crepe paper-like texture.

Shinleaf, Orange Grass, Rabbit-foot Clover, Daylily

Shinleaf, Pyrola, has a naked flower stalk that bears 7 - 15 white, waxy, drooping greenish-white flowers

Orange Grass has small, very small, yellow flowers that only open in the sun.

Rabbit-foot Clover has small, dense, pinkish-gray flower heads that have a soft, fuzzy-hairy appearance.

Orange Daylily is also called Ditch Lily. Unlike true lilies the plant is not spotted and its individual blooms last for only one day.