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MarcP2
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Wild Plants in Woods

I just took these photos yesterday. Plant one is all over the forest floor and looks very familiar but I can't ID it.

You see it again in the Plant 2 photo but I am wonder if the other plant is some kind of wild geranium?

Plant 3 also looks familiar, like plantain but I don't think it is.
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This is the plant I'm most interested in IDing.
This is the plant I'm most interested in IDing.
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Maybe #1 is sweet cicely of some kind.
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Look at the little seedlings around #1 -- definitely in the carrot family -- maybe Queen Ann's Lace? Do you have Golden Alexander around there?

#2 does look like wild geranium....
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Hi Marc! Glad you're out wild-plant-spotting again this spring.

Got an Oenothera vibe from #1.
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Hi Applestar and purpleinopp. It does looks like we have Golden Alexander in this county and in every nearby county, although I've never heard of it. I will definitely be watching for it. I went back to the park today and rubbed the leaves of Plant 1 and there is a strong anise smell. Now, we have both Osmorhiza claytonii and Osmorhiza longistylis in this area and websites seem to have a difference of opinion as to which one smells like anise.
purpleinopp, I think Oenothera is a most excellent vibe!
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I took pictures of a clump from my Golden Alexanders in the Wet Feet Wildflowers Bed

(A little sprouted seedling near the dry leaf. Rounded pairs of seedleaves are Jewelweed)
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In the wild, you may see leftover seedstalk like the one in the picture. I leave them all standing during the winter for the birds.

Smushed leaf smelled like carrot greens. :wink:
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I had a lot of jewelweed on my corner lot but the city cut it all down. I suppose it will regrow this summer. One of my favorite weeded areas was blocked this winter (possibly on purpose) when a tree fell across the drive. I'm debating on parking nearby and climbing over the tree, but the last time I was there, a cop stopped and asked me what I was doing. Then he said a woman who disappeared was last seen in that area.
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I just posted a pic similar to your plant 1 - curious about this as well. The center of mine looks like a stem or flower is forming.
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I think you may be right about the sweet cicely. All the parts of the ones I am familiar with smell like anise.

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I have tried to start it on my property, but it is another one of those acid lovers....


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