emmettdigger
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Plant or weed?

I have a few plants that I can't tell if they are weeds or flowers.

1. Tall plant
https://i857.photobucket.com/albums/ab131/emmettdigger/029.jpg?t=1274924543

Close-up of tall plant
https://i857.photobucket.com/albums/ab131/emmettdigger/020.jpg?t=1274924543

2. Vine-type plant with what looks like flower pods on top
https://i857.photobucket.com/albums/ab131/emmettdigger/019.jpg?t=1274924543

Different view of vine-type plant
https://i857.photobucket.com/albums/ab131/emmettdigger/018.jpg?t=1274924543

3. Geranium? It has small pink flowers now
https://i857.photobucket.com/albums/ab131/emmettdigger/028.jpg?t=1274924543

4. Tree close-up
https://i857.photobucket.com/albums/ab131/emmettdigger/030.jpg?t=1274924543

Far away
https://i857.photobucket.com/albums/ab131/emmettdigger/031.jpg?t=1274924543

Thank you!!

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Kisal
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The vine (#2) looks to me like deadly nightshade:

[img]https://dnr.wi.gov/invasives/photos/images/medium/DeadlyNightshadeA.jpg[/img]
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Kisal
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#3 looks like cranesbill geranium:

[img]https://www.preservedgardens.com/images/mygarden/CranesbillGeranium.jpg[/img]

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Kisal
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#4 looks like a dogwood. I am not a 'tree person', however, so I can't say for sure. There are some varieties on which the new growth is red.

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Pineville
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The tree looks to me like Cercidiphyllum japonicum - katsura tree

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The first one looks like the Milk weed that is pink called Asclepia incarnata "Cinderella". #2 is a solanum, maybe solanum dulcamara "nightshade". #3 yep, geranium and I agree with Katsura, not sure , does look like a dogwood too. Fun to ID plants, Cheryl



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