Mar. 8, 2020
sericea, Lespedeza cuneata
Sericea is in a genus where almost everything is called bushclover. I guess if you're from Asia and Australia you can be different. Sericea was brought here in the 1890's as forage and is now used to revegetate disturbed areas. This one was beside a Walmart lot and may have been left over from construction. Near home I have seen it planted as deer forage in the state game area. Of course, in some areas it is now invasive. Sericea has been reported in AL, AR, CT, DE, FL, GA, HI, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, MI, MO, MS, NC, NE, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA, WI, WV, and ON. McMinn Co TN, 10/18/15. Bean family, Fabaceae.
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Hi Denise
Just thinking it's almost time to come look for Platanthera flava. Bob
Hi Bob:
I found it on Eber Rd, about 1.5 mi S. of Kitty Todd Preserve 1/4 mi from Metroparks land. I’m guessing it came in on the RR. (NwOhio)
Apparently so, but not on all plants. The brown only shows a little in this image.
Regarding umber pussytoes, one reference calls it brown-brackted pussytoes. Are it's bracts browner than other pussytoes?