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Post by hoosier on Sept 18, 2015 13:40:21 GMT -5
I seen these three plants/trees while hiking in Nolde Forest State Park just south of Reading Pennsylvania I'm almost certain the (first) picture of the tree is an invasive species known as "Tree of Heaven or China Sumac"  Not sure of the second, third and fourth photo's. Photo's two and three are both the same plant. The blue item in the fourth photo was growing within a large group of Jewelweed    |
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Post by Admin on Sept 18, 2015 13:59:03 GMT -5
If the tree had thorns it is Devil's walking stick - a native.
2 & 3 are Jack-in-the-Pulpit berries.
I'd like to see more pf the plant/leaves of the 4th but with what I see so far I'm thinking Blue Cohosh.
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Post by hoosier on Sept 18, 2015 14:00:53 GMT -5
If the tree had thorns it is Devil's walking stick - a native. 2 & 3 are Jack-in-the-Pulpit berries. I'd like to see more pf the plant/leaves of the 4th but with what I see so far I'm thinking Blue Cohosh. No thorns on the tree. And they seem to be taking over large areas of the forest |
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Post by Admin on Sept 18, 2015 21:43:31 GMT -5
I think you need to checkout Devil's Walking Stick more closely. The thorns might be hard to see until you grab hold of a stem or trunk. They are often found in thickets. |
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Post by ki0eh on Sept 19, 2015 20:16:55 GMT -5
Here's tree-of-heaven www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/plants/treeheaven.shtml - certainly it would be expected in Nolde Forest. I'm not sure the picture is it. The video linked in turn from the page I'm linking in this post may help (despite its cheesy intro). I can't honestly recall encountering Devil's Walking Stick in PA, other than in Martin Hill Wild Area where I've literally run into it many times. The former 45%+ gradient northern descent from MST's summit required grabbing onto it, until the trail was relocated onto a gentler (still steep) vector. |
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Post by AegisIII on Sept 19, 2015 22:03:07 GMT -5
There's plenty of devil's walking stick in the southern part of Michaux, especially along the ridge north and south of Virginia Rocks.
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Post by Admin on Sept 20, 2015 22:57:16 GMT -5
Now I remember the blue berry - It's "Mile-a-minute" vine - an encroaching invasive particularly fond of open fields. It literally pulls down native species. There is a lot of it around Emmitsburg water shed.
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Post by hoosier on Sept 21, 2015 13:22:09 GMT -5
 Mike here is a picture showing more of the plant. And it is vine like. Taking over the whole area of Jewelweed. Also on the tree picture. I looked closely at the trees trunk. And it does in fact have very small thorns. |
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Post by Admin on Sept 21, 2015 14:20:08 GMT -5
Triangle shaped leaves is definitely Mile-a-minute - nasty stuff! As KiOeh atests those Devil walking stick thorns hurt too.
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Post by ki0eh on Sept 22, 2015 20:03:07 GMT -5
We went on vacation once and returned to find mile-a-minute totally choking a flower bed that had seemed completely clear when we left. Definitely need gloves and long sleeves for pulling it out. Fortunately it hasn't seemed to have found its way to where I go in northern PA yet.
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