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NEWS
Last Updated:
July 24, 2017
The
Amateur
Botanist
Current Article:
Rare Plants of City Park,
Warwick, RI
For past Amateur Botanist
articles, click HERE.
Big River MA
Rare plants found in the
Big River Management Area
RI Ferns
ARIW has teamed up with
Don Lubin to produce an article
about the ferns found in RI.
RI Equisetopsida,
Lycopodiopsida
and Isoetopsida
Horsetails, Club-mosses,
Fir-mosses, Spike-mosses
and Quillworts
Formerly known as
the Fern Allies
RI OrchidsRI Violets
Oddities
References
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What plant is that?
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Photo credits: © Francis R. Underwood 2017
This month’s plant is an inhabitant of
fresh or brackish swamps or river shores.
It grows on stems up to 7 feet tall and
can sometimes be found in
large colonies of 15- 20 stems.
Its 5-petaled flowers are quite large,
up to 8-10” in diameter,
usually pink in color and sometimes white.
Like the flowers the leaves are also large. They are toothed and arranged
alternately along the stems.
Look for this plant with its showy flowers
in late summer and early fall.
Stop back next month to find out
what this mystery plant is.
Click here
for last month's mystery plant.
Mystery Plants from
past months, click, here
E-mail your guess to us and,
if you're right, we'll list
your name below.
Congratulations to the following
for correctly identifying
last month's mystery plant.
Bonnie O'Connor
Nancy Fullerton
Brian Maynard
Wendy Miller
Deborah Vine-Smith
Anne Wagner
Dennis Webster