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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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Top two and bottom photo: © Francis R. Underwood 2020
Thrid photo from top: © 2008 Katy Chayka,
via Minnesota Wildflowers,
https://www.minnesotawildflowers.inf
The mystery plant for October
is listed as rare in RI.
This plant can be found in
wet or muddy habitats.
It grows from 2” to 30” tall.
It is a perennial with rhizomes.
The leaves are alternate and toothed.
The flowers have 5 sepals
(usually no petals) and 5 carpels.
The carpels turn red in the fall. .
The carpels turn red in the fall.
It has been placed in its own family.
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.
Emma Brown
Theresa DiMaio
Nancy Fullerton
Brian Maynard
Anne Wagner