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  • Aralia racemosa

    Spikenard, american spikenard

    This rhizomatous plant grows 1 to 2 m tall. The leaf stalk and the rhizome emerge from the soil. The leaf is formed of three parts, which are themselves finely toothed and divided.

    Plant form
    Herbaceous terrestrial plant
    Family
    Araliaceae
  • Dryopteris spinulosa (Dryopteris intermedia)

    Spinulose wood-fern, spinulose shield-fern

    This average-sized fern (0.5 m) grows in sparse colonies. It forms a dense crown. Its dark green leaves, or fronds, are arched and deeply cut.

    Plant form
    Fern
    Family
    Dryopteridaceae
  • Monstera deliciosa Liebm. (syn. Philodendron pertusum)

    Split-leaf philodendron, swiss-cheese plant

    Under ideal conditions, the stems of this plant may grow 5 m tall and spread 1.8 m. The bright green leaves are approximately 90 cm wide. On young plants, they are entire and heart-shaped.

    Plant form
    Herbaceous terrestrial plant
    Family
    Araceae
  • Cyclanthus bipartitus Poit.

    Split-leafed cyclanthus, Victory plant

    This large stemless plant grows up to 3 m tall. Its leaves split in two as they mature. They are about as long as the stalk (approx. 1.5 m) and about 40 cm wide before they split.

    Plant form
    Herbaceous terrestrial plant
    Family
    Cyclanthaceae
  • Eupatorium maculatum

    Spotted Joe-Pye weed

    This tall plant (1.5 m) is easy to recognize, with its crown of flat pink or purple flowerheads and its leaves arranged in layers.

    Plant form
    Herbaceous terrestrial plant
    Family
    Asteraceae (Compositae)
  • Inga vera spuria

    Spring inga

    This medium-sized tree grows to an average of12 m, but up to20 m. It has a very wide-spreading crown.

    Plant form
    Deciduous tree
    Family
    Fabaceae
  • Dicentra canadensis

    Squirrel corn

    This 15 to 30 cm tall plant has a rhizome covered in small node-like tubers. Its leaves resemble those of Dicentra cucullaria, but with bluish-green undersides.

    Plant form
    Herbaceous terrestrial plant
    Family
    Fumariaceae
  • Smilacina stellata var. crassa

    Star-flower false Solomon's seal

    This short (25 cm) plant has an upright, somewhat zigzagging, unbranched green stem, which is hairless except near the flowers. Its alternate leaves are long and stalkless.

    Plant form
    Herbaceous terrestrial plant
    Family
    Asparagaceae
  • Acer pennsylvanicum

    Striped maple, moosewood

    This shrubby understory tree grows 2.5 to 10 m tall. It has a short trunk with a few irregular branches. Its thin, smooth bark is green or greenish-brown, becoming black with age.

    Plant form
    Broadleaf tree
    Family
    Sapindaceae
  • Acer saccharum.

    Sugar maple

    This tree grows 20 to 30 m and sometimes even 45 m tall.

    Its dark grey bark becomes ridged and scaly with age. Its opposite, hairless leaves have 3 to 5 lobes with long blunt tips.

    Plant form
    Broadleaf tree
    Family
    Sapindaceae
  • Asclepias incarnata

    Swamp milkweed, rose wilkweed

    This large clump-forming plant grows up to 1 m tall. Its stem is straight and hairy, branching near the tip. It has fairly thick, opposite leaves.

    Plant form
    Herbaceous terrestrial plant
    Family
    Asclepiadaceae
  • Myrica gale L.

    Sweet gale

    This small (1.25 m) perennial shrub gives off a pleasant odour and grows in colonies. Its highly ramified stem is recumbent at the base and upright higher up.

    Plant form
    Broad-leaved shrub
    Family
    Myricaceae