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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 formHerbaceous terrestrial plantFamilyAraliaceae -
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 formFernFamilyDryopteridaceae -
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 formHerbaceous terrestrial plantFamilyAraceae -
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 formHerbaceous terrestrial plantFamilyCyclanthaceae -
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 formHerbaceous terrestrial plantFamilyAsteraceae (Compositae) -
Spring inga
This medium-sized tree grows to an average of12 m, but up to20 m. It has a very wide-spreading crown.
Plant formDeciduous treeFamilyFabaceae -
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 formHerbaceous terrestrial plantFamilyFumariaceae -
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 formHerbaceous terrestrial plantFamilyAsparagaceae -
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 formBroadleaf treeFamilySapindaceae -
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 formBroadleaf treeFamilySapindaceae -
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 formHerbaceous terrestrial plantFamilyAsclepiadaceae -
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 formBroad-leaved shrubFamilyMyricaceae