- Bittersweet
- Black cherry
- Common blackberry
- Glossy buckthorn
- Hobblebush
- Honeysuckle
- Leatherleaf
- Leatherwood
- Maple-leaved viburnum
- Narrow-leaved meadowsweet
- Northern bush honeysuckle
- Staghorn sumac
- Sweet gale
- Wild gooseberry
- Wild red raspberry
Bittersweet
The orange berries shown here are an early phase o the fruit. The orange "skin" opens up to reveal red berries.
The orange berries shown here are an early phase o the fruit. The orange "skin" opens up to reveal red berries.
Bittersweet
Black cherry
Prunus serotina
The leaves in the photo are yellow, having been taken October 26, 2023. They have the features of a cherry - fine teeth, boat-shape, glands where the petiole joins the leaf. But specifically there are thick orange-coloured hairs along the lower third of the central rib on the underside of the leaves. The leaves have acute tips.
Prunus serotina
The leaves in the photo are yellow, having been taken October 26, 2023. They have the features of a cherry - fine teeth, boat-shape, glands where the petiole joins the leaf. But specifically there are thick orange-coloured hairs along the lower third of the central rib on the underside of the leaves. The leaves have acute tips.
Black cherry in late October
Zoom in to see the rust-coloured hairs on the midrib.
The petiole curves at the base. I am not sure if this is specific for black cherry.
Common blackberry
Rubus allegheniensis
"Bramble" refers to raspberry and blackberry bushes. They grow in two forms. The first year branches and leaves are primocanes, and after that floricanes. The primocane leaves of common blackberry have 5 palmate leaflets while the florcanes have 3 or sometimes 1. The branchlets have significant thorns. I note that leaves stay green well into the fall.
Rubus allegheniensis
"Bramble" refers to raspberry and blackberry bushes. They grow in two forms. The first year branches and leaves are primocanes, and after that floricanes. The primocane leaves of common blackberry have 5 palmate leaflets while the florcanes have 3 or sometimes 1. The branchlets have significant thorns. I note that leaves stay green well into the fall.
Glossy buckthorn
Rhamnus frangula
Genus: Rhamnus
Glossy buckthorn and common buckthorn are similar. Glossy buckthorn has no thorn at the end of branches, has glossy leaves which are smoothly entire and fruit in small clusters. Veins are straight. Common buckthorn has thorns, duller leaves, serrated leaf margins, somewhat curved veins and berries in larger clusters.
Glossy buckthorn is often found in wetland areas - the second photo is from our lakeshore.
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Hobblebush
Viburnum ainifolium
Genus: Viburnum
So called because the stems run out at angles that can trip people walking among them. It does not grow tall, leaves are paired and large.
Viburnum ainifolium
Genus: Viburnum
So called because the stems run out at angles that can trip people walking among them. It does not grow tall, leaves are paired and large.
Hobblebush
Honeysuckle
Family: Honeysuckle
This may be fly honeysuckle but I am not sure.
Family: Honeysuckle
This may be fly honeysuckle but I am not sure.
Honeysuckle
Leatherleaf
Family: Heath
Chamaedaphne calyculata
Found along lake shores. Underside of thick leaf is brownish.
Family: Heath
Chamaedaphne calyculata
Found along lake shores. Underside of thick leaf is brownish.
Leatherleaf
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Leatherleaf (underside)
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Leatherwood
Dirca palustris
What is special about is how pliable the branches are. The leaves are obovate: oval but widest above the middle and without teeth. The bark is a kind of golden olive colour. The leaves turn yellow in the fall and are late in shedding. In 2023, they came down around 26 October.
Dir'ca: from the Greek dirke, "a fountain," specifically a fountain northwest of Thebes in Boeotia, referring to its moist habitat. The genus Dirca was published by Carl Linnaeus in 1753.
palus'tre/palus'tris: growing in marshes
Dirca palustris
What is special about is how pliable the branches are. The leaves are obovate: oval but widest above the middle and without teeth. The bark is a kind of golden olive colour. The leaves turn yellow in the fall and are late in shedding. In 2023, they came down around 26 October.
Dir'ca: from the Greek dirke, "a fountain," specifically a fountain northwest of Thebes in Boeotia, referring to its moist habitat. The genus Dirca was published by Carl Linnaeus in 1753.
palus'tre/palus'tris: growing in marshes
Leatherwood
Maple-leaved viburnum
Viburnum acerifolium
Genus: Viburnum
This plant looks very much like a maple. The leaves are arranged oppositely as a maple. It is the flowers that are entirely different, blooming in June. The fruit is a red berry rather than a "key" as expected with maple. I see some berries into late October, helping with identification. The leaves also remain long on this shrub, turning a particular pink colour. Because of this it is very visible wherever it is in late October since much else has withered away.
Viburnum acerifolium
Genus: Viburnum
This plant looks very much like a maple. The leaves are arranged oppositely as a maple. It is the flowers that are entirely different, blooming in June. The fruit is a red berry rather than a "key" as expected with maple. I see some berries into late October, helping with identification. The leaves also remain long on this shrub, turning a particular pink colour. Because of this it is very visible wherever it is in late October since much else has withered away.
Maple-leaved viburnum
Maple-leaved viburnum
Narrow-leaved meadowsweet
Family: Rose
Family: Rose
Narrow-leaved meadowsweet
Narrow-leaved meadowsweet
Northern bush honeysuckle
Diervilla lonicera
This does not look like a shrub but more like a herbaceous plant. It is the only toothed honeysuckle. Leaves are opposite, flowers in pairs at the end of the shoot.
Diervilla:
Lonic'era: named for Adam Lonitzer (Lonicer, Lonicerus) (1528-1586), a German herbalist, physician and botanist who revised a standard herbal text dating from 1533 that was reprinted many times between 1557 and 1783. The son of a theologian and philologist, and a professor of theology and ancient languages at Marburg, Johannes Lonicerus, Adam was born at Marburg and studied there and at the University of Mainz, obtaining a Magister degree at the age of sixteen. In 1553 he became a professor of mathematics at the Lutheran University of Marburg and received a Doctor of Medicine the following year, becoming the town physician of Frankfurt-am-Main. His true interest was herbs and the study of botany. His first major work was Naturalis historiae opus novum, published in 1551. This was followed by the Kreuterbuch, published in 1557, which was a compilation of work done by Dr. Eucharius Rosslin, Jean Ruelle, Valerius Cordus, Pietro Andrea Mattioli, Hieronymus Braunschweig and Conrad Gessner. This book was an amalgam of scientific fact, anecdotal knowledge, tall stories, and medieval herbal tradition, and included references to fictitious plants and animals, but was immensely popular right up to the 19th century. The genus Lonicera was published in his honor in 1753 by Carl Linnaeus.
Diervilla lonicera
This does not look like a shrub but more like a herbaceous plant. It is the only toothed honeysuckle. Leaves are opposite, flowers in pairs at the end of the shoot.
Diervilla:
Lonic'era: named for Adam Lonitzer (Lonicer, Lonicerus) (1528-1586), a German herbalist, physician and botanist who revised a standard herbal text dating from 1533 that was reprinted many times between 1557 and 1783. The son of a theologian and philologist, and a professor of theology and ancient languages at Marburg, Johannes Lonicerus, Adam was born at Marburg and studied there and at the University of Mainz, obtaining a Magister degree at the age of sixteen. In 1553 he became a professor of mathematics at the Lutheran University of Marburg and received a Doctor of Medicine the following year, becoming the town physician of Frankfurt-am-Main. His true interest was herbs and the study of botany. His first major work was Naturalis historiae opus novum, published in 1551. This was followed by the Kreuterbuch, published in 1557, which was a compilation of work done by Dr. Eucharius Rosslin, Jean Ruelle, Valerius Cordus, Pietro Andrea Mattioli, Hieronymus Braunschweig and Conrad Gessner. This book was an amalgam of scientific fact, anecdotal knowledge, tall stories, and medieval herbal tradition, and included references to fictitious plants and animals, but was immensely popular right up to the 19th century. The genus Lonicera was published in his honor in 1753 by Carl Linnaeus.
Northern bush honeysuckle
Staghorn sumac
Staghorn sumac
Sweet gale
Myrica gale
The crushed leaves give off a pleasant aroma. Lake shores often together with leatherleaf.
My'rica: derived from the Greek name myrike for tamarisk, and a plant whose fruit has a greasy covering that provides the aromatic tallow from which bayberry candles are made. The genus Myrica was published by Carl Linnaeus in 1753
Myrica gale
The crushed leaves give off a pleasant aroma. Lake shores often together with leatherleaf.
My'rica: derived from the Greek name myrike for tamarisk, and a plant whose fruit has a greasy covering that provides the aromatic tallow from which bayberry candles are made. The genus Myrica was published by Carl Linnaeus in 1753
Sweet gale
Wild gooseberry
Ribes hirtellum
There are several species of gooseberry and currant that are difficult to tell apart. The white undersurface of this wild gooseberry is almost furry.
Ribes hirtellum
There are several species of gooseberry and currant that are difficult to tell apart. The white undersurface of this wild gooseberry is almost furry.
Wild gooseberry
Wild red raspberry
Rubus idaeus
"Bramble" refers to raspberry and blackberry bushes. They grow in two forms. The first year branches and leaves are primocanes, and after that floricanes. The primocanes of wild red raspberry have 3, 5 or 7 leaflets while the florcanes have 3. In this species, the middle pair of leaflets is closer to the terminal leaflet than it is to the pair below. The branchlets have weak bristles and here are almost always purple in colour. I note that leaves stay green well into the fall.
Rubus idaeus
"Bramble" refers to raspberry and blackberry bushes. They grow in two forms. The first year branches and leaves are primocanes, and after that floricanes. The primocanes of wild red raspberry have 3, 5 or 7 leaflets while the florcanes have 3. In this species, the middle pair of leaflets is closer to the terminal leaflet than it is to the pair below. The branchlets have weak bristles and here are almost always purple in colour. I note that leaves stay green well into the fall.
Wild red raspberry