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Photographer: Eric J. Epstein
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Family Asteraceae
Solidago uliginosa Nutt.
northern bog goldenrod
Solidago: from Latin solido, meaning "to make whole or heal" and a reference to the supposed, medicinal qualities of these plants
uliginosa: in marshes
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | erect, perennial, 1'-5' tall forb mostly smooth except for inflorescence; round stems |
| Flower: | head with 1-8 yellow rays; inflorescence a 7" short-branched, spike-like cluster much longer than wide; blooms July-Sept. |
| Fruit: | mostly smooth, dry seed on fluffy pappus |
| Leaf: | long and narrow, 7-15 times as long as wide and tapering to stalk, bases clasping, upper side smooth, upper leaves obviously smaller |
| Habitat: | wet; bogs, meadows, forests |
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