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Black Cohosh (Actaea racemosa) Caswell Co., NC 17 June 2006 Common in the NC mountains and uncommon in the piedmont, Black Cohosh is found along rich forest edges and openings. |
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Black Cohosh (Actaea racemosa) Caswell Co., NC 17 June 2006 |
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Black Cohosh (Actaea racemosa) Caswell Co., NC 17 June 2006 |
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Black Cohosh (Actaea racemosa) Caswell Co., NC 17 June 2006 |
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Doll's Eyes, White Cohosh, White Baneberry (Actaea pachypoda) Clay Co., NC 13 May 2006 Common in rich forests of the NC mountains |
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Doll's Eyes, White Cohosh, White Baneberry (Actaea pachypoda) Clay Co., NC 13 May 2006 |  |
Doll's Eyes, White Cohosh, White Baneberry (Actaea pachypoda) Yancey Co., NC 13 Sep 2008 |
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Doll's Eyes, White Cohosh, White Baneberry (Actaea pachypoda) Yancey Co., NC 13 Sep 2008 Leaves may be easily confused with Astilbe, Aruncus, Caulophyllum, Angelica, etc. |
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Doll's Eyes, White Cohosh, White Baneberry (Actaea pachypoda) Clay Co., NC 13 May 2006 |
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Doll's Eyes, White Cohosh, White Baneberry (Actaea pachypoda) Yancey Co., NC 13 Sep 2008 Young developing fruits. |
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Doll's Eyes, White Cohosh, White Baneberry (Actaea pachypoda) Yancey Co., NC 13 Sep 2008 |
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Red Baneberry (Actaea rubra) Emmet Co., MI 22 Aug 2008 Red Baneberry grows throughout most of the US and Canada except for the Southeast, so it's not found in North Carolina. |
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Red Baneberry (Actaea rubra) Emmet Co., MI 22 Aug 2008 Rare white form of Red Baneberry. |
Annotated habitat and distribution information listed above is from Radford, Ahles, & Bell. 1968. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. UNC Press; and from personal observations and discussions with Will Cook, Harry LeGrand, and Bob Wilbur. Common names from personal experience and supplemented by the following resources USDA plants website, Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia, and NatureServe.
Created on ... May 7, 2006 | jeffpippen9@gmail.com