...Moist
...Variable
...Dry
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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Solidago altissima var. altissima
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Solidago altissima
FAMILY
Asteraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Guide to the Vascular Plants of the Blue Ridge (Wofford, 1989)
Solidago canadensis
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-49-030:
Solidago altissima
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Solidago canadensis var. scabra
COMMON NAME:
Tall Goldenrod, Field Goldenrod, Common Goldenrod
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_soal6_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm200623_5968
June Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm140831_133
August Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
S. altissima is the goldenrod that usually has mid-to-upper stem ball galls, per Asterae Lab: Classification and illustrations of goldenrods (J.C. Semple).
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JK Marlow jkm140831_135
August Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
Short hairs can give fresh plants a gray-green tone not seen in S. canadensis, per Flora of North America.
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JK Marlow jkm140909_567
September Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
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JK Marlow jkm140909_571
September Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
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JK Marlow jkm140909_573
September Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
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JK Marlow jkm140909_574
September Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
Mid-stem leaves entire to serrulate, per Weakley's Flora (2012).
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JK Marlow jkm140909_578
September Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
Distinguished by short-hairy pubescence on stems & leaves, upper lvs entire, per Asterae Lab: Classification and illustrations of goldenrods (J.C. Semple).
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JK Marlow jkm140909_579
September Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
Leaves moderately to densely pubescent across the lower surface, per Weakley's Flora (2012).
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JK Marlow jkm140909_580
September Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
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JK Marlow jkm140917_802
September Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
Upper stem leaves entire, thicker than the serrate upper lvs of S canadensis, per Asterae Lab: Classification and illustrations of goldenrods (J.C. Semple).
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Tim Spira tpssaltissima2
September
Flowers in an erect, broad, pyramid-shaped panicle, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses.
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Gill Newberry gn10_s_altissima
October
This is the most common goldenrod of the Great Plains & e. North America, per Asterae Lab: Classification and illustrations of goldenrods (J.C. Semple).
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JK Marlow jkm201002_7533
October Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmsattissima_0
Month Unknown
Stems are 0.8-2m tall from a creeping rhizome, forming colonies, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses.