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Total Records Found: 14, showing 10 per page
Common Name Clasping-leaved Venus' Looking-glass
Scientific Name Triodanis Perfoliata
Category Herbaceous Layer
Plant Status Native
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Optional Link www.minnesotawildflowers.info/flower/clasping-leaved-venus-looking-glass
Location of Plant Tanner, WV
County in West Virginia Gilmber
Recorded By Tina Gainer Barton
Common Name Common Chickweed
Scientific Name Stellaria media
Category Herbaceous Layer
Plant Status Naturalized
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Location of Plant Tanner, WV
County in West Virginia Gilmer
Recorded By Tina Gainer Barton
Common Name Common Milkweed
Scientific Name Asclepias syriaca
Category Herbaceous Layer
Plant Status Native
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Optional Link en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asclepias_syriaca
Location of Plant Tanner Creek Rd near Dry Run Rd
County in West Virginia Gilmer
Recorded By Tina Gainer Barton
Common Name Dandelion
Scientific Name Taraxacum officinale
Category Herbaceous Layer
Plant Status Naturalized
Photo of plant
Optional Link extension.wvu.edu/lawn-gardening-pests/weeds/dandelions
Location of Plant Tanner, WV
County in West Virginia Gilmer
Recorded By Tina Gainer Barton
Common Name Eastern Redbud
Scientific Name Cercis canadensis
Category Tree
Plant Status Native
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Optional Link en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cercis_canadensis
Location of Plant Tanner, WV
County in West Virginia Gilmer
Recorded By Tina Gainer Barton
Common Name Great Mullein
Scientific Name Verbascum thapsus
Category Herbaceous Layer
Plant Status Naturalized
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Optional Link en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verbascum_thapsus
Location of Plant Tanner, WV
County in West Virginia Gilmer
Recorded By Tina Gainer Barton
Common Name Ground Ivy
Scientific Name Glechoma Hederacea
Category Herbaceous Layer
Plant Status Naturalized
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Optional Link en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glechoma_hederacea
Location of Plant Tanner, WV
County in West Virginia Gilmer
Recorded By Tina Gainer Barton
Common Name Guruveids
Scientific Name Guruveids
Category Herbaceous Layer
Plant Status Native, Naturalized, Invasive, Endangered, Rare, Unknown
Optional Link tradepulse.ru/
Location of Plant Belarus
County in West Virginia Guruveids
Recorded By Guruveids
Common Name Pawpaw
Scientific Name Asimina triloba
Category Tree
Plant Status Native
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Location of Plant Tanner, WV
County in West Virginia Gilmer
Recorded By Tina Gainer Barton
Common Name Ribwort Plantain
Scientific Name Plantago Lanceolata
Category Herbaceous Layer
Plant Status Naturalized
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Optional Link en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plantago_lanceolata
Location of Plant Tanner, Wv
County in West Virginia Gilmer
Recorded By Tina Gainer Barton