One of few flowers blooming in late January in the area. Chilly afternoon with wind.

Saw them on my way to class. Pretty sure they were dead a week later due to the fluctuating weather.

3/10/19 This hairy green brier caught my attention. It had large briers. Today was warm and wet outside.

open woods

Growing on steep roadcut/ditch.

Crow Point Overlook

Growing in cool shady location beside dirt road near creek.

3 veins, apiculate leaf apices, 4 rows of lacunae on each side of mid rib, nodal glands present, stipules membranous, inflorescences crowded (no spaces)

An introduced species in Big Lake. Closest thing I could find: Amazon Swordplant (Echinodorus)?

nodusus?

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Plants were sampled as part of Cleveland Metroparks hydrilla surveys.

Turion pictured

https://gobotany.newenglandwild.org/species/vallisneria/americana/