A Guide to THE THREE SISTERS Diorama - TREES AND WEEDS (Page Two)
The following sketches serve to identify the weed plants in the diorama.
SKETCHES OF WEED PLANTS IN THE DIORAMA
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purple aster (Aster novae-angliae) mature plant is 2 - 4 feet in height |
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black-eyed Susan or cone flower (Rudbeckia triloba) mature plant is 2 - 4 feet in height |
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evening primrose (Oenothera biennis) mature plant is 1 - 5 feet in height |
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white daisy or fleabane (Erigeron annuus) mature plant is 1 - 3 feet in height |
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goldenrod (Solidago canadensis) mature plant is 2 - 4 feet in height |
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common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) mature plant is 1 1/2 - 4 feet in height |
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May apple (Podophyllum peltatum) mature plant is 1 - 2 feet in height |
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wild strawberry (Fragaria virginiana) mature plant is 4 - 8 inches in height |
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staghorn sumac (Rhus typhina): a twig with several compound leaves mature shrub is up to 15 feet in height |
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little blue stem grass (Schizachyrium scoparium) mature plant is 1 - 2 1/2 feet in height |
Not illustrated:
crabgrass (Digitaria sanguinalis) -- badly trampled specimens in the foreground of the diorama.
(When you visit the Museum, you might take along a copy of these plant pictures to help identify the plants in the diorama)
