Plant id: serrated compound leaves, wild flower, perennial

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  1. Cayuga Morning

    Cayuga Morning Strong Ash Plants Contributor

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    Hi

    I need help with plant id for 2 plants. Plant #1 has serrated medium green compound leaves, grows in damp soil in the woods, grows 16-18 inches tall, is a wildflower perennial & flowers a white fuzzy bloom in late May. Here are 2 photos:

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    Photo #1 ( photo / image / picture from Cayuga Morning's Garden )





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    Photo #2 Berries will take the place of this flower. I think they are white? ( photo / image / picture from Cayuga Morning's Garden )


    Plant #2 is a diminutive little thing, 2 inches wide by 1 1/2 inches tall. It can be found growing in lawns. It blooms a tiny daisy like flower 1/2 inch across in May & June. Maybe it is a wild bellis perenne?




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    Plant #2, photo #3 ( photo / image / picture from Cayuga Morning's Garden )





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    Plant #2, photo #4 flower is the size of a dime ( photo / image / picture from Cayuga Morning's Garden )


    Thanks for your help everyone.
     
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  3. cindjo717

    cindjo717 Seedling

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    #1 looks like Astilbe
     
  4. Tina

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    #1 looks like Astilbe
    #2 looks like Shasta Daisy
     
  5. Sjoerd

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    I agree with the first one being an Astilbe.
    The second one though--could it be the Bellis perennis?
     



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  6. Palustris

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    Top one looks like Aruncus too.
     
  7. Netty

    Netty Chaotic Gardener Plants Contributor

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    The first one is not Astilbe, it is a Baneberry. Berries are poisonous, something to think about if you have small children going to the area.
    Actaea rubra (Red Baneberry)
     
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    Hi all--

    I know it is not an astilbe, although the foliage is similar. Netty, I looked up baneberry and figured out it is an Actaea pachypoda, a white baneberry. I found a clutch of them growing at the family farm south of Buffalo, NY & brought one home. It has been flourishing in MA. http://wildwoodsurvival.com/survival/fo ... index.html

    Plant #2? Bellis perenne?
     
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    I agree, after further consideration, that it is not an Astilbe.
     
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