brianmaynard's Identifications

This plant is a dune grass with tall green blades. The flowers are beige, long, spike-like, and located at the top of the blades. The American beachgrass is commonly found on the top of sand dunes near the beach (grow in salty, dry soils).

Small bright yellow florets make up large flowers. Some almost 6 feet tall. Triangular alternate leaves slowly decrease in size up the stem. Habitat; edge habitat of an unmoved section of brush and reeds on the uri campus.

Flowers: Yellow, radially symmetrical flowers arranged in flat-topped clusters.
Leaves: Alternate entire long narrow leaves less than 1/4" in width. Smaller leaves found in the leaf axils.
Growth: Upright, growing about 3 feet in height.
Habitat: Found on edges of damp areas in full sun.

Observations:
Long thin leaf blades with parallel veins
Very thin panicles with attached florets on the tips
Very thin and hard to see detail unless getting up close
Highly branched
The leaves were alternate on the stem
Habitat:
Near the side of the road where a lot of traffic, as in people, sidewalks, construction, would occur but is a native species

This plant was blooming in late summer, and had many small yellow flowers. The leaves were toothed and rough when touched. The stem was hairy. This goldenrod was found in a meadow-like area by a roadside in Kingston, RI.

Tall grass with a dark brown seed head. Glumes are longer than spikelets. Leaves are bluish/green. Yellow flowers hang attached from branches. Observed along sidewalk amongst other grasses and goldenrods.