Question: I found this plant in a newly formed wetland at the mouth of 2 streams, 5 years after a storm …
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I found this plant in a newly formed wetland at the mouth of 2 streams, 5 years after a storm washed the soil off the hillside to form the area. It is on a lake in NW CT. Our lake was studied by the state DEEP a few years back and found to have the most diverse collection of aquatic plants of any lake they studied.
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Dear DRMoore, you appear to have photographed a species of Eutrochium (Joe-pye weed), native members of the Asteraceae. I can't tell which species without better images of the leaves (which are necessary for identification in this group, along with the morphology and coloration of the stem). If you can post additional images of these structures, I can try to assist you further.
