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MERGOAT

Mergoat Land Design and Restoration

Sorrel Inman

[email protected]
(865) 250-6140

The large showy inflorescence of Devil’s Walking Stick hangs over the large compound leaves

Devil’s Walking Stick

Aralia spinosa

Family: Araliaceae

Plant Type
Shrub
Status
Native
Native Range
Southeast, Mid-Atlantic
Edible Parts
…
Height
10’-20’
Spread
6’-10’

Landscape Attributes

Bloom Color
White
Root Depth
…
Root Structure
…
Seasonal Interest
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter
Lifespan
25-50 years

ECOLOGICAL ATTRIBUTES

LIGHT
Full Sun, Part Sun
GROWTH HABIT
Erect, Suckering
WATER
Medium
RELATIONSHIPS
Birds, Large Mammals

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The yellow fall leaves of a posion ivy vine hang over a drying cluster of white berries

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Toxidendron radicans

Plant Type
vine
Native Range
Southeast, Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, Midwest
Edible Parts
…
Height
1’-3’
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Common Milkweed

Asclepias syriaca

Plant Type
Wildflower, Forb
Native Range
Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, Southeast, Midwest
Edible Parts
…
Height
3’-5’
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Eurybia divaricata

Plant Type
Wildflower, Forb
Native Range
Southeast, Northeast, Midwest
Edible Parts
…
Height
2’-3’
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Muhlenbergia capillaris

Plant Type
Grass
Native Range
Southeast, Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, Midwest
Edible Parts
…
Height
3’-4’
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Betula nigra

Plant Type
Deciduous Tree
Native Range
Southeast, Northeast
Edible Parts
Sap
Height
60-80′
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A cluster of frost asters in the golden evening sun

Frost Aster

Symphyotrichum pilosum

Plant Type
Forb, Wildflower
Native Range
Southeast, Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, Midwest
Edible Parts
…
Height
2’-4’
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The inflorescences begin to open on the racemose flower of black cohosh

Black Cohosh

Actaea racemosa

Plant Type
Forb
Native Range
Southeast, Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, Midwest
Edible Parts
…
Height
4’-6’
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The cool tones of blue mist flower seem to glow agains the background of green foliage

Blue Mistflower

Conoclinium coelestinum

Plant Type
Wildflower, Forb
Native Range
Southeast, Northeast, Midwest, Mid-Atlantic
Edible Parts
…
Height
1’-3’
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Red Maple

Acer rubrum

Plant Type
Deciduous Tree
Native Range
Southeast, Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, Midwest
Edible Parts
…
Height
40’-70’
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Anise Hyssop

Agastache foeniculum

Plant Type
Forb
Native Range
Northeast, Midwest, Mid-Atlantic
Edible Parts
…
Height
2’-4’
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