Autumn Wildflower Seedheads and Fruits

of Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden

  

Thumbnails of some of the autumn seedheads and fruits that you may encounter on a visit between Sept. 1st and mid-October. See the separate page of thumbnails of autumn flowers. Alternate common names for plant are shown in ( ), woody plants designated by "*".
Plant names with web links lead to a separate page of plant information and photos on that plant.

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Fireweed
White Baneberry
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Red Osier Dogwood fruit
  
Fireweed
White Baneberry
Red Baneberry-White Berry Type
Gray Dogwood*
(Graybark Dogwood)
Red Osier Dogwood*
  
Chamerion angustifolium
Actaea pachypoda
Actaea rubra
Cornus racemosa
Cornus sericea
  
 
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Spreading Dogbane seed
Snowberry
Swamp Milkweed
Whorled Milkweed
  
Hophornbeam*
(Ironwood)
Spreading Dogbane
(Common Dogbane)
Snowberry*
Swamp Milkweed
Whorled Milkweed
  
Ostrya virginiana
Apocynum androsaemifolium
Symphoricarpos albus
Asclepias incarnata
Asclepias verticillata
  
           
White Sagebrush
Wolfberry
Thimbleweed seed
Thimbleweed seed
Virgin's bower
  
White Sagebrush
(Prairie Sage)
Wolfberry*
Thimbleweed &
Tall Thimbleweed -after capsule burst
Thimbleweed &
Tall Thimbleweed -before capsule burst
Virgin's Bower
  
Artemisia ludoviciana
Symphoricarpos occidentalis
Anemone cylindrica &
Anemone virginiana
Anemone cylindrica &
Anemone virginiana
Clematis virginiana
  
 
Blackbery Lily seed
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Common Milkweed
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Big Bluestem
  
Blackberry Lily
Buttonbush*
Common Milkweed
Indian Grass

Big Bluestem

  
Belamcanda chinensis
Cephalanthus occidentalis
Asclepias syriaca
Sorghastrum nutans
Andropogon gerardii
  
 
Turk's Cap Lily Seed Pod
Clammy Ground Cherry
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Partridge Pea Seed pod
Showy tick-Trefoil
  
Turk's-cap Lily &
Michigan Lily
Clammy Ground Cherry
American Bladdernut
Partridge Pea
Showy Tick-trefoil
(Canada Tick-trefoil)
  
Lilium superbum and Lilium michiganense
Physalis heterophylla
Staphylea trifolia
Chamaecrista fasciculata
Desmodium canadense
  
 
Polk Milkweed
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Eastern Red Cedar
  
Polk Milkweed
Blue Cohosh
Pagoda Dogwood*
(Alternate-leaf Dogwood)
Pale Dogwood*
(Silky Dogwood)
Eastern Red Cedar*
  
Asclepias exaltata
Caulophyllum thalictroides
Cornus alternifolia
Cornus obliqua
Juniperus virginiana
  
 
American Elderberry fall fruit
Carrion Flower
Nannyberry
Bittersweet
Bittersweet
  
Canada Elderberry*
(American Black Elderberry)
Carrion Flower
Nannyberry*
Climbing Bittersweet
(American Bittersweet)
Early fall
Climbing Bittersweet
(American Bittersweet)
Late fall
  
Sambucus nigra ssp. canadensis
Smilax herbacea
Viburnum lentago
Celastrus scandens
Celastrus scandens
  
 
Black Cherry
Chokecherry fruit
Coral Berry
False Solomon's Seal
Hawthorn Fruit
  
Black Cherry*
Chokecherry*
Coralberry*
False Solomon's Seal
(Feathery False Lily of the Valley)
Fireberry Hawthorn*
(Red Hawthorn)
  
Prunus serotina
Prunus virginiana
Symphoricarpos orbiculatus
Maianthemum racemosum
Crataegus chrysocarpa
  
 
Highbush Cranberry
European Cranberry Fruit
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Limber Honeysuckle
Bittersweet Nightshade
  
Highbush Cranberry*
(American Cranberrybush)
European Cranberrybush
Jack-in-the-pulpit
Climbing Honeysuckle*
(Limber Honeysuckle)
Climbing Nightshade (Bittersweet Nightshade)
  
Viburnum opulus var. americanum
Viburnum opulus var. opulus
Arisaema triphyllum
Lonicera dioica
Solanum dulcamara
  
           
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Partridge Berry
Pin Cherry
Fragrant Sumac
Smooth Sumac
  
Red Baneberry -Red Berry Type
Partridge Berry
Pin Cherry*
Fragrant Sumac*
Smooth Sumac*
  
Actaea rubra
Mitchella repens
Prunus pensylvanica
Rhus aromatica
Rhus glabra
  
 
Staghorn Sumac
Prairie Wild Rose hips
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Tatarian Honeysuckle
Asparagus berry
  
Staghorn Sumac*
Wild Roses*
Winterberry*
(Black Alder)
Tatarian Honeysuckle*
Asparagus
  
Rhus hirta
6 species - see information sheet for details
Ilex verticillata
Lonicera tatarica
Asparagus officinalis
  
           
Eastern Wahoo
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Burdock
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Eastern Wahoo*
Ninebark*
(Common Ninebark)
Horse Gentian
Lesser Burdock
Common Cattail
  
Euonymus atropurpurea
Physocarpus opulifolius
Triosteum aurantiacum
Arctium minus
Typha latifolia
  
 
Evening Primrose
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Sweet Joe-Pye Weed
Leadplant
Cattail late fall seed
  
Common Evening Primrose
Field thistle
Sweet Scented Joe-Pye Weed - Spotted Joe-Pye similar
Leadplant
Cattail
  
Oenothera biennis
Cirsium discolor
Eupatorium purpureum
Amorpha canescens
late fall seed dispersal
  
 
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Wild Onion
Wild Yamroot
Shaggy Blazing Star
Northern Blazing Star seeds
  
Curly Dock
Wild Onion
(Autumn Onion)
Wild Yamroot
Shaggy Blazing Star
Northern Blazing Star
(New England Blazing Star)
  
Rumex crispus
Allium stellatum
Dioscorea villosa
Liatris pilosa
Liatris scariosa . var. novae-angliae
 
 
Sweet Fern
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Wild Leek
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White False Indigo pods
  
Sweet Fern*
Canadian Milk Vetch
Wild Leek
False Blue Indigo
(Blue Wild Indigo)
White False Indigo
(Wild White Indigo)
  
Comptonia peregrina
Astragalus canadensis
Allium tricoccum
Baptisia australis
Baptisia alba var. macrophylla
  
           
Blackberry
Black chokeberry
Common Buckthorn
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Black Nightshade
  
Allegheny Blackberry* - late season
Black Chokeberry*
Common Buckthorn*
Kentucky Coffeetree*
Black Nightshade
  
Rubus allegheniensis
Photinia melanocarpa
Rhamnus cathartica
Gymnocladus dioicus
Solanum nigrum
  
 
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