Question: Seeking Identification on a few plants I've spotted on a walk today through the woods/fields. I'm located in Maryland. I …
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Seeking Identification on a few plants I've spotted on a walk today through the woods/fields. I'm located in Maryland. I suspect the flower on the vine like plant to be some type of morning glory? thanks in advance.
Answer
The shrub with red berries is a species of Lonicera (honeysuckle), probably L. morrowii (Morrow's honeysuckle). You can confirm this by examining the leaves and branchlets and confirming the presence of moderate to dense pubescence. The violet-flowered species is Dipsacus (teasel). Without images of the leaf, I can't tell you which species it is for certain, but based on the outline of the bracts below the inflorescence, it appears to be D. fullonum (fuller's teasel). The large white flower does belong to a species of Ipomoea (morning-glory), but without details of the style/stigma and sepals, I cannot tell you which one for sure. The flower looks like Ipomoea pandurata (wild sweet potato morning-glory), which you can confirm by using the key on Go Botany.
