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Photo by Chiefcam11
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Field Notes

Description:

About 5' 6" tall. Along a park trail.

Habitat:

Species ID Suggestions

Canada thistle

Cirsium arvense (L.) Scop.

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MarkFrazier
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Musk Thistle/Nodding Thistle

Carduus nutans

winterwalleye
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Comments (2)
winterwalleye
Canada thistle has smaller and paler flowers, and is not commonly found in the region
beckythecrook
This looks like milk thistle: noxious, invasive weed in the Midwest and a threat to biodiversity. On the upside, milk thistle has a long history of uses in herbal medicine
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PublishedMay 2, 2012

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