Ground Ivy, also commonly known as Creeping Charlie, is a fast growing ground cover with ‘hoof’ shaped leaves. Other names it goes by include Gill-over-the-ground, Alehoof, Gill-go-by-the-Hedge, and Run-away-robin. This plant is not related to Ivy but is, instead, to the Mint family. Identifying You’ll find a square stem and opposite growing, kidney-shaped leaves, similar…
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Hairy Bittercress
Hairy Bittercress, Cardamine hirsuta, is one of the smaller wild mustards in the Brassicaceae family. Oddly enough, this plant is less hairy and bitter and more non-hairy and spicy! The hairs are very fine and without close inspection, you’ll miss them all together. Identifying Hairy Bittercress This plant consists of compound leaves with tiny leaflets…
