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Aster borealis ~ Symphyotrichum boreale ~ northern bog aster

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Characteristics:
  • OBL
  • Michigan C Value: 9
  • also known as "boreal aster"
  • formerly known as Aster junciformis
  • largely confined to fens
  • white flower
  • usually less than a dozen flowers
  • 1-3 feet high
  • long slender leaves (similar to grass leaves)
  • leaves are one-veined
  • smooth stem
  • obligate to fens
  • calcareous sedge meadows
  • can look like a slender, gracefully-flowered A. lanceolatus
  • native
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