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Aster dumosus ~ Symphyotrichum dumosum ~ bushy aster

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Characteristics:
  • FAC+
  • Michigan C Value: 7
  • also known as "rice button aster"
  • rare, localized
  • somewhat like a pilosus but stalk has series of tiny bractlets
  • hairy stem
  • few hairs on leaves
  • very tiny leaves at top of plant (0.64cm long)
  • moist, interdunal meadows is most common habitat
  • northern limit near "Tension Zone"
  • native
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