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White Wood Aster - Eurybia divaricata Habitat: Growing along nature trails in a mostly deciduous forest<br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/84194/linear_leaf_mines-_ophiomyia_maura.html" title="Linear Leaf Mines- Ophiomyia maura"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/3232/84194_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=4pG5VwSFHMpmS0P%2BaP2uhudD6Qc%3D" width="200" height="158" alt="Linear Leaf Mines- Ophiomyia maura The mines are linear, narrow, and have faint frass lines.<br /> <br /> Habitat: The leaf mines were on white wood aster (Eurybia divaricata) that was growing along nature trails in a mostly deciduous forest<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/84196/linear_leaf_mines-_agromyzidae.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/84195/linear_leaf_mines-_agromyzidae.html Agromyzidae,Geotagged,Ophiomyia,Ophiomyia maura,Spring,United States,leaf mine,leafminer,leafminer fly" /></a></figure><br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/84195/linear_leaf_mines-_ophiomyia_maura.html" title="Linear Leaf Mines- Ophiomyia maura"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/3232/84195_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=XXhPpv0ADvdbVDeKWKlQpw3rKLk%3D" width="200" height="144" alt="Linear Leaf Mines- Ophiomyia maura The mines are linear, narrow, and have faint frass lines.<br /> <br /> Habitat: The leaf mines were on white wood aster (Eurybia divaricata) that was growing along nature trails in a mostly deciduous forest<br /> <br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/84194/linear_leaf_mines-_agromyzidae.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/84196/linear_leaf_mines-_agromyzidae.html Geotagged,Ophiomyia maura,Spring,United States" /></a></figure> Eurybia divaricata,Geotagged,Spring,United States,White wood aster,aster,leaf mines Click/tap to enlarge Species introCountry intro

White Wood Aster - Eurybia divaricata

Habitat: Growing along nature trails in a mostly deciduous forest

Linear Leaf Mines- Ophiomyia maura The mines are linear, narrow, and have faint frass lines.<br /> <br /> Habitat: The leaf mines were on white wood aster (Eurybia divaricata) that was growing along nature trails in a mostly deciduous forest<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/84196/linear_leaf_mines-_agromyzidae.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/84195/linear_leaf_mines-_agromyzidae.html Agromyzidae,Geotagged,Ophiomyia,Ophiomyia maura,Spring,United States,leaf mine,leafminer,leafminer fly

Linear Leaf Mines- Ophiomyia maura The mines are linear, narrow, and have faint frass lines.<br /> <br /> Habitat: The leaf mines were on white wood aster (Eurybia divaricata) that was growing along nature trails in a mostly deciduous forest<br /> <br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/84194/linear_leaf_mines-_agromyzidae.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/84196/linear_leaf_mines-_agromyzidae.html Geotagged,Ophiomyia maura,Spring,United States

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  1. View Flown Kimmerling's profile
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    Don't think this is A. altissima as the leaves here are alternate (not opposite). The leaf venation doesn't seem right either. A. altissima has 3 major veins with a network of veins that branch off from the primary 3.

    I'd agree with some sort of aster.     Posted 5 years ago
    1. View Flown Kimmerling's profile
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      https://www.illinoiswildflowers.info/woodland/plants/wh_snakeroot.htm Posted 5 years ago
    2. View Christine Young's profile
      Christine Young
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      Thanks so much, Lisa. I'm fairly hopeless with plants ;P. Posted 5 years ago
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        No, you aren't! :D Guh! Posted 5 years ago
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          Christine Young
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          Ha! If only I had paid attention more during botany class... Posted 5 years ago
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    Pretty sure it's Eurybia divaricata, white wood aster. Posted 5 years ago, modified 5 years ago
    1. View Flown Kimmerling's profile
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      Awesome, Charley! Thanks! We were looking in the aster direction for sure! :D Posted 5 years ago
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      Also, I'm really enjoying your book! Christine bought it for me as a housewarming present back in May, and I'm learning something new every day! I feel like a new dimension of nature has been revealed to me! Posted 5 years ago
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      Thanks for the ID, Charley!

      @Lisa, do you subscribe to Charley's blog? https://bugtracks.wordpress.com/2019/09/10/fixing-the-lawn-year-6/       Posted 5 years ago, modified 5 years ago

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The White wood aster

''Eurybia divaricata'' , commonly known as the white wood aster, is an herbaceous plant native to eastern North America. It occurs in the eastern United States, primarily in the Appalachian Mountains, though it is also present in southeastern Canada, but only in about 25 populations in the provinces of Ontario and Quebec. In the U.S. it is abundant and common, but in Canada it is considered threatened due to its restricted distribution.

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Uploaded Sep 10, 2019. Captured Jun 12, 2019 10:27 in 281 Main St S, Woodbury, CT 06798, USA.
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