Eupatorium perfoliatum L.

• Region

  North America

• Country

  United States of America

• State/Province

  Massachusetts

• County/Municipio

  Middlesex Co.

• City/Township

  Cambridge

• Locality

  Between the City of Cambridge Water Treatment Facility & an old railroad track paralleling Fresh Pond Parkway (Rt. 16), about 0.2 mi NE of the intersection with Huron Avenue

• Elevation

  Alt. 4 m. (13 ft.)

• Coordinates

  42.3829, -71.1432

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

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Harvard University, Gray Herbarium (GH)
PLANTS OF MASSACHUSETTS
Eupatorium perfoliatum L.
ASTERACEAE
Herbs to 5ft tall, occasional, flowers whitish-pink to white,
stems & leaves often reddish. Growing in a narrow strip of
“old-field” vegetation, in moist to wet loamy soil (Scio -
urban land complex, 0-8% slopes; coarse-silty, mixed, active,
mesic Aquic Dystrudepts). Growing with Artemisia vulgaris,
Bidens frondosa, Chamaecrista fasciculata, Daucus carota,
Doellingeria umbellata (= Aster umbellatus), Eupatorium
fistulosum, Euthamia graminifolia, Festuca sp., Juncus
effusus, Linaria vulgaris, Lythrum salicaria, Melilotus sp.,
Oenothera biennis, Panicum virgatum, Phalaris arundinacea,
Scirpus cyperinus, S. polyphyllus, Solidago canadensis,
Symphyotrichum novae-angliae (=Aster novae angliae),
Trifolium pratense, Typha latifolia, Verbena urticaefolia &
Vicia cracca. Between the City of Cambridge Water
Treatment Facility & an old railroad track paralleling Fresh
Pond Parkway (Rt. 16), about 0.2mi NE of the intersection
with Huron Avenue. Cambridge, Middlesex Co. Elev. about
13ft. 42° 22' 58.6"N, 71° 08' 35.6"W. UTM 19 323569E,
469452 IN (NAD83/WGS84).
Coll. Doug Goldman #3846
10 October 2006
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