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Jack Pine

2-needles in a bundle

not long needles, fairly flat 

female and male cones

Bracken Fern

Only asexual reproduction from rhyszomes

dominant plant in out wash plains

Pin Cherry (Fire Cherry)

first plant to come after a fire 

jagged serrations move forward 

elliptical leaves that roll forward

Reindeer Moss

lichand

eaten by reindeer

light gray or very light Green

contains green or blue green algae

Low shrub blueberry 

Sweet Fern

when crush the leaves they smell sweet

Sugar Maple

used for maple syrup

different lobes

straight lines, entire with no teeth

acer saccharum

leabest come off in pairs opposite of one another 

American Beech

fagus

alternate leaves, long elliptical, sharp teeth

veins in leaf come out and end in a point 

kind and sharp leaf buds

gray and very smooth bark