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Ten Distinctive Native Plants for Boy Scout Identification

Suggested list: poison ivy, Virginia creeper, white oak, southern red oak, sweetgum, dogwood, loblolly pine, red maple, tulip poplar, Christmas fern, goldenrod, American euonymus, Joe Pye weed, sumac. All are distinctive this season. More at xrl.us/ganatives.

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