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Symphyotrichum ontarionis ~ Aster ontarionis ~ Ontario aster

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Characteristics:

FAC
Michigan C Value: 6
also known as Aster ontarionis and "Lake Ontario aster"
white flowers
arching stem is similar to A. lateriflorous, but leaf underside is uniformly hairy.
underside of leaf hairy/fuzzy across entire surface
spreads by elongate, creeping rhizomes (grows in groups)
likes openings
primarily in riverbottom forests, bottomlands, and floodplains
mostly below Michigan's Tension Zone
native

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