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These plants are in my backyard. Would you please identify them? Are they invasive?
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Asked May 12, 2021, 8:52 AM EDT
These plants are in my backyard. Would you please identify them? Are they invasive?
Hennepin County Minnesota
Expert Response
Because we are often unable to see minute identifying characteristics it can be difficult to identify plants by viewing photos.
With that limitation in mind, we think the plant in photo 554 etc. is a kind of buttercup.
According to the Minnesota Wildflowers website there are about 15 yellow buttercup species present in Minnesota, only 2 or 3 of which are not native.
https://www.minnesotawildflowers.info/search?kw=buttercup
Creeping buttercup is weedy and invasive but we can't be sure it's the species shown in your photo
With that limitation in mind, we think the plant in photo 554 etc. is a kind of buttercup.
According to the Minnesota Wildflowers website there are about 15 yellow buttercup species present in Minnesota, only 2 or 3 of which are not native.
https://www.minnesotawildflowers.info/search?kw=buttercup
Creeping buttercup is weedy and invasive but we can't be sure it's the species shown in your photo
http://www.misin.msu.edu/facts/detail/?project=misin&id=78&cname=Creeping%20buttercup
The plant in photo FDA etc. is probably a common blue violet. Some people consider it a nuisance weed, especially in lawns.
https://www.minnesotawildflowers.info/flower/common-blue-violet
We think plant 8cc etc. is Pennsylvania bittercress (Cardamine pensylvanica) or a closely related species. It's a native mustard.
https://www.minnesotawildflowers.info/flower/pennsylvania-bittercress