Sheep Laurel
by Wayne Jones
Flowering Plants
Keywords: flower, lake, pond, bog, swamp, Adirondack, forest, preserve, nature, lambkill, plant, pink
This common plant is also called lambkill because its leaves are poisonous to livestock. It grows in a wide array of natural communities. I found it on the shores of a boggy Adirondack lake. There are dozens of these brilliant, tiny flowers in a cluster surrounding the stem.
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