Mustardseed

=Garlic Mustardseed=

//Alliaria petiolata//

 * ==found on the Beach Valley Trail (40° N, 80° W)==
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 * ===Garlic Mustardseed=== || ===Mustardseed Flower=== || ===Garlic Mustardseed Leaf=== ||


 * * ===**Leaf: leaves are medium sized, heart-shaped, bright green, and arranged in an alternate pattern, give the odor of garlic when crushed.**===
 * ===**General: organism is an herb found in mustard family, begins growth with small, grounded leaves which eventually spring into small, flowered shrub.**===
 * ===**Flowers: organism blooms small white flowers with yellow centers, often have four rounded petals.**===
 * ===**Stem: stem is found in a medium to thin range with smooth texture.**===
 * ===**Buds: buds** **are usually small, yellow circles with tiny leaves branching out.**===
 * ===**Branches: branches extend in an alternate pattern and are relatively thin.**===
 * ===**Habitat: often occurs in moist, shaded soils on the outskirts of forests or wetlands.**===
 * ===**Range: from eastern Canada, south to Virginia.**===
 * ===**Toxicity: edible, tasting like garlic and mustard.**===
 * ===**Relation: edible to any animal, readily available as a food source**===
 * ===**Humans: grows in our backyard and edible to us**===
 * ===**Fact: can displace most native herbaceous species within ten years**=== || [[image:http://plants.usda.gov/maps/large/AL/ALPE4.png width="325" height="402"]] ||

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