Large clusters of small yellow flowers. The flowers are mostly on the upper side of each branch. The stem is often leaning over. The leaves bend downward or backward, and have smaller leaves alongside them.
Leaves: Alternate
Pokeweed
A tall plant with large leaves and dark red stems. The small white flowers give way to berries that mature to a shiny dark purple.
Poplar
Tulip-like flowers with yellow-green petals, an orange band at the base, and an orange center.
Prickly Sow-thistle
Yellow, dandelion-like flowers with an urn-shaped base. The spiny leaves wrap around the stem.
Purple Coneflower
Solitary dark pink to purple flowers with 8-21 drooping petals surrounding a purplish-brown center dome.
Queen Anne’s Lace
A lacy, flat-topped cluster of tiny white flowers that is 2-5 inches wide. The middle flower might be purple/maroon.
Rabbitfoot Clover
Fuzzy, round or cylindrical grayish-pink flower heads
Rough-leaf Goldenrod
Bending spikes of yellow flowers, often on one side of the branch. The leaves are wrinkled.
Running Five-Fingers
Each plant has a single flower. Each of the 5 petals is narrow toward the center and rounded at the tip. The center of the flower is flattened and surrounded by many stamens.
Sallow Sedge
Ornamental grass (sedge) with yellow-green seed heads that look like spiked corncobs.