Canadian Goldenrod (Solidago canadensis) - geograph.org.uk - 1456832

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Summary[edit] Description: English: Canadian Goldenrod (Solidago canadensis). As its common name suggests, this is a non-native species. It is quite common on rough and waste ground. This patch was growing beside a cycle path: 1449530. There is a native species of Goldenrod (S. virgaurea), but it does not form the same sort of pyramidal inflorescence: https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/536399 [Other Goldenrods occur in Britain, all of them fairly similar in appearance to the species shown in my photo: they include S. gigantea (Early Goldenrod), which occurs in the same sort of environments as Canadian Goldenrod, and often grows with it. Another of the introduced species, Rough-stemmed Goldenrod (S. rugosa), is of local interest, since the very few areas where it has been recorded include Renfrewshire and Dunbartonshire (i.e. this area); however, the ones in my photo are not of that species.]. Date: 7 August 2009. Source: From geograph.org.uk. Author: Lairich Rig. Attribution(required by the license)Lairich Rig / Canadian Goldenrod (Solidago canadensis) / CC BY-SA 2.0. Lairich Rig / Canadian Goldenrod (Solidago canadensis). Camera location55° 57′ 13.7″ N, 4° 34′ 48″ W View all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap 55.953800; -4.580000. Object location55° 57′ 13.7″ N, 4° 34′ 48″ W View all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap 55.953800; -4.580000.