Symphyotrichum lanceolatum

(panicled aster)

Habitat:Disturbed areas: roadside ditches, poorly drained gravelly areas of junkyards, fence rows, pastures, and abandoned fields, thickets, gravelly seeps; moist openings and edges of floodplain woodlands, moist meadows along rivers, low areas along ponds and small lakes, edges of marshes, seasonal wetlands.