Triple C
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I have a comprehensive weed book but man do I have a hard time identifying plants. I'm getting better but still a novice. I have 2 plants below that I need help identifying. After logging, I have stuff popping up everywhere soil was disturbed and sun light hitting the floor. This area was used as a small logging deck and is now covered in all manner of forbs and such. We are just now seeing plants flowering. When I drove up on this area this past weekend I was pleasantly surprised to see dozens and dozens of butterflies using this plant with the purple flowers. Plus, the 3rd pic shows the browse that is occurring on these plants. The deer are devouring it down to the stems and the butterflies love it. What is it?
![Plant with butterflies II.jpg Plant with butterflies II.jpg](https://deerhunterforum.com/data/attachments/3/3140-d1e6f38ad3f1f9ef6a14576fb0979310.jpg)
Here's one that I'm very familiar with but don't know the proper name. Down south we call it rabbit tobacco. When I was a kid, in the winter, we would take a grocery bag (when they were paper), strip the stems of the leaves and roll us a stogie. Actually smoked the stuff. It's just now beginning to brown on the stems and is easily identifiable by what I know it as which is rabbit tobacco. What is the plant name?
![rabbit tobacco.jpg rabbit tobacco.jpg](https://deerhunterforum.com/data/attachments/3/3143-3e1e567faf67cbaa0a04d9223409a827.jpg)
![Plat with butterflies.jpg Plat with butterflies.jpg](https://deerhunterforum.com/data/attachments/3/3141-79b3e4a71e1c0ccb75a6aca8bbab4f8d.jpg)
![Plant with butterflies II.jpg Plant with butterflies II.jpg](https://deerhunterforum.com/data/attachments/3/3140-d1e6f38ad3f1f9ef6a14576fb0979310.jpg)
![Plant browsed.jpg Plant browsed.jpg](https://deerhunterforum.com/data/attachments/3/3142-4a1ae98557c9b06ecebec10b486303eb.jpg)
Here's one that I'm very familiar with but don't know the proper name. Down south we call it rabbit tobacco. When I was a kid, in the winter, we would take a grocery bag (when they were paper), strip the stems of the leaves and roll us a stogie. Actually smoked the stuff. It's just now beginning to brown on the stems and is easily identifiable by what I know it as which is rabbit tobacco. What is the plant name?
![rabbit tobacco.jpg rabbit tobacco.jpg](https://deerhunterforum.com/data/attachments/3/3143-3e1e567faf67cbaa0a04d9223409a827.jpg)