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2015

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  Hey can you help me identify this plant? It doesn't look like a fern because it actually has a long woody stem. Not sure about the habitat but it seems to be wind pollinated since after all this time it hasn't bore any flowers. The light green leaves are the new leaves. Another thing worth mentioning is that when I first saw it there were like light green cases (kind of like cut peas) surrounding the shoot of the plant. I've attached a drawing that perhaps would help. It grows very quickly also.

  
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  Hello! Any help with this forest floor plant would be much appreciated! (I found a more developed plant of the same species with small developing thorns) -southern ct

  
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  i am submitting a couple more photos of the plant

  
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  Why do red-osier dogwoods have red bark and does the red pigment serve any function?

  
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  If possible, would you please identify this hardy flowering plant? It has flowered since this summer into December now. It grows in patio boxes in downtown Boston, just off the Charles River.

  
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  I'm from RI, USA. I recieved this plant from my daughter for Mother's Day of last year. It was in a Dixie cup. I repotted it with some morning glories and now it has taken off! No flowers have ever bloomed from it, and my daughter was told it was snapdragon. I don't believe it is, I have tried to identify it, but have had NO luck! Can you please help!

  
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  Hi looking to see what a couple plants which I thin is Eastern Skunk Cabbage, ferns and moss. One area was like a hard black moss like area or maybe tree roots? It's a small forested wetland. One area I found something growing very small curled buds and was wondering if it was skunk cabbage too. It's so warm that I believe it's confused! :) Thanks!

  
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  I found this plant in a woodland park located in the Bronx. Can you help me identify it?

  
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  Hi, I found this plant a couple of years ago while hiking a trail in 'French Town Road Park' in RI. I looked it up on the internet and the closest I could find is Woodland Pinedrops (Pterospora andromedea Nutt.) but those look like 'hairy pine sap". When I looked it up on this site the photos don't look like the one I have found. I wanted to share it on this site but I don't want to list it wrong. Maybe you could help. Art Sirois

  
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  hello once again...can you please confirm if this fern is spinulose wood fern (dryopteris carthusiana) I have pictures of it here and I was able to get a good shot of the basal pina which as you can see has the first two downward pinules larger than the other pinules and according to my book is diagnostic,,though the book only says the first pinule and in this fern I have here its the first two very lacy fern, I have a shot of the sori as well.. it was in Dover, Mass today... thanks a lot...

  
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  Hello, could you please help me identify this plant? I got it from my friend who bought it in Botanic Garden in Berlin but unfortunately he doesn't know anything about it.

  
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  hi can you please see if you can identify this fern. picture taken today 12/07/15 in Sherborn, MA... at a Trustees of Reservations site...my first impression is that this is fragile fern also called brittle fern, cystopteris fragilis, I found this fern on a rock outcropping, in a clump with both live and dead fronds, I did not key it out but from the picture is my field guide I think it is this fern...thanks a lot... craymond

  
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  Can you tell me what this white flower is looks like it belongs to large bush/ tree? It's found in/near a wooded wetlands.

  
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  Can you identify this plant for me? Are there benefits to having this plant? Is it poisonous?

  
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  I found this plant growing on a fence near a park in the Bronx. Can you help me to identify it?

  
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  Found this shrub in Oxford CT in a wooded wetland. Shrub about 3 ft tall. Fruit is somewhat fleshy with hard seed. Leaves more pubescent on upperside than underside.. Each cluster of fruit was located at tip of stem. Can't identify it..please help!

  
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  Hi I am looking to find out what kind of ferns these may be. It's located in/near wetlands. Reading, MA woodland area.

  
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  hello...I am new here... and want to just say this is a nice website..thanks.. I just took this picture of this clubmoss.. in Dover, Mass.. as there are a lot of these club mosses I wasn't sure what this one was.... I think it is princess pine (dendrolycopodium obscurum) based on the book I am looking at. it was common where I saw it...can you confirm this ? thanks a lot! craymond

  
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  I have a general question... maybe you can help... If I want to see a particular plant in this state ...say for example daisy leaf moonwort (botrychium matricariifolium) , a small fern ... how would I go about finding it...not now, but say in the spring or summer.. I know it occurs in eastern Mass but I haven't seen it before..thanks in advance.. craymond

  
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  Found this leaf but have no clue what kind of tree it came from. Thank you for your last response. It was very helpful.

  
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  What is the name of this plant sample, it was located in Pelham Bay Park.

  
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  What is the name of this shrub found near Pelham Bay Park

  
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  I have a couple of pictures of a lemon like fruit, which many hanging facets, of skin through and through. May be used to get Lemon Oil. Nobody where I am has ever seen this before. Nor have I. I'd like to send the two pictures, and see if it can be identified. Can you identify what this is from the picture below ?

  
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  Hello i would like to identify these plants i took photos of in Ontario near the escarpment. The last one is a maple tree i know but not sure what type

  
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  No plant ID necessary, but a question. We have an established stand of skunk cabbage in our woods (this is near Binghamton, NY) and last week I was stunned to see the blooms emerging. I'm assuming this is unusual--at least I've never seen it happen before, and I'm concerned about what this might mean for spring growth and survival.

  
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  Hello, could you help me out with this shrub? I found it on a beach in Brooklyn, New York.

  
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  Hi I wouldl like to identify these plants that i photographed in Ontario and made a line transect of? a)pic #1 this wrinkled looking leafy green plant what is it? and there are two baby plants beside it ..what are they? b) pic#2..I would like to know what this plant is ? c) pic#3..I would like to know what this plant is as well..thankyou for your help :)

  
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  I am not able to upload any image. Please solve the problem Location: India, Tamilnadu state, Tiruchchirappalli city This plant is seen in my garden. What is this plant called? Please give details, such as botanical name, family.

  
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  this was out on the cape in MA near eastham, it was set aways back from the shore line but was very prominent and covered most of the ground when found

  
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  Hello again this was found very close to the last specimen i asked about. Along wooded area near a beach in the cape in eastham MA.

  
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  Hello I recently picked this off a Bush in Buckinghamshire could you please let me know the name of the bush it come from. Many thanks.

  
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  I saw the photos from Pcosta123 on 27 October 2015. They sure look and sounds like Toxicodendron vernix.

  
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  Arthur, I received this photo with a request to identify the plant in the middle of the photo. I don't know if it's woody, but the leaf looks like Rumex crispus. Can you help? Thanks. l

  
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  I wonder if you can help ID this plant. It looks like a Pyrola, but it's not Pyrola americana (the leaves are distinctly different) and the leaf stalks seem too long to be P. elliptica. There are a few individual plants growing in an area in Dedham and I've been waiting for it to flower for about 5 years now to help with ID, but that hasn't happened (so I can't send you a flower photo). Could the pinkish coloring of the leaf stalk be characteristic for species ID?

  
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  Do you know what this shrub/ small tree is? Found growing on a roadside in coastal Maine.

  
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  Attempted to get closer pictures of these plants.. There's dried berries hanging under the leaves .. Found in hauppauge Long Island

  
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  Saw these yellow trees off a trail in ronkonkoma there were some fruits or berries hanging below.. I was curious what these exquisite ferns were so I sampled some berries! What species of fern are these?

  
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  Juncus ambiguus based on truncate capsules and short inner tepals? From an island off the coast of Washington County, Maine. The plant is very small, with much shorter culms than images on the Go Botany species page. Many flowers are replaced by bulbils or propagules. Is that characteristic of this species?

  
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  Thanks for posting my sighting of Chenopodium berlandieri and my close-up photo of the fruit. Here is another photo of a part of the inflorescence of the same individual. (Harrington, Maine) Is this species ever used for food? I read (Harper's May 2014) the species is thought to be the closest wild relative of Chenopodium quinoa grown for food in the Andes. One theory is that migrating birds long ago spread ancestors of C. berlandieri from North America into Central and South America.

  
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  Found this late-flowering parsley family herb at moist margin of St. Moritz Ponds, Quincy on Aug. 16. With trifoilate leaves, flattened rays, bracteate umbellets, and bifid white petals.

  
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  This plant is growing next to a cemetery headstone in CT. I have looked in Weeds of the NOrtheast and in the Go Botany site to identify it but I cannot find a reasonable match. Can you help?

  
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  Found,this plant along recently mown X-c ski train in Norwich, Vt. Pulled out 1 tiny one,of many and put in pot to ID. It has grown a lot since then. Now reminds me of cilantro/parsley,and stem magnified looks like,little cerely. I think it is 2x compound, has tiny tiny sparce hairs on leaf margins and veins. Pretty sure it's in Apiaceae, HOPED a native cicely, but wonder if it could be Chervil. The leaflets are a bit smaller than cilantro for size reference. Thanks! (Norwich is near Ct. Rive

  
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  Could this be Persicaria setacea? The leaves have blotches like P. maculosa, but the flowers are white-ish. I didn't get a good picture of the stipule, but I took a small sample home and it seems more bristly/hairy than fringed. Does P. setacea have blotches on the leaves? This is growing on the edge of a pond in Dedham Town Forest where it would normally be very close to submerged in non-drought times, about 200 feet from I-95 South.

  
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  Hi! I took this pic of "wild dandelions" in september in botanical garden. Maybe you help me to identificate this species of asteraceae? thank you in advance!

  
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  Hi, i'm from Maryland and was always curious what this weed/plant was and had no idea the pod turned into flowers... any idea? a simple google image search returned no results

  
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  I have a few big oak trees, I think Northern Red. They are producing two kinds of acorns, large and small, present in roughly equal numbers, that I need your help identifying. From what I understand, trees in the red oak family take two years to produce acorns. Do they typically drop one-year-old acorns as well, and am I seeing those “half-baked” acorns? On the other hand, the smaller ones also look like pictures of Black Oak acorns, so is it possible that I have a mix of Red and Black Oaks?

  
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  Regarding the blackberry in concord,here's a picture of the spent fruit. If this doesn't work, I will try again in the spring. Thanks.

  
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  Can not seem to be able to upload photo please advise

  
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  This is a blackberry. I'm trying to figure out if it's native or the invasive Himalayan blackberry. Thanks

  
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  Following up on your rely to my question. The hay was purchased in rensselaer co , in NY state. Unfortunately I do not have the plant just those seeds and others like that were through out the hay. Do you know who I could contact that might be able to identify it from the pods? PEACE123

  
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  I was given a money plant when I got hired at my job last year. It stays indoors in a large window of my office. The money plant started withering away and a small plant started growing beside it. Would you be able to tell what kind of plant this is? It started growing about a month ago.

  
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  Can you identify what plant these pods come from? They were found in our sons horses hay. They rattle when shaken. Do they come from the Rattlebox plant?

  
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  Hi! I was wondering if I could get some help identifying this bush that grows in my area (Connecticut shoreline). It grows almost exclusively along river beds, areas prone to flooding and in local wooded marshes. Best guess so far would be something in the Ericaceae family (possibly Vaccinium- though I cannot find any berries, or Rhododendron - though I have never been aware of this plant during its flowering season. Any help would be much appreciated, right now it has got me stumped!

  
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  Hi: Not sure if this is Meadow or Andrews Bottle Gentian. How can I tell the difference? I am on the Groton Conservation Commission. Found near Nashua River. Mary Metzger

  
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  Please help mename this wild plant.thanks

  
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  Good afternoon! Could you please take a look at this plant? Woody sapling, stem armored with spines. (I apologize for the poor phone pictures). Leaves are 5 lobed and toothed. Coastal area of Everett, MA above the high tide line. Thank you!

  
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  I'm a volunteer docent at Quincy Bog Natural Area in Rumney NH. I came across this plant today in a dry area at the edge of the Bog's parking lot. Can you identify what it is or point me in the right direction?

  
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  hi .. We live in Austin, TX. We have a small plant, almost 3 years old. We don't know what plant it is, and is it really going to be a be a tree. Don't want to unnecessarily remove it if it is going to be a slow growing, but eventually be a tree (which I am hoping it is). Am uploading some images below. Can you please help? Thank you in advance.

  
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  General plant question: plants do cellular respiration to live and grow. Terrestrial plants can "drown," but aquatic plants are always surrounded by water. How? Why? Thanks!

  
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  I THINK I know what this tree seedling is, but I'm not certain. I was wondering if an expert could identify it for me and help me find out if I'm right or wrong. Sooo... what is this? Located in central Ohio, small wooded area near subdivision.

  
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  Could you tell me what kind of plant in the photo. I thought it had pretty leaves but now it is growing everywhere. Its root are big and tuberous and it didnt flower so I am beginning to dig it up. Woodland area, NH near lake.

  
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  This plant is common in the back dune depressions along with Hudsonia on Plum Island. The lacy leaves stay green deep into the cold season and have the appearance of lichen or seaweed. The flowers appear on a woody stalk during the summer and are not showy.

  
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  Hi, I’m in Danielson, Connecticut. This plant has been growing in the corner of my garden for a year and a half now, and I’ve only just now decided to try to figure out what it is. Embarrassingly enough, I can’t tell whether it’s a velvetleaf, a young catalpa, or something else entirely. (Very little experience with plants.) Could you identify it for me? Thank you very much, Erick

  
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  Thank you for your help on the crabapple. I also came across another plant in a meadow with goldenrod and milkweed in Cuyahoga Valley, Ohio. I could not identify it. I attached several pictures. Hope you can help. Thanks again.

  
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  woodlands plant - roadside - Windham, NH.

  
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  woodlands plant - windham, NH.

  
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  I saw this tree while hiking in Cuyahoga Valley in Ohio. It bears dark red and green fruits. Tried online identification but could not arrive at a specific species. I hope you can help me. Thanks.

  
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  I found these 3 different types of berry trees on my property in Maine. They all look like elderberries but the leaves are different on each one so I know they can't be. Can you identify?

  
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  Trying to differentiate Persicaria hydropiperoides and setacea on Martha's Vineyard. Flora Novae Angliae uses differences in enlargement of ocreal hairs at base to distinguish. Photos of ocreae by Andrew Nelson and Arieh Tal on GoBotany show no enlargement that I can see. What am I misinterpreting? What other clues can I use?

  
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  I have a summer home in NH in the woods on a lake. My former neighbor gave me the first plant before she left but didnt tell me what it is or where to plant it. She did say it was pervasiveso Id like to pick the right lovation. The 2nd is growing wild, new this year. Tree like with tiny orange flowers on it. Its pretty so Id like to find a good location but not sure how big it will get. I have actually cut thus back 3x this summer. Thanks.

  
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  This plant is in Bucksport Maine. It was small - until I transplanted near an area of wetland on my property - then it seemed to explode! It is a perennial and has been in this spot 2-3 years. The leaves now are larger then my hand. I have not observed any flowers etc.

  
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  Please identify the plants in the successive order. These are from India.

  
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  This plant has various shaped leaves all on the same stem. Several yellowish five petaled flowers hang together where the leaf stalks meet the stem. It was found near a stream in southern Vermont. I would like to know what it is. Thank you so much.

  
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  While doing a check for invasive plants near a stream on my property in southern Vermont, I came across several that I need to identify. These photos show two kinds of grass - there is one photo of each kind of grass as well as a photo of both grasses together. I think the first grass looks like Japanese Stiltgrass, but I need to be sure. I have no idea about the second kind. Can you help me?

  
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  This beautiful plant is growing in the moss on a decaying branch in southern Vermont. I can't identify it using the fern photos on Go Botany. Can you help me with this one too> Thanks.

  
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  These leaves are similar in shape to ones on the request I just sent you of the yellow flowering plant with varying leaf shapes, except these leaves seem to be growing separately out of the ground. I didn't follow them to see if they connected by runners underground. This isin southern Vermont. Thank you again.

  
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  A couple of these are growing in a dry shade bed that I've been cleaning out. I've tried to identify them and they may be immature shrubs. Possible related to a dogwood, but I'm not sure. I need to know if they are weeds or beneficial natives to northeastern Massachusetts. I pulled one and it came out easily with a fine root system. Thanks for any help.

  
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  well happen to run across this vine thata wraped along our fence in Grand Rapids Michigan and cant seem to find what it is lol

  
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  The plant that is growing In my garden I think is wild because I did not plant it there. It's about 20 cm at the moment but I'm sure will grow bigger because it's just come up about a month ago. It's placed in a flower bed a right behind it is a fence and it get sunshine from about 9 o'clock to 5 depending when it's sunny.it is the plant my finger is on. This plant is in Ireland. Thank you.

  
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  Can you identify this weed which is growing in Lake Masscupic, Tyngsboro, MA in waist deep water. It appears to have no leaves. I have never seen this weed in any other lake or pond. Thank you.

  
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  This plant is growing all over the place around my house near Bangor, ME. My house is near the woods, this plant grows on the edge of the woods, on my dirt driveway. I think the fluffy things are the seedpods.

  
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  This little plant is in Virginia (Shenandoah Valley), comes up every year, short stemmed (round) and has the fragrance of peppermint, but is not of that genus. I hope you can identify, as my friend has tried for twenty years.

  
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  Here are 2 more pictures to help you with identifying this aquatic plant found in Lake Masscupic. The heads are just barley at the surface, water is too murky to see down to the root.

  
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  Hi I'm wondering what plant this is and wether I should dig it up of leave it in my garden.

  
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  Please identify the plant from the two images posted.

  
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  Hi again. I have this growing quite a bit on filled ground. It's about 3 feet tall, almost like a bush but it does not have a woody stem. No flowers to be seen. Leaves are toothed, and three stems with leaves grow from the stem. I broke off the top of the plant to take pictures.

  
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  posting three photos for GoBotany of Woodwardia virginica that I feel show some characteristics of the plant that aren't well covered by the current photos, including the entertaining linear growth form you mention in the description. This is from the CACO Atlantic white cedar swamp boardwalk at Marconi Point.

  
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  I saw this plant beside the river in Shannock Rhode Island but cannot seem to identify it.

  
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  sorry about the lack of close up lens but wondering if this might be nodding ladies tresses /spiranthes cernua ? Found in central NH in field edge

  
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  i have a question about bell peppers,why are they hollow? why do they have a paper-thin silicone like skin but on the inside it's dense thick and crunchy? are there pores in the inside for them to breathe ? if not how do they breathe? when you cut it into sections horizontally there are 3 main points where the 3 chambers meet and they get bigger or smaller the more you cut it, why is that? lastly are there any more facts you can give me about how it supports itself or anything else you may know?

  
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  This flower came up in our flower garden any idea wat it is

  
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  I am getting married next September in Southern NH and we plan to have our floral decorations in planting pots then plant the flowers after the event. As a result, I want to make sure we use native plants that are hardy enough to handle the transplant. While I know exactly which plants I'd use if I were back home (Seattle) I'm unfamiliar with the new england flora. Any one have recommendations?

  
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  I have found two of these plants with berries in a flower garden where I planted annuals and a package of mixed wildflower seeds. When I crush a berry it has numerous tiny seeds which are green with a brown end on them. I am located in southern Vermont. I am curious what they are.

  
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  I'm not sure if this plant is from NE or not. Can you identify what type of plant this is? Thank you, John

  
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  I am on a quest to find Gorse (Ulex europaeus) in Essex county, Ma. Go Botany map shows a concentration there. I spend a lot of time in Essex county, Parker river NWR, Essex bay, Trustees properties, Essex greenbelt etc. Where can I find some? Be specific. I lived in Ireland as a child where gorse was very common. Thank you.

  
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  Cannot find this on the website. Growing in poor ground where I planted a wildflower mix I got from Johnny's. The second picture tries to show the leaves. Thanks Rosemary

  
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  I found something growing in my yard and have no idea what it is. The leaves are similar to a banana plant, it has numerous small white flowers on the ends of branches, which are now producing bracts of small green berries. It doesn't have a central stem like a tree but is now over six feet tall. I really hesitate to remove it because it is attractive, but I don't know how to take care of it or if it's safe to have around. Thank you, Rose McDonald

  
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  I found this Impatiens glandulifera Royle in High Falls Park Campground. I've never seen this color touch me not before are they rare?

  
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  I found a specimen of pokeweed in our vegetable garden. It was over seven feet tall before I found out what it was and learned that it is toxic. My husband and I removed it. We were shocked to see how large the tap root was, as big around as a man's arm, more than four feet long, and the feeder roots went all through the vegetable bed. Most were as big around as a broom handle. My question: (Finally) Is the soil now contaminated from the toxic substances in the root system? Should we remove it?

  
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  I submitted prior but not with enough info so I hope this will help. The plant was found in Holyoke Massachusetts. It appears to be a succulent. It was growing wild in the lawn and had beautiful red flowers. Today t was in bloom again so I sending another picture. Maybe you can help me identify with this info.

  
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  This plant grows wildly near our vegetable garden. I would like to know if they are toxic or invasive. It's located at metrowest Boston area.

  
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  I found these growing in my backyard in pine-needles. Are they some kind of mushroom? These are growing in Salem , Massachusetts

  
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  Greetings: I am currently transcribing the 19th Century Journals of Georgiana Craven, a British Noblewoman. She is a great lover of Gardens and Botany and speaks of various plant and flowers often using the Latin term. Her handwriting is quite challenging and difficult to decipher. I am attaching a portion of an entry from her Journal where she sees a plant that seems to start with "La" the word "wood" precedes" it and it has Blue Bells. I'm hoping you can help me.

  
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  Please help identify? Located in central VT (Barnard). Self-germinated in a small flower garden near my house surrounded by lawn. Is about 5 feet tall, and the only one. I was referred to you by the UVM Extension Service. Thanks for your help.

  
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  This plant is by a stream, damp all day, in shade all day, southern vermont. The texture is tough, hard..it's not normal stem or leaf texture. Would appreciate knowing what it is! That's my finger near it so it's quite small but I did see some larger ones, but I couldn't reach them. They're all tangled together in one big mess. This one was separate from the crowd and I could reach it.

  
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  Hi Arthur, can you tell what species this is from these pictures? Found in Wendell, ma on side of road.

  
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  This plant was found on the edge of the Connecticut River, growing in the sand. There was ground cherry and monkey flower nearby. The photo was taken this week. THANKS for your help with ID.

  
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  Could you tell me what this plant is? The bees seem to love it. Also I found this insect that looks like a leaf insect, which I thought was tropical.

  
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  I found this along the tree belt in front of my home. I had red flowers.

  
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  Could you tell me what this plant is called?

  
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  Hi, thanks so much for this site! I found this plant in the wooded area behind my house and I hope that you will be able to identify it. It's the only one back there that I can find. I live in the Saratoga area of New York. Kind regards, Robyn

  
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  Understory tree, opposite leaves, 4-part fused seed capsule, bark is light colored, buds green, does not look like any dogwood I have seen. Groton MA

  
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  Hey folks, thanks for accepting me as a member first of all. My question is, one of my friends was going to discard a 10 inch wide planter that still had a live plant in it. She assumed it was dead. I've resuscitated it, and it's now grown to over 3-4 ft. tall, and looks as though it's about to blossom. I am curious as to what type of plant it is, as she can't recall. West Virginia.

  
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  Dear Botanist, This tree grows in Natick, MA. I am assuming it is a maple, but I'm wondering what kind of maple has this kind of leaf: five-lobed, but no pointy edges like the sugar or Norway maples. My first guess would be Hedge maple, but isn't the bark too smooth? Thanks!

  
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  Hello, Found this plant in my yard is about 4 feet high. need advice on removing etc.

  
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  Hi, I was given this plant several years ago, not sure what it is, just wondering how to care for it and perhaps re-pot it. Thanks

  
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  I am molecular plant virologist in tropical Africa. I recently found this plant in the costal region of Benin republic in West Africa with typical Geminivirus symptoms but don't the scientific name. Need help with its Identification.

  
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  I encountered this shrub in an area of Rutland, MA where I had previously seen eastern wahoo. The shrub was about 6 feet tall. The area is wooded and near a pond. The property was once a state hospital with homes for employees. All buildings have been removed and everything is wild now but there had been plantings one would associate with with those homes. Yesterday I saw I saw the wahoo, japanese honeysuckle, a crabapple tree with 1.5 inch apples near this shrub.

  
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  Hi GoBotanist! I'm wondering about starting my own plant collection. Are there any species you'd recommend I start with to establish a standard/representational assemblage of New England plants? I'm primarily interested in plants bearing flowers/fruit and woody plants, but any suggestions are welcome!

  
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  This grows along side the driveway, getting up to 3 ft tall. Reminds me of rhubard, same shaped stem and growing habit.

  
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  This plant was growing off the coast of Central California, it looks like mint family, but which? Is this edible ? Thanks, Janet

  
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  This plant was located in Massapequa park on Long Island 11758.. I was curious what these plants were.

  
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  Hi GoBotany Team. In regards to the spicebush issue in Lincoln, MA. I didn't observe any sawdust and I didn't think to look for feeding damage to the leaves-- there weren't many leaves to look at though. I'm happy to supply more specific info if needed. I'd also love to know if I should contact anyone else about this issue in case it is a problem we can help (or contain).

  
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  I live in the Boston area and need some help identifying a tree growing in my back yard (two specimens, and I have seen one other in conservation land). See images for what it looks like now (summer). Leaf arrangement seems alternate, and the leaves are arranged in pairs. In the spring of 2014 both trees had magnificent white flowers (single flowers, not in clusters). However, this spring we didn't see any. In winter the leaf scars protrude and look a little like flower buds. Bark is scaly.

  
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  Hello, I just moved to Freeport, ME near the coast. Our landscape is wooded and has some wet areas. There is a variety of moss and ferns. I am trying to identify many of the woodland plants on our property. I have taken several photos. The first is a photo of a plant that is everywhere in the forest and along the roadside. I'm not sure if it is a seedling but it has not seemed to change over the last month. The color is now starting to yellow on some of the plants.

  
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  This one plant popped up in my new vegetable garden (suburb of Boston). The pods look like beans, and the root starts to look like a beet, but I didn't plant those things! Thanks if you can help.

  
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  I found this plant on a mountain overlooking Lake Champlain in Northern Vermont. I tried using the Simple Key (which is fantastic btw!), but the closest looking plant is Filipendula I think.

  
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  I ahve a flower pictyure that was taken in italy two weeks ago, I am tryting to identify the flowers. attached the picture thank you

  
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  i found this shrub on a wooded hillside in Amesbury, MA. on 7-26-15. The bell-like, white flowers were quite distinctive. Could this be an escapee? Chaffee Monell

  
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  hello ,I am in India and I want to ask a question. My chilli plant is bearing flowers but is not bearing fruit. Please help me to find the reason why is it so?

  
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  if anyone can tell me the organic methods to remove termites from the soil. they are causing damage to my plants.

  
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  What type of plant is this? Has a hot pink flower and the plant itself looks like a succulent.

  
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  Following up on my last query, here are two better photos. I was wrong: this shrub/tree (it grows to about 20') has opposite branching.

  
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  Hi I saw an orchid with three basal leaves and two blue fruits in Princeton MA it was about a foot tall I saw it in late July could you please tell me what it is thank you

  
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  I get these in my yard every year on cape cod Massachusetts they get a small ivory colored bell shaped flower. Do you know what they ate?

  
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  Thank you for your answer about Ornithogalum umbellatum. It's curious that "ornitho" appears in the genus name. Something birdlike in the plant or in the mind of the namer! Yesterday my wife snapped this photo of a shrub/tree growing along the side of Middle Road in Chilmark, MA, with interesting clusters of fruits and very veined leaves (I believe they grow alternately but am not sure). Your ideas? I can return and get more photos if that would be helpful.

  
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  Is this Artiplx patula or A. acadiensis? It is growing prostrate on the beach (Narragansett Bay, Jamestown RI), 7 ft+ diameter, just above the full-moon high tide line, in a narrow strip with Sea Rocket, Saltwort, Beach Clotbur, Wild Radish, and Pigweed. Leaves green, only stem joints are red. Same species (I think) grows upright among Phragmites behind the beach. I'm unable to find acadiensis as either a species or variety in Vascular Flora of RI(1998). When was it recognized as a species?

  
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  Hello, I just recently (within days) saw mysterious orange colored plant like structures showing up in my backyard lawn especially where the moss is growing.I have attached pictures of one of them (there are around 4-5) and would appreciate any help in identifying them and more importantly how to effectively eradicate them as well.

  
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  Hello, I just recently (within days) saw mysterious orange colored plant like structures showing up in my backyard lawn especially where the moss is growing.I have attached pictures of one of them (there are around 4-5) and would appreciate any help in identifying them and more importantly how to effectively eradicate them as well.

  
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  This lily volunteers in my garden in Harrisville, NH. It likes very wet soils and grows 6"-8" tall It is a spring bloom and grows from a small bulb. Perhaps it is an escape or survivor from a former garden?

  
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  Hello. A lot of Poison Ivy plants in my area are infested with this strange growth. By Google imaging a description, I found another example, but the author didn't know what it was. I live in the Amesbury-Newburyport area.

  
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  Hello, I am trying to figure out what plant this is. I thought it was broadleaf plaintain, but I am told it isn't. I just don't know. Can you please help? Thank you!!! It is from New England, zone 5.

  
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  Hi! Would you be able to help me identify a plant I found on a recent trip to Vietnam? I've been trying to identify what kind of plant it is but have been unsuccessful in my search. The picture uploaded is a prickly bud that grows into a small flower.

  
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  I'm noticing that all of the spicebush in one of our conservation areas are dying. We're in Lincoln, MA. The sweet-pepperbush and other ferns and shrubs (including poison sumac) in the same area seems to be fine so I'm thinking it's not the dry summer. The leaves shriveled up and brown and then it re-sprouts at the base but even those leaves quickly turn brown. It is affecting virtually every single bush. Is there a known pathogen that attacks spicebush? It's quite shocking.

  
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  Hi! I wanted to see if I can get confirmation on this plant. It's growing in a partially shaded flower bed in coastal Massachusetts and is located underneath where I had a bird feeder last summer. It's 6.5' tall, has both 3 lobed and 5 lobed simple leaves with small teeth, though younger leaves don't appear to be lobed. Big stem which appears to have small hairs. No flowers yet, though lots of spikes. Thank you for your help!

  
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  near the seaside in Mass, a bush with many petaled brown/red flowers (about an inch fluffed out) and upside-down acorn shaped but a little fatter seed pods, less than an inch in diameter. Leaves paired, smooth edgeds and like magnolia leaves in shape but smeller. ?

  
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  I would like help identifying this particular plant, I live in north eastern CT and it grows all over my yard either by itself or within my other bushes and flowers and also gets fairly tall if not cut down. I'm not entirely sure what this could be. Thank you for any input someone could give in identifying this plant.

  
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  Found trailing thick stemmed red vine,morning glory like leaves, one or two at nodes with clusters of small five point flowers. On bank near disturbed area full sun. Groton MA

  
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  This Carrot family (Apiaceae) plant is growing at the edge of a small pond, just feet from a road, in Kennebunk, Maine. Photos were taken 7/21 and 7/23/15. My attempts at keying it out have thus far been unsuccessful. Can you help?

  
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  My veg garden plants are covered by unknown plants, it's flower are purple and leaves are of heart shape, can anybody tell me what plant is that?

  
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  I'd love help with this plant. It's growing on a fairly dry woodland in Massachusetts. It's the first year I've noticed the flower, but there are probably 30 of them all growing in one patch. It has a white tubular flower; five sepals; leaves are alternate and very slightly toothed.

  
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  Wondering if someone could identify this plant found in Green Mountains in southern VT. It was a fairly wet woods with moss and spruce trees. Saw a lesser fringed orchis in a really damp area nearby. Thanks

  
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  Good afternoon! Could you please help with this plant. Growing singly, Only basal leaves, deciduous forest on Storrs, CT. Hairy stems.

  
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  I found a plant growing in my yard, it is about a foot tall and it is redish purple stem and leaves. Could you please give me any information you could. I tried to upload a picture but it want let me. Thank you. Sabrina I live in kentucky.

  
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  I saw this plant in Green Mountain National forest where there were old homesteads years ago. Looks like a naturalized hydrangea to me, but not sure. Is there a native plant this might be instead? Thanks

  
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  Found in field Behind my house in Maine - within 100 feet of vernal wetland/pond but dry now in summer. Is it a white fringed orchid?

  
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  I am caretaking an urban garden in Concord NH and have had trouble identifying this plant. It is 4 feet tall currently and has lush healthy foliage. I believe it is woody and bamboo-like, and think it may be an invasive species. Can you help me to identify it? Thank you so much!

  
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  I have found only one of these flowers between my driveway and the woods. It has been blooming for several weeks now. Can you identify it for me? Thank you.

  
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  I found this red stemmed vine with compound leaves of five leaflets and a fuzzy bud (shown in the second photo) growing along the ground in southern Vermont. I have been unable to identify it. Can you help me?

  
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  I have been watching this plant for a couple of years but never seem to see the flower. Here it is with green berries a few weeks ago. It grows in the shade of other trees on the roadside in southern Vermont. It is 1-1/2 to 2 feet tall. I would like to know more about it. Thank you.

  
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  Hi, I live in Massachusetts in Boston, and I found this flower at the edge of a woody area next to a park. There weren't any others like it nearby. Internet sleuthing suggests it's impatiens balfourii, but I can't find that in your key as a New England species. Can you confirm, and if so, what is it doing here?

  
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  Hello, could you identify this for me? My first instinct was that it was a species of viburnum, but I think I am wrong. The leaves are opposite, entire, and slightly toothed. It was found along a roadside in southern Vermont.

  
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  focus on flowers when I saw these pretty flowers on garden, so only flower photos, would you identify it? thank you

  
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  I took this beautiful flower on stone mountain park, GA would you give me this flower name? thank you

  
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  find in stone mountain park, ga, would you give me the name? thank you

  
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  Can you identify this squah type?

  
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  Found this along the fence line at Joppa Flats, Newburyport. I haven't notices flowers or fruits on it yet, so I assume it is sexually immature (about 4-6 feet tall). The variable leaves make me think Mulberry, and the map makes me think White Mulberry. The leaves also seem reminiscent of currants, but none in the genus seemed to match. Didn't notice any thorns pointing to hawthorn. The photo was taken at the end of June.

  
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  I transplanted this plant to my garden last year due to the beautiful leaves and flowers. It was found here in VIrginia. In an open field type area in full sun. Are you able to tell me what this is.

  
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  12 to 18" high, yellow five petal flower,quarter inch, flower is toothed, leaves very lobed, acidic soil,edge of forest... What is it?

  
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  Hello, After pursuing your leads to my previous post, I found it was Geranium robertianum (mountain crane's-bill) also know as Herb Robert. I appreciate you help in finding this as it was in parent's garden. I would like to include this in my garden as it is nostalgic to me. Thank you!

  
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  Can you identify this plant? It is low lying and pungent smell with light pick flowers. The picks were recently taken at the Sonnenberg Gardens, Canandaigua NY and the while in Niagara Falls Canada. I have been looking on the web with no luck. Thank you

  
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  Can you help me identify this plant found in Ravenna,MI? I have been scouring the web with no luck.

  
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  Low creeping (prostrate) plant found in really wet area (mucky and wet) in Wilmington MA.. Square stem. Vaguely aromatic leaves. Note little pair of flower structure (calyx) in leaf axle. Am thinking Lamiaceae, maybe Scutellaria sp., but can find no matches in my guides. Any ideas?

  
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  The plant I've photographed appeared as if intentionally planted in our semi-shade back garden this spring. Foliage like fennel, no fragrance, 3'tall and now producing daisy like flowers. My i.d. from simple key:Tripleurospermum inodorum. Will it become invasive if I leave it, or should I get rid of the plant now?

  
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  Can you please help me identify this shrub? I live in the state of Virginia.

  
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  This little group of plants grows in one spot in my yard (wooded) in Canton, MA. It hasn't spread like poison ivy, but I haven't seen them flower like trillium. The biggest is about 4 inches tall. Three leaves, red stem. Do you know what it is? Thanks!

  
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  Hello, I inherited this lovely little when I took over this office. Will you tell me what it is?

  
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  I found this at the edge of a cranberry bog in Duxbury, MA, July 5th, 2015. It was at the edge of the cranberry ditch, but not in the water. I think it's common, but couldn't identify it. The plant is about 3 feet tall, and the flower clusters are about 6-10" per stalk. The leaves are simple, with no lobes and not paired, not notched.

  
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  Hi, following up on a previous email, are the attached photos any better for identifying the type of knapper? Thanks.

  
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  This plant is growing in a very shaded area in my backyard. It started off with small white flowers and grew into this. The root of the plant is an orange color and when the root is broken it oozes an orange ink. Thanks

  
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  This white parsley grows profusely on the side of my dirt road in Harrisville, NH. It likes the ditch, a moist place, where it reaches 2-3 feet. Not massive like cow parsnip or angelica, it closely resembles Golden Alexanders. The flowers are born on 3 stalks at the top. Two 3-part leaves grow from the stem where those 3 stalks diverge. The lower leaves are doubly compound. My best guess: Honeywort (Cryptotaenia canadensis).

  
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  this is pretty flower growing stone mountain park.GA. vine, look like climbing plants would you give me the name? thank you

  
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  I'll like to know this flower name took in stone mountain park, GA

  
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  Hello, this plant appeared in one of our flower gardens this year in Andover, NH. Is it spotted knapweed? If not, please ID it. Thanks. Marinar

  
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  Not sure if my email went through, looking to find the name of these two tall plants with exotic smelling flowers growing in my garden in Massachusetts. They are very tall. Picture is upside down.

  
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  Hello, I have this plant growing all over my property. I've tried using your plant key but I don't see it. It appears to be very invasive and quick growing! I would love to know what it is. Thanks in advance!

  
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  These perennial, woodyish plant we inherited with our house. Growing in the flower garden but rapidly overtakes. 3-4.5 feet high. Seems to spread easily, perhaps by rhizome. North Yarmouth Me Thanks Alex

  
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  I have this plant taking over a corner of my vegetable and herb garden. Can you tell me what it is? I'm located on the south coast of British Columbia.

  
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  Location: Teaching Herb Garden at Elm Bank in Wellesley, MA. This is in the Native American bed. Pictures taken in early June. Liza Green suggested it could be Penstemfon pallidus but it also may be a "dropping" from the birds.

  
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  This is a photo of a plant with very distinct leaves and the beginning of a white flower, but I have not been able to identify it with the Go Botany key. It was taken perhaps a month or so ago in Vermont. Can you help me by identifying it? Thank you.

  
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  This is the last of the photos I took about a month ago in Vermont which I have been unable to identify. Many thanks.

  
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  Can you please identify what is this plant name and classification?

  
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  I thought this was Osmunda regalis, but now I am less sure. I see what look like spore-bearing structures on the leaflet margin, but would that make it O. claytoniana (interrupted fern) rather than O. regalis? Perhaps it is a young plant, or a hybrid?

  
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  Please identify this tree/bush. Located in Bolton, Ct in a wooded area.

  
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  Can you tell me what these are? I was given these seeds by a winter sown site and were packaged as Sunray tomatoes which is not likely. :-)

  
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  What are the plants with the long tubular stem and what looks similar to a purple bulb at the top with shoots coming out of it? They are at the edge of some woods in Boston and are about two feet tall

  
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  I came across a population of this tree in Dedham, MA. I think Quercus, but species has me stumped. I though maybe Q. prinoides (rhizomatous colony) but these trees are in a very wet area (standing water, sphagnum moss). Also, pointed leaf tips seem different. I ruled out Q. rubra based on bark and base of leaf blade. I ruled out Q. bicolor because underside of leaf is nearly hairless (only few hairs visible w/ hand lens). Pics of leaf tops & bottoms, bark, population/location & leaf cover. Tx!

  
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  Not sure if I planted this or whether it is wild. It is growing in front of my house in Manchester, MA. Flower is about 3" long, leaves are 4" long when mature. Plant has multiple stems coming out of the ground and is about 3-4ft tall. Any ideas what it is?

  
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  found in open hay field, in spring dark red hue, no crown , roots look tuberous

  
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  Trying to identify,not a fern, /found in open hay field, in spring dark red hue, no crown , roots look tuberous

  
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  I recently tried a "new", at least for me, way of planting seed potatoes. I used a posthole digger in a Deep Bed Garden to plant the seeds 15" deep in the soft soil of the deep bed. Since it is a new technique i had never heard of, i was skeptical that the seedlings would find their way to the surface before using up all the energy stored in the tuber. However, to my delight, they have all surfaced and are growing strongly. My question is, How did the potato plants "KNOW" to grow UP?

  
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  I found a few of these plants growing in a patch of hay scented fern in Southwestern Vermont. Can you identify them for me? Thank you.

  
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  I took this photo of what appears to be a small bush or tree growing near a wooded stream bank in Southwestern Vermont earlier in the Spring. Can you help me identify it? Thank you.

  
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  what is this plant and how do I care for it or find information on it?

  
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  Primula Mistassinica? Or Laurentiana? Lower Waterford, VT near Connecticut River

  
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  I apologize ahead of time as this is not a New England sighting, it is a Florida sighting, but can find no help here in identifying this prolific and annoying plant. It has long thin beans, tiny white blooms, five clover like leaves. When pulled from the ground it has a distinct, pungent odor. It is similar to the sickle pod Senna, Black Medic and several other invasive species in Florida, but I can not find this plant anywhere online; the mottling on leaves is herbicide burn.

  
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  This is a potted plant that grows in northern michigan. It loves it outside in the summer and is brought in for winter and put over a heat vent. It is non flowering. What is it and can it be propogated and how? Thank you

  
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  Rubus chamaemorus carpellate flowers in coastal Washington County, Maine. What are the small structures around the base of the immature aggregate fruit?

  
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  no question, yet.... Just wanted to say - you and your site are AWESOME.

  
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  Recently bought this succulent and cannot find any identification. Any idea of what it is?

  
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  just submitted 4 photos of a vining habit plant- failed to mention location- central VT Thanks

  
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  Looking for an id on a plant that grows in my town in a variety of locations- mixed New England forest to field edge. Vining habit which seems more sturdy in sunnier locations. I tried keying it out but must be getting some fact wrong. I've included some photos of leaves and flowers. The image of the flowering bodies needs to be rotated to be in the correct orientation. Thanks so much for your help.

  
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  I have these plants in my front lawn (in Los Angeles). I don't know if it's a weed or some kind of plant. Can you help me identify? I have two plants. I believe them to be the same, but I can't be sure. Thank you very much!

  
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  I'm thinking this may be Potentilla Erecta, though your key doesn't include photos of the flower. Found on Woodsom Farm, Amesbury, a grassland area.

  
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  Hello, from Miami, Fla. My question, while repotting my Curcuma. I noticed these potato like root balls attached to the bottom of the Curcuma root. Is that normal or should I remove them. They weren't there when planted. The original root is like a ginger root, not sure if those are good or bad. Thank you for your time. Alex.

  
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  This is an 8-10' hedge shrub next to some honeysuckle that has been growing for years in the shade among old-time plantings in the yard of my house in Newcastle, ME. It has just started flowering. Leaves are opposite and entire, and the flower is irregular. I have not had luck figuring out the species using GoBotany tools. Can you identify it? Thanks.

  
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  On June 7 I encountered this painted trillium (Trillium undulatum) in mixed hardwood/spruce/fir forest at about 2100 feet in the White Mountain National Forest. It's interesting because it has 4 leaves, 4 sepals, and 4 petals, although one petal was not fully developed, or had atrophied, and is not visible in the photo. How frequently do such aberrant forms occur in this species?

  
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  Hi, This plant popped up in my Herb Garden. I can not identify it. I would appreciate some help. Thanks Cornish, Maine York County

  
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  Hello! I planted a few seeds a while back and have no idea what this plant is? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

  
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  I'm confused about the difference between bleeding heart and dutchman's breeches. I always thought that the garden variety (bleeding heart) was a cultivated version of the wildflower that I am familiar with (dutchman's breeches). Now I come to learn that the garden variety came from Asia, and was recently given a new taxonomic classification (genus lamprocapnos instead of dicentra). How (if at all) are the two related? Thanks.

  
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  I don't know what this is it is growing in my garden and in my dirt pile in Florida

  
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  Hi, does anyone know what plant this is? I found it in my garden in southeastern MA. It has many prickles on the stem and on the undersides of leaves, following the main veins. Thanks!

  
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  Hello there , i would appreciate it so much if u could help me identify this plant , it grows in my region but i don't really now anything about it. Thank you for your contribution

  
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  hi does anyone know what plant is this? thanks in advance!

  
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  Can you identify this plant for me? Caryophyllaceae was the closest I got with the Dichotomous Key but I did not find a genus or species that fit well. It was prostrate, growing in disturbed sandy soil along with Scleranthus annuus. Location is near Quonochontaug Breachway in Charlestown, RI. I would guess it is non-native? Flowers are about 3mm across. Calyx is glandular. Leaves are succulent, round in cross-section, with sharp tips.

  
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  Hello. I just bought a house and found something that looked like a small serrated version of hen and chick. What is it? I found them under dying daffodil fronds in An area that had bushes until the seller upped the curb appeal. Thank you.

  
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  This is not a question about a specific plant,but a botany question. I hope that's okay. Here is the question. I was looking at an apple,and started thinking. If the fruit's peel is what develops from the wall of the gynoecium,are the the cells on the very surface of the peel somatic and therefore diploid? Thank you.

  
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  Japanese maple,.very old. Lace leaf,.umbrella style. I just used a lawn liquid fertilizer on the maple leaves,.maybe 20 seconds worth but the leaves seem are reacting to the nitrogen,.what can I do,.did go out and rewater {twice} the leaves.

  
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  anyway, it had a red, ball like flower with lots of petals sticking out. It had leaves with three of them stuck together. Do you know it?

  
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  sorry but the pics took a ling time to upload. Do you have an email.

  
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  I'm thinking this Bedstraw is Gallium album or mollugo. Looks to me more like album, which is not reported for Newburyport area. Found on the Joppa Flats Education Center grounds. Are these photos good enough to differentiate, or is it another species altogether?

  
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  Is this Viola sagitatta or V. fimbriatula? Its downy and I'm confused if these are two distinct species (as listed in Newcomb's Guide) or variations of the same. I found it in dry woods in Yorktown, NY. It was blooming in early May.

  
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  This plant grows in the woods at Ledge Pond, NH. Last year I got to see it in bloom (early August) and still couldn't clearly identify it. Is it indeed Epipactis helleborine? I am a native plant enthusiast so should I remove it is so? It does not appear to be spreading.

  
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  I saw this at Turkey Mountain in Yorktown, NY. Looks like rattlesnake plantain, but veination coloring is throwing me off. Any ideas? Thank you.

  
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  I have an abundance of white violets that are thriving in a wet part of my yard (over the cess pool), which I think are a white form of Viola sororia. Last year I discovered a speckled violet that Carol Gracie told me was a cultivated form of Viola sororia 'Freckles.' Does a white form of Viola sororia exist and if so, is it V. sororia 'alba'? They appear to self sow more than spread by runners. This year I have several more speckled ones. Photos included. I live in Chappaqua, NY.

  
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  While walking through the Oxbow National Wildlife Refuge I spotted a young tree that I could immediately identify as Populus. My first leaning was to P. grandidentata, but upon closer inspection of all of the leaves I began to wonder if this might be a hybrid. Could you offer your opinion on the likelihood of this being a hybrid versus displaying the expected morphological plasticity of bigtooth aspen? I've attached photos of all of the leaves. Thanks in advance!

  
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  Hello, I am Muaz. My father recently went to Edinburgh and saw this flower plant growing beside his guest house. I love this flower so I want to know what it is called so I that I can buy it. Please reply ASAP.

  
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  Hi! This small interesting plant grows in both sun and shade in our Shrewsbury MA yard. The last few years, we had only 2-3 grow in the backyard wild area. This year, they cropped up in our front yard grass...can you tell me what it is? It does not have a remarkable flower on top, just a small strand of little buds that droop. Thanks, cathyvshaw

  
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  In both Trustom (South Kingstown, RI) & Ninigret (Charlestown, RI) NWR, there are 2 types flowering shrubs (very very commonly seen in both refuges) that I need ID help with. I'm attaching some photos, so hopefully that will help. I believe one type to be one or more honeysuckle varieties. It is seen in white/yellow flowers & in pink. The other I'm not sure about. It is seen in both regular & variegated leaves and the flowers are either all white or white/yellow. Diane

  
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  Saw what I think is a short, yellow-flowered mint on the lower Ridge Trail at GITW. For a picture, see website www.eddiewren.com entry "NEWFS, 24 May, 2015", fourth picture (copyrighted). I think we may call Eddie a friend of GITW. A capable, knowledgable, and friendly photographer.

  
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  Plant is located on a pond shore in Arlington, MA. I've been told that it is rusty willow, salix atrocinerea. Is that correct? From what I could find out about rusty willow, it would normally bloom in the early spring, before it leafs out, but this plant is blooming now (late May). Thanks!

  
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  Hello, I am having trouble with a particular weed. It grows tall, some are 6-8 feet in height. They are thorny and fast growing. I think they are a rhizome because the roots grow horizontally and lead to new plants. The flower is on top of the plant and is white and yellow. Found along edge of woods in southern Delaware

  
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  1. tall (3-5 feet) stemmed plant with a small white flower later in the season at its tip. opposite leaves (oval) popping up everywhere. native or invasive? Sorry for the sideways pics. 2. And can you identify the plant w the blue flowers) . Native? Thank you! Western Ma

  
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  I'm afraid this plant which is growing on the banks of a nearby stream in southwestern Vermont is narrowleaf bittercress (Cardamine impatiens). Am I correct? Thank you so much for your help.

  
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  I have been unable to identify this plant which has been growing for about three years now near my compost piles here in southwestern Vermont. It has very distinct shaped leaves and never seems to flower. Is it a weed of some sort or perhaps something that got there from seeds in the compost pile (edible?). Your help is much appreciated.

  
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  Have these vine like weeds growing all over my backyard along the house. tried googling "fuzzy green fruit" to no avail. thanks in advance.

  
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  I have found these plants in the woods of southeastern Connecticut. I cant seem to find a picture match on the internet. Could you please identify it? Thanks, Nancy

  
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  I had asked the ID of this plant earlier but only sent a pic of the leaf. Which wasn't helpful in the identification. The Botanist needed a pic of the full plant. So here it is! I don't know if it is visible by the pic, but it is growing on the edge of a strip of scrub woods. Near a whole bunch of wild raspberry briers. If that helps. Funny thing I noticed is that across from that pic there is another strip of woods and similar plants are growing in a row. Thanks

  
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  good morning, I live in Seaford NY (long island) near the water. I recetnly moved in and had this plant removed, it was growing all over the place. I then put in in white birch and some leyland cypress, but this plant is back!! Can you please tell me what it is, thanks so much for the help.

  
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  I live in southwestern Pennsylvania and this started growing in the front yard. I haven't been able to identify it and I don't want to kill it if it's a shrub. I have very poor soil that grows a lot of weeds so I'm wondering if this is another weed. It has a nice thick stalk like a shrub.

  
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  Found this mystery mustard (?) growing on a sandy barrier island in NJ back in late April. The leaves appeared rubbery similar to other 'seaside' plants. Any ideas?

  
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  Hi, I live in Montevideo, Uruguay and the other day we found this plant. Could you tell me which plant is? Thnk you very much

  
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  Can you please identify this flower, it was photographed at Glendurgan Garden (National Trust Cornwall). It was growing in a woodland area and on open areas with bluebells. Thank you.

  
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  Hi! I found this growing in my garden in Brasov, Romania. I don't know what it is. Is it a flower by any chance? Thank you!

  
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  Hello! This small shrub is growing in one of my perennial beds in Lancaster, MA (central MA). It may have been planted by the previous owners, or it may have volunteered. The flowers are on the undersides of the leaves. It is flowering right now. Can you help me identify it? Thanks!

  
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  Found growing on rock at about 1900 feet in elevation. The area is said to be serpentine rock in the town of Windham, VT. I found one small colony of the plant. The image I will upload is geotagged

  
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  Can you help identify this plant? Found in wooded area near driveway. Trying to locate poison ivy and wasn't sure what type of plant is shown in the attached picture....

  
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  Plant in question is the one in the center of the pictures with the reddish green leaves. These were found next to a driveway. There are some larges plants with similar leaves and woody stems. Just looking for some help identifying. Thanks!

  
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  This woody shrub is growing in the shady edge of the property and flowers each May. We've been unable to ID it as a native species. There are 4 petals on the white flowers. Thanks!

  
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  weird leaf of a plant I found I believe it is a type of maple

  
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  Found this lone plant in backyard in New Jersey U.S. In a strip of woody brush between properties. It was a single plant. Tried looking everywhere and saw pics of the plant but were always in the background of a flower someone had taken a picture of. Just looking for an id of the plant. The image I included is one of 2 to 3 leaves on one stem of the plant. Leaves are pretty big and stand out from all the other wild brush and grasses.

  
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  This plant is growing along the roads in Northern Virginia and is in full bloom. Generally less than five feet tall, Brilliant white blooms.

  
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  I just moved to Revere, MA this winter and finding some new plants as they break ground. If this helps, we live in Beachmont, MA, close to the salt water marsh and oceann. I would love help with identifying these plants. Thanks!

  
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  I found this on dry land along a river bank. The stems are round in cross-section and the leaves are about 4mm across at their widest. The plant had no flowers, and stood about 6 inches tall.

  
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  This has been growing up from under my deck for several years. I always cut it back and it grows back vigorously. My deck is in a full sun location with poor clay soil and I am located in south central pennsylvania. It is a woody plant and appears shrub like or almost like a woody vine although it does not seem to cling or twine. Any idea what this is??

  
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  Having trouble identifying this. Found in Bath, Maine.

  
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  I found this beautiful flower in my yard close to wetland. Resembles a Spath or Calla Lilly. Can you identify this photo. Dracut, MA

  
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  Having trouble identifying this. Any idea?

  
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  Having trouble IDing this.

  
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  Having trouble iding this! Found in bath, Maine

  
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  I have 3-4 of these trees in my yard. We just moved in and I have no idea what is growing in my yard. The flowers are falling of this week. Please Help. Thanks

  
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  So, this plant is a little sad looking because I had to move it. the root system (no picture) was very thick and traveled horizontally. Any idea. (Massachusetts)

  
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  I'm trying to identify this plant for my grandmother she received it from my uncle that has since passed away.She thought it was a burning bush.I remember the plant with green leaves and a light flower maybe white or yellow she says it would turn red at some point during the year but I don't remember it doing so.it was replanted two years ago when she moved and hasn't bloomed since I'm trying to find a way to save it If that's possible. I would really appreciate any help! Thank you!

  
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  I live in western mass. I found this plant growing near a river. And sorry for some reason with the 3rd picture it has a different plant for the thumbnail but when you click it it changes to the actual plant. Sorry I dont know why it does this. Sometimes it uploads multiple of one plant.

  
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  Hi, I would like to know what the name of this plant is before I buy it. It's located in Hempstead Long Island(New York)

  
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  Found this in Kenduskeag Maine. Gravel/soil, on a hillside. Was covered in thick leaves. Sunny in spring. But total shade throughout summer and fall. Not damp, for the most part. Surrounding plants are mostly birches and ash? I think. No ground cover plants to speak of.

  
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  Hi, I just posted my photos of what I believe to be a wild hydrangea aborescens on the 'recent sightings' area of this website. The photos are from last summer. I think I have a wild hydrangea growing along the border of our property. It's so full and pretty during the summer and I love how it fills out and flowers. I just want to confirm it is a hydrangea and to know it's type. I am also curious to know if it's invasive or is it a welcome plant in my yard. Any information is most appreciated.

  
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  I live in western mass. Im wondering what this plant is. It smells sweet and almost fruity.

  
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  Hi Aurthur, I am looking for the exact number of wild native plants in Maine, and the number of wild species (in other words, including naturalized. My Josselyn Bot Society publication seems dated, and I can not seem to find an up to date number. Do I need to manually go through the Maine listings on geobotany, or can you answer this? Thank you, Heather

  
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  Can anyone please tell me what this plant is? I was thinking it was a gladiolus but after looking through pictures of gladiolus' online I'm not sure. It is growing in my yard in south central Illinois. Thanks.

  
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  I was recently given a branch from a plant or tree with bristles. The plant or tree was growing near a pond. I put the branch in water and noticed some changes in the branch that are nothing short of bizarre. A white fuzzy/cottony/downy material is growing near the bristles. Now for the super strange characteristic... The bristles move individually in worm like patterns. It's kind of creepy so I moved the branch outside until it can be identified.

  
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  Hoping someone can help me get some answers that I can't seem to find anyyyyywhere!!! Will lavender survive in a garden bed just beyond the reach of a black walnut tree? Looking to find out if lavender is juglone tolerant. I've googled and Google and find no solid answer. Any input would be much appreciated! Thank you in advance :-)

  
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  I think this is a wildflower, but it is too early to tell what kind of flower it will get. Can you help identify it by the leaves. It is growing on the banks of a stream in Southwestern Vermont. Thank you.

  
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  Can you help me identify this plant, which is now emerging in abundance in the woods and side of my driveway in Southwestern Vermont? Right now it is about 2-1/2 feet tall.

  
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  Hello ive found this plant and TONS of it. Ive been told that it is bedstraw or cleavers. But it isnt sticky like it says bedstraw is. Ive searched all the plants in the galium family and i cannot find it. It has a square stem and it has leaves that grow in groups of 7-8. And when you find it you find A LOT of it. The flowers havent come out yet.

  
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  This plant has shiny leaves and some of them have reddish splotches on them. The stems are also reddish. They are growing in the shade of other trees in Southwestern Vermont. Can you identify them for me please? Thank you.

  
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  I have notices these plants growing mostly underneath trees around my property in Southwestern Vermont. I have never noticed a flower, although I may have missed them in the past. What are they? Thank you very much for your help.

  
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  Hello. Would you please help me identify a plant I saw yesterday (May 2nd) in a moist field in Western MA? I tried using the Go Botany Simple Key, but only got to step 2. I unfortunately didn't look closely at the center leaves of the plant yesterday and can't tell from my photo whether the leaves are going to grow to be alternate or opposite. I tried just guessing and searching photos on the site, but I can't find a good match. Is there a way to id the plant with just this photo? Thanks!

  
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  Only an inch or two tall, found in rich damp woods in Northampton, MA. Picture taken May 2nd. Appears to be one leaf dividing into three palmate leaflets? Both the flower bud and leaf shape looks a little like an extremely small Aralia nudicaulis to me, but doesn't seem like the right habitat. There were many individual plants in a small area. Thank You!!

  
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  please help me identify this plant. it is a climbing plant, i have never seen it produce flowers, it grows mostly in the swampy areas in the grass land of Cameroon.

  
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  I have checked wildflower books and cannot seem to identify this plant. It came up for the first time in my yard in Harwinton CT - near wooded edge of driveway.

  
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  Hi everyone, Does anyone know what kin of plant or flower this may be? I was raking away some of the heavy leaves on the trails in the woods of our new home and found tons of them. They were buried under the leaves, seem to be almost natural borders to the worn trail and larger clusters can be seen at tree based or out of rotting stumps. Otherwise there are one or two every few inches in almost straight lines. They are spiral almost come like with white stems. They held up well to being raked

  
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  More of a how-to question here: How do I tell apart the stalk of an asian bittersweet from a wisteria? I have a trellis with a white wisteria on it, but the bittersweet has invaded. I want to stop the the bittersweet and leave the wisteria. Is the bittersweet a coarser trunk than the wisteria? Location of the trellis in in Haverhill MA. Thanks!

  
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  Hello! I wondered if you can tell me whether the objects embedded in the deer in the photo are plant parts and, if so, what plant do they belong to? This deer was seen in someone's backyard in NH this week.

  
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  How can I explain the two different colors on the same branch of an azalea bush? Please see picture. Thank you,

  
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  What is this? Found at Dexter Drumlin, So Lancaster, MA. 4-21-2015 approx 3:30P rubbery leaf structure, found in wet grass near brook. Orchid? reminiscent of a jack in the pulpit or Venus fly trap. sturdy. Larger than golf ball smaller than tennis ball

  
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  ...and another follow-up to yesterday's question: I revisited the full key and now I think it's a trailing arbutus! Sorry if I'm overloading the inbox... --Eric

  
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  Hello- Just a follow-up to my question from yesterday, with a better pic, I think. Average-size acorn cap for scale, and I now think the plant grows like a creeper. --Eric

  
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  What kind of plant is this?

  
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  Newbie here, really like the full-key plant ID, but couldn't find my mystery plant. The foliage and plant height are similar to wintergreen, but got no wintergreen scent from the leaves, and the flowers don't look like what I see for wintergreen species. Here are a couple pics. Leaves are on the order of one inch long. Photographed April 18 in oak/pine woods in Truro, MA.

  
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  Kindly identify the plant and its utilisation

  
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  What kind of plant is this growing on the branches of this tree? This is in Madison, Wisconsin.

  
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  This is a common ground cover plant in Qatar, but I heard that it comes from the United States. Can you tell me the name of the plant?

  
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  Hi I have two flowering plants that are driving me nuts if I could get some Id help would be great. The Pink with the white flower tips grow everywhere along the Chagrin river in Ohio, the ones with the yellow heads I have only seen a couple but in the same area, they are more like a begonia stem, and will tolerate a floodplain.

  
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  What kind of plant is this? I can't remember if i planted this or if its a weed. It is spreading really quickly.

  
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  Could you please let me know what type of plant this is and the best way to re-pot it...right size pot....soil...and so forth. Thanks.

  
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  Can you please help me identify this plant. It was found in Hereford, TX. This is the Great Plains of north Texas.

  
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  I'm in New Hampshire. What plant is this? It's the first plant to emerge in the spring. I haven't seen any flowers.

  
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  Here, for the closer picture of the plant. I am Danyael, the one you asked for a closer picture earlier. Can I ask you what plant this is?

  
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  I am from India... I enclose two photos of plants which are growing in my home backyard..could you help me to identify these plants...?

  
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  This plant grows in the Northern parts of Cameroon which has a tropical climate and a Savanna type vegetation. Used for nail beautification and alleged to have anti-fungal property against Onychomycosis. Please help me classify it.

  
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  Someone gave me this plant as a graduation gift and I do not know what kind of plant it is. Can I please ask you what plant it is? I live in the Philippines though.

  
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  I enclose 2 Photos dated June 2014. The plants were growing in the old cranberry bogs on Hobomock and Monroe streets in Pembroke, Ma Could you give me more information on this Astragalus ? Thank you

  
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  This lovely flower was growing wild in my front yard in Lincoln, MA last summer. Any idea what it might be?

  
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  In December, on Napatree beach, I found a lovely, sprawling plant with a rainbow of pastel colored leaves. I took a tiny sprig that wouldn't be missed and tried sprouting it at home. It is growing beautifully - even starting to flower! Now, my best guess for ID is an Ambrosia of some kind (chamissonis?). If that's true, do you think I should terminate my sprout before it becomes a major allergen in my home??

  
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  looking for identification of this plant.mostly grows in the tropics.

  
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  looking for identification of this plant. here is a picture of the leaf. it grows in sun or shade.

  
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  I am sending more photos of the black flower. It blooms in early march for only a few weeks. The flower itself grows only to about 12 inches and the foliage to about twice that. It has three black petals with green wings. The foliage is grass like and has four sides. It has a very sweet fragrance. No fruit that I have seen. the root grows off to a 90 degree angle of plant. It grows in full sun or shade. It has returned every year for 15 years with no problem.

  
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  Looking for identification of this plant. It has black petals, grass like folage, flower less than foot tall. Blooms in early March for short period in North Carolina. I can't seem to find anything like it on any website.

  
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  Hi Please help me find the name of the plant its small and have no flowers , grows like a vine thanks Jailam

  
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  Hello, I'm from Illinois. I received seeds for a plant. I was told that this is a money plant but I'm not sure.

  
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  This grew in a container in Stowe, Vermont. I don't know what it is. Thank you in advance, Ellen

  
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  Good morning, could you please help with the identification of this woody plant? I found it yesterday in Fitchburg, MA on an upland, sandy gravelly soils. It seemed to be a small tree, or large shrub, with only a single stem growing from the base (at least as far as I could tell with 3 feet of snow!). I thought working through the buds would make it obvious, but I'm stuck! My first thought was hazelnut, but I sold on it. Thanks, in advance!

  
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  Hi, Can you tell me if Oenothera cruciate has been renamed? I can't seem to find it anywhere however O. parviflora pops up in a search but that was originally a different flower all together so I'm a tad confused. Thanks for any help you can provide.

  
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  My property in W. Mass has a large patch of some sort of plant that resembles Water Hemlock (C. maculata), but I am questioning this ID after researching Aegopodium podagraria. The two look very similar to the plants on my property (which grow on a septic mound). It's possible both occur there. What is the best way to tell the two apart? The leaves look very different, but the flowers seem nearly identical to my eye. The attached photos are from summer 2014.

  
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  I was looking at the questions at this site and I saw one about pollen tubes. I've had a question about that,and decided to paste it here. What makes a plant’s pollen send out a pollen tube? What is the stuff, the material, on a flower’s stigma that makes a pollen grain send out a pollen tube? Is it water? I’m pretty sure it isn’t that because I’ve never seen pollen grains sending out pollen tubes in puddl

  
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