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Questions and Answers: 2015

Question: Hey can you help me identify this plant? It doesn't look like a fern because it actually has a long …

  • Question

    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.

    Answer

    Dear middlethought3469, I can't tell you exactly which species of plant you have pictured. It is a plant in the Fabaceae (legume family) with bipinnately compound leaves. To identify it further than this, flowers or fruits would be necessary and the general region this plant is found in would be necessary.