Question: Hello! I am doing this project from school where i have to identify a plant that is living in an …
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Hello! I am doing this project from school where i have to identify a plant that is living in an area of our outdoor courtyard that we were assigned to observe. My plant has a light brown stem, green "scratchy" leaves, and is about 180 cm in height. If you can reply as soon as possible, that would really help me out! Thanks! Here is a photo of what my plant looks like.
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Dear PHS620, good morning. Your plant appears to be a sapling of Ulmus (elm). I cannot tell you which species without a closer image of the leaves and knowledge of where (generally) the photograph was taken. Location information is vital for identification. If you want to email more images to me, feel free to attach them to a message to ahaines[at]newenglandwild.org.
