Question: Hello! I am new to the Go Botany website, and I was assigned an invasive species project to do for …
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Hello! I am new to the Go Botany website, and I was assigned an invasive species project to do for a class I am taking. The location of the plants that I have taken pictures of are in Arlington Heights, Illinois, and I have seen them on multiple patches of bushes and grass near my home. Can you identify the species names for any of the following plants?
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Dear dmcintosh7605, good morning. I would like to help you with all of these images, but some of the images are a bit too blurry for me to see the details I require for identification. The first image appears to be a species of Syringa (lilac). The second image I can't discern. The third image is a species of Spiraea (meadowsweet). The fourth image appears to be a Juniperus (juniper). The fifth image is a species of Pinus (pine). The sixth image may be a species of Lamium (henbit). The seventh image is too blurry. The eighth image is a species of Swida (dogwood; formerly in the genus Cornus). The ninth image is too blurry. The tenth image is a species of Viburnum (viburnum) allied to V. dentatum. For some of these, I can provide species level determinations, but it will require you to get clear images, and best if multiple ones for each plant (leaves, flowers, side views). Sorry I cannot help further.
