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2018

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  I have no idea where this plant came from but i adored it every year for several years. when i tried to split it at the root to separate it but lost it. i was crushed. it is NOT in the tulip family as many told me. it is not a tall version rather it spreads low to the ground. the leaves are also rather soft like lambs ear but it obviously flowers. i would be indebted to you if you can identify and tell me where i can buy it PLEASE!katie henderson USN MAS gloriaj9@sbcglobal.net6184077078

  
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  Sorry about my manners. Good Morning. Thank you for your early response and your help. Being new to this, I will try to give more details in future. I have attached another photo that may help.

  
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  I live in Trinidad and Tobago. It is 10 degrees north of the equator. I have been photographing our flora which in some cases be similar to those of the US. I will like to get help with identification, if you can help, please. This was found in an almost stagnant stream.

  
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  I am afraid I can’t be certain about the habitat of the plant species to which this seed belongs but it could be the UK or New England. I would appreciate your kind assistance. The seed is likely quite old but seems to have kept its colour. It might have been used as a bead in a necklace. The scale is inches and fractions thereof. Thus the seed is about 4/10ths of an inch in diameter. It was found under floorboards.

  
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  Hi, first post. I live in Brooklyn, NY and currently have 17 houseplants in my apartment. I love plants! Can someone help me identify this plant, please? Thank you!

  
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  Grandma got some "winter flower" seeds and is growing these plants. She says they are from the same plant but I don't recognize them. I'd really appreciate it if anyone here can identify the 2 plants on this picture I took from her indoor plants. AC

  
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  Hello, What I have is a question. Coming to know that Sedges have edges, Rushes are round, Grasses have nodes that might bend to the ground, I have a need to confirm... What is being talked about is the main stem. Grasses are hollow with nodes. Rushes are solid and round and Sedges are triangular. I've been having trouble because all of these plants have leaves with edges. Thank you for your help! Sue L-B

  
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  Hi. what is the name of this plant

  
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  The woods behind my house is covered with this stuff. I live in Plymouth Mass. I haven't captured whether it has any fruit or not yet, but I'm trying to figure out if this is a wild non-native burning bush outbreak. Are these photos enough to identify it? Do I need to get better ones? If it isn't burning bush, do you know what else it might be or what else I should look for on the plant to identify it. I took these pictures specifically because of the bright red color it takes on in fall.

  
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  Hello, Here I have a glorious hairy sedge that I need help identifying. I did look at all of your offerings but unfortunately I was unable to sort it out. This plant is in Salem Sound, Massachusetts Thank you for your time and expertise! Sue L-B

  
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  Hello, I was hoping someone would be able to identify for me what type of grass I have here. It is short growing for sure but this is in a lawn that is mowed. It is located in Salem Sound. Thank you, Sue L-B

  
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  good day! there is this vine plant that I am curious of because it is all over our town and I would like to know its species, I would be very glad if you could help me with this. I am from the philippines and it is located in the visayas region. thank you!

  
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  11/25/2018 Found this growing on and around a stone wall and a number of them are scattered around this area. They have kept their rosette leaves even after several days of temps in the teens and twenties.

  
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  Hello new to this sight, I didn’t realize this was for New England, I am a landscaper and am getting to the point of trying to find and cultivate plants, and in my searches I have come a cross many plants that the either the homeowner or I, or my boss could Not identify, am I allowed to use this and start a profile of personal plants I find interesting, and am trying to cultivate, and use this as a resource for plant identification that is not in New England?

  
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  Hi there! I’m stumped (no pun 😊) on this shrub. The dichotomous key brought me to Ligustrum Vulgaris (privet), but the leaves are not glossy and the flowers, although looking like privet flowers have a very strong pleasant fragrance and not pungent as the key indicates. The habitat is usually very close to wetland areas or border areas near thick woods. I live in Rockport, Ma. Thank you! 😊👍

  
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  Please let me know what is this plant is? Thanks

  
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  Hi! I found these interesting flowers growing mainly under the trees in the shade or in between rocks. There are only 1-2 leaves per flower. Would you be able to tell me what these plant is? Thank you!

  
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  Hello there, I am hoping that you are able to positively identify this Willow! It is located on the edge of a fresh water pond, in Salem Sound, Salem, Ma Thank you, Sue L-B

  
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  For a flower that has ONLY sepals or ONLY petals - how do you determine if this flower has sepals or petals?

  
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  Hello, found this plant on top of a shaded forested ridge with shallow bedrock in Southeastern CT in September. The surrounding forest was oak/hickory. This herbaceous plant was approximately 1ft in height. The stems had a "delicate" appearance. Leaves were opposite and margins entire. Small green capsules were observed. It was part of an community of other plants included eastern bottle-brush grass, common barberry, and maidenhair spleenwort. Thanks for the help.

  
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  This plant is at Riley's Lock on the C and O canal in Darnstown MD. Can you identify it? Greatly appreciated.

  
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  Hello again, Here I have another Red Maple, Acer Rubrum, that looks significantly different from the other two I presented to Go Botony earlier. Interesting to me is that these trees, (there are 4, all different, one more to come), are all on my property, less than 100 feet or so of each other. Thank you for any information you may be able to give me. Happy Thanksgiving! Sue L-B, Salem Sound, Salem, Ma...

  
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  If a flowering plant has no sepals or no petals how to do tell which is which?

  
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  Hello, this plant was observed in northern Somerset County Maine in August. The plant was approximately 5in tall. The leaves were alternate and finely serrated. The stems were woody and brown on the lower portion of the plant. The forest was boreal, specifically upland Spruce/Fir. The ground cover was dominated by moss. Other plants included blueberry, Clintonia borealis and gaultheria procumbens (as shown in the photo). The area was surrounding a black spruce bog.

  
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  This fern was observed in the crevice on a large rock outcropping (some kind of acidic granite) in Northern Somerset County Maine. The Fern was in a clump along with moss. The stipe/rachis had fine down. The sori and underside were gray and downy as a well. The upperside of pinnae was smooth. The stipe was reddish.

  
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  Question about Rubus chamaemorus. Flowers are unisexual, only 1 flower on each aboveground stem. The stems grow from rhizomes. Do rhizomes produce more than one aboveground stem? If so, are individual plants monecious, with both staminate and carpellate flowers produced by the same rhizome, or dioecious, with flowers of only one sex produced from one rhizome?

  
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  I saw this bush in Guanajuato, Mexico in October. It has small red flowers, and attracted lots of orange butterfies. It would be great if you are able to identify it. Thanks.

  
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  Hi, my name is Oisin, I'm an Irish chef who lives in Mexico. I was wondering if there is any literature that concludes 'Calabrian' chile peppers are in fact escabel, Mexican chili peppers? I find it astounding that they look so similar & fall on the same range in the scoville scale. Not to mention that Columbus' (the first person to bring chile peppers to Europe) voyage to the new world was sponsored by Ferdinand II, who became the ruler of Calabria 9 years later.

  
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  I have been looking at Rudbeckia laciniata, but now am too late in the season to check on whether the ray flowers are in fact flowers with potential for fertilization, at least in the right season. Thanks.

  
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  Hello there, I have another unknown Red Maple? that I would like to know more about please. I have 12 photos. It it located in Salem Sound, Massachusetts. Thank you very much for your help. Sue L-B

  
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  Hi. We were recently asked to review a site (coastal pond on Cape Cod) for potential Persicaria puritinorum. We did id P.. maculosa on the site, but came across this plant, with smaller leaves and without the visible dark spot in the middle of leaves. With the plants rapidly going into dormancy that could be why they look different. Any help with id on this one is appreciated!

  
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  I live in Plymouth, Mass. and I'm attempting to identify the plant behind my house that is prevalent through the woods. I've read about the burning bush being extremely invasive. I'll be attempting to catalogue more data such as fruit (if any exists) and further close ups of the stems and other photos during different seasons, but just wanted to try this now to see if it is obvious. I live near Cranberry bogs - sandy soil / bogland with mossy trees. The red fall foliage increased my curiosity.

  
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  I photographed this plant on the west bank of the Kennebec River in Sidney, Maine, on August 20, 2013. It receives direct sunlight in the morning, and the soil in the area has a lot of clay in it. What is it?

  
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  This aster was growing along the upper edge of the salt marsh at Joppa Flats, Newburyport. I'm thinking it might be Symphyotrichum ericoides (Heath American-aster), but S. dumosum, racemosum, and lanceolatum looked similar. The tightly-bunched flowers was what made me lean toward S. ericoides, Am I close?

  
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  This solitary plant was found on a rotting woodpile in central MA. Second picture for scale. Thanks in advance for help with ID!

  
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  Hi there, This should be a real easy one for you. I am sorry about the photo. It is a photo of a photo on a website that has been listed as unknown. Thank you, SueL-B

  
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  Hi! I found this plant by a wetland and was curious as to what it was. The leaves kind of looked like a Thalictrum pubescens but I'm not sure. Thank you!

  
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  Hello, Here I have a most beautiful unknown Maple tree. It is located in Salem Sound in Massachusetts. I will present you with 17 photos. I hope I have captured all that you need! Thank you very much, Sue L-B

  
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  Hello, Here I will share 14 photos of a most exquisite maple tree. It is a weeping tree. Note photo 13. I am hoping you are able to identify it for me. Unfortunately I have not been able to find a samura. Thank you so much, Sue L-B

  
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  I found this in my backyard in Concord, and I am not sure of the species. It has a strong smell, and I am pretty sure it is some type of geranium.

  
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  Good afternoon Dr. I came across a flower that at first suggests Solidago, but upon further investigation I saw an image of a yellow aster. I would appreciate your help. This amazing plant is growing in a crack in the street. Thank you in advance. The plant resides in Malden MA.

  
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  Growing in tidal marsh (in mud with grasses) at mouth of Englishman's River, Roque Bluffs, Maine. 19 October, 2018. Is this Lysimachia maritima? "Plants coastal halophytes with fleshy leaf blades." Leaves opposite, without stalk. Aprox. 8 or 10" high. Thank you for taking a look.

  
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  This is Populus tree #2 from Berlin, CT. It has larger leaves.

  
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  This is Populus tree #3 from Berlin, CT. I think it is P. tremuloides.

  
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  I would like help with three Populus trees with three distinct leaf morphologies. They are growing within a hundred yards of one another in mixed mostly deciduous woods in Berlin, CT. The photos show the trunk at different heights and the leaves on the tree and collected from the ground. I will separate the three trees into three messages. This is #1.

  
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  Hello mr botanist, can you please help me to identify this beautiful plant ? Thank you very much,

  
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  This is a shrub in a nearby residential neighborhood. The resident is a renter and does not know what this plant is. I have not seen one like this before and can't seem to ID it. The unusual red "berries" are multi-lobed. They seem firm. There are also small green berries that are round on the shrub. I am adding some photos. The location is in Charlestown, Rhode Island. Thank you

  
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  I'm unsure if this is a mushroom or another type of plant. The location is Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.

  
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  hello, I need to identify this plant, any help !!!

  
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  Hi there. Is this plant American dunegrass (Leymus mollis)? I photographed it on the backside of a cobble dune (and adjacent to a salt marsh) in Marblehead Mass. Thanks for your help!

  
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  This plant is at my daughter's near clearwater, FL. Please identify it. Should she keep it?

  
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  Totally puzzled

  
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  Good morning Dr. I was delighted to find Solidago growing on my neighbors rock wall. The culm is growing down rather than up! The feature the surprised me was the spathulate leaf shape on the basal leaves. The characteristics seems to fit Solidago nemoralis. Can you confirm this? Thank you.

  
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  I was at Garden in the Woods recently and keyed out a plant to be Blue Mistflower Conoclinum coelestrinium or Eupatorium coelesrinium. I cannot find on Go botany or Wildflowers of New England?

  
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  Can you tell me what this plant is please?

  
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  Hey, I’m very sorry about the picture quality. I’ve only seen this plant a few times before and I just got a glimpse of one as I was driving by. It it a taller plant, similar in form to a bulrush but kind of looks like wheat. Extremely fluffy looking and white. This is in the more northern part of Québec, Canada. Any idea of what this may be? Thank you so much.

  
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  Hi, found this 6ft sedge in a emergent freshwater wetland (Southeastern CT). A single plant was identified with one inflorescence. The spikelets were elongated and pendulous. It looks similar to Scirpus pendulus, however, it seems a bit out of range based on the map.

  
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  Hello, this plant was observed in a deciduous forest. The plant was approximately 10 inches tall, with serrated leaves and green capsules in a raceme. The steam was reddish. The plant is located in S.E. CT.

  
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  Any idea what kind of tree this is from? It is from the campus of the high school where I teach in Baltimore. I'm guessing some sort of non-native ornamental. Thanks! Allison White

  
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  Good afternoon Dr. The aster which I had question about, finally bloomed. My original question was to identify the species of Symphyotrichum. The stem leaves had unusual marginal teeth. The photos are of the flower and phyllaries.

  
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  Hello, I hope you can help me with this plant. I found it in my aunts yard in Winchester Ma covering/dominating her front grass. I hope it is not a nasty invasive. In the photo one plant is 12 inches over all growing next to grass in a more shaded habitat. The ones dominating the grass and the small one in photo with yellow flower are mostly 4-6 inches high. Thank you, Stephen

  
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  Cakile edentula, Roque Bluffs, Washington Co Maine tidal marsh edge, 10 Oct. What are the little glandular things on leaves and stems? Are these fungus or slime mold bodies or part of the plant?

  
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  Is this plant Persicaria coccinea? Found it on the banks of the Charles River yesterday. Thanks! You can use it on the site if it is, I just wasn't sure.

  
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  Hi, I found this shrub during my site visit. I need to include its scientific name, yet I'm not sure what it is😅 I really hope you can help me. Thank you

  
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  I’m sending a small donation to New England Wild Flower Society because I really appreciate your helping me identify plants growing on our property. Here’s one I’ve been watching since June. I’m hoping you can help me with this one, especially since I’ve more recently discovered smaller plants popping up on our dry, shady Long Island property. Many thanks for all your help.

  
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  Hello! I found this plant in my yard, which has a lot of disturbed areas, in Worcester County, Massachusetts. I think it might be Japanese Barberry, but am not 100% sure after using this website's key. It mostly has two leaves coming from each bud, but in some places has three, four and five leaves. Can you help identify it? If it is barberry, should I get rid of it? I try to use mostly natives (or at the least, non-invasive species) in the garden.

  
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  Location: Long Island. I noticed this plant for the first time in early September in a dry, shady area of our property; it is the only specimen that I’ve seen here, and I’m wondering if it could be an escaped cultivar. Hoping you recognize it. Thanks!

  
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  Howdy. Is Lonactis linarifolia sticky to the touch? Been meeting this (or other?) species in various locations around freeport Maine. Here we are with blueberry & bluestem. At first I had thought Eurybia spectabalis, due to sticky stem, but it looks like that species is not in Maine. In either case, it's causing a lot of delight these days.

  
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  Hi, I am living in Trivandrum, India. This plant was presented to my one of my friends. Kindly identify this plant. Thank you. Unnikrishnan

  
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  I saw a number of these plants near the summit of Gunstock Mtn. in Gilford, NH. What is the plant?

  
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  Hi, im living in Ontario, Canada and took some photographs of plants around conservative area. Im trying to identify these plants, but hard to identify with ontario's native or invasive plant data. Can you help me what kind of plants are they? They were close to sidewalks and picture were taken at September.

  
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  This plant grows at the edge of our lawn and along the roadside in Caribou, ME. It is so pretty but I haven't been able to find out what it is! Thanks for your help!

  
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  I have not been able to identify this plant. Any help will be greatly appreciated. I will upload some photos. I found it in Tyler State Park in Newtown, Pennsylvania in a woodland borderland. The flower has five petals, the leaves are alternated. It is very rare in this neck of the woods. Candido

  
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  I have a small tree that is outside in a pot from April to the end of October. It does not seem deciduous; when I take it in it has not lost any leaves. But indoors, under a plant light, it begins to lose leaves until by mid January it's bare. When I put it back outside in mid April to begins to leaf out by May, gets fully leafed by June and grows new, green branches during the summer. I want to know what it is, and what is the best way to care for it.

  
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  Good morning Arthur I believe that I have found Hieracium paniculatum... and would appreciate your input. From a previous post you indicated the phyllaries were important for the ID. I am a little confused when Go Botany stipulates that the leaf is entire and then the next line states the edge of the blade has teeth. Is this in reference to the position of the blades on the stem? I.e. the basal blades have teeth and the upper blades do not. Again Thank you for your interest and help

  
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  Good Afternoon I have an aster growing in my backyard with rather unusual leaves. The leaves are cordate with a frilly serrate margin. I have include several images. My question is: Are these leaves consistent with Symphyotrichum cordifolium, or are they possibly another? The plant is about 40 cm tall with a purple stem with many buds in the panicle. Again thank you for helping me.

  
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  My first instinct when I saw this plant was to call it Shepherd's Purse, but then I noticed the seed capsule were not heart-shaped. Going through the Brasicaceae, I paused at Iberis amara, but it wasn't documented in my area. Next, I paused in Lepidium, feeling most positive about L. Virginicum, or Poor-man's Pepperweed, though the last photo shows leaves I didn't notice on my plant.

  
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  I'm not sure how to go about the aster-like plants. Here is one around Joppa Flats that pops up in meadows . It looks like S. lanceolatum. Am I on the right track?

  
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  This plant spontaneously appeared last year. I’ve never actually caught it in bloom but the seedheads and habitat look like viola hastata, even though we are north of it’s typical range? Is it worth keeping or is it a weed? Location Scarborough, Maine in sandy soil, partial sun.

  
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  Good evening. the inflorescence of this grass looks like some of the barleys or foxtails, But i could seem to find a good match in the guide. Can you zero me in? It's on the upper bank of the salt marsh, Joppa Flats Ed Center. Thanks.

  
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  Sorry, but somehow my last question was submitted before all photos were uploaded. These are early September images of a grass taken on our dry, sandy property on Long Island. I’m trying to replace old turf grass with native plants wherever possible. If you can help ID this grass, I would greatly appreciate it. Many thanks!

  
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  Thank you for identifying Trichostema dichtomum for me.

  
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  what is this plant and is bit beneficial and edible? Ohio North central woodland.

  
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  Plant located at 28 Erbeck Cir., Bridgewater, MA, Lat:41.98438, Lng:-70.93318. Started growing next to my deck in early spring this year. Home adjacent to mixed woodland. It receives about 4-6 hours of sun although the amount is decreasing due to its location. Initially leaves looked like Eupatorium but flowers did not seem to match other thoroughworts. It may be difficult to see in the images some blossoms are pink but never fully open. One picture shows long curved, tubular growths. Seedpods?

  
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  Good afternoon Dr I have a grass growing in my yard which appears linked to my bird feeder. The characteristics seem to be split between Echinochloa sp and Sorghum sp. The ligule is membranous measuring about 1 mm. The collar appears to be glabrous. There are several culms with inflorescence. One inflorescence has awns and another does not. The florettes are covered with fine hair. The roots appear to be fibrous without rhizomes. The culms appear a bluish-green. Thank you.

  
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  Hi! I'm back at the upper salt marsh at Joppa Flats. At first I thought this was Lamb's Quarters, which I have so much of in my garden, but when I went to Chenopodium and saw all the possibilities, I'm thinking this is Chenopodium berlandieri, based on the habitat. Am I right?

  
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  What kind of plant is this. It is water-logged. Not sure if I can save it. Any advice greatly appreciated. Thanks!

  
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  botanist. found this husky ground cherry or clammy or tomatillo. its green inside and smooth with tons of tiny seeds? what is it.live in south Georgia.

  
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  Hello, Arthur. I found this plant at the upper fringe of the salt marsh of the Merrimack estuary at Joppa Flats Education Center, Newburyport. I wanted to call it Giant Ragweed, but the leaves didn't seem to match, and the flowers/fruits didn't seem to be arranged on the spikelets the same way. So many plants in this narrow zone that you don't see elsewhere!

  
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  Found in north Jersey on a hike ..curious what it is

  
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  Hi, I was wondering if I could get some insight on my research idea, which is whether or not aloe vera plants lose vitamins or antioxidants when they get put into powder form

  
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  Hi, do you know which plant this is? My relative just started eating it and I want to know if it’s not toxic! It gets small white flowers on it! The flowers have 5 petals and the plant also has 5 long leaves as seen in pictures! Will really appreciate your help! The plant is located in United Kingdom, Epsom

  
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  Hello, As a high school science teacher, I am always looking to pose natural phenomena questions to my students. I live in New York State, on the Sullivan and Orange County border, which is about 70 Northwest on NYC. What I'm curious about is what is causing the leaves on the trees to fall without any color change? There are many sugar maple trees and all the leaves are falling in their green state. Could it be lack of sunlight due to excessive rain and cloud cover this past month?

  
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  Good evening Arthur Again thank you for you assessment regarding C. lupulinus/grayi. The attached photo is of a bract subtending the inflorescence. I examined blades and they appeared smooth. The bract by contrast had "hook-like" cells along the lateral edges of the bract and also on the midrib. I could not find any scabrous images for comparison. The second image shows a primary and secondary inflorescence. Thank you for your expertise. I have your book, "Sedges of Maine."

  
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  Can you ID Populus to species just by the leaf? I'm trying to ID the species of Aphid, and I'm told each of the 20 species in the genus is specific to a specific Poplar. This is at the Seacoast Science Center in Rye, NH. The tree is a young sapling, and the leaf looks most like P, deltoides (not documented in the county) and P. tremuloides, which is. I lean toward tremuloides, which is more common evidently, and seems to have leaf veins of a lighter color.

  
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  I'm thinking this is Canada Hawkweed. I saw a lot of it at the Seacoast Science Center in Rye, NH on September 15. Am I on the right track?

  
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  Please identify this plant. It climbs up without attaching itself to anything. Thank you, Carolyn

  
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  Location: Mendon, Ma Habitat: the edge of a pond, White blooms, Sept 15, 2018 Is there a recommended size limit for the photos? The upload process takes a long time.

  
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  Location: Mendon, Ma Habitat: edge of a pond, Yellow blossoms Sept 15, 2018

  
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  This 3-4 foot tall plant is located in my yard in Newton, MA and I took this photo on Sept 14. Bees and butterflies are very attracted to the green closed buds. The buds seem to open not to flowers, but directly to these lovely fluffy seed heads. I've nicknamed it the truffula plant (from Dr. Seuss' The Lorax), but I'd really love to know the real name. Thanks in advance for any help you can give. (If you need to see the leaves, I can upload closeup of those, later.)

  
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  I was asked to identify a plant growing in an open field.Basically appears as a nuisance plant of little to no redemptive value. Field is at the base of a hill so water does drain to the edge of the field but never forms standing water, thus relatively decent drainage. This plant has covered a substantial area- 300 sq. ft. Unfortunately little to identify- no flower, no fruit. Plant currently stands about 12-15", tough stemmed. I can not key this plant. Thanks for your help.

  
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  Is this Spangle Gall? Will wasps be forthcoming? Taken today in Windham, NH on Oak Leaf, lakeside.

  
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  Sorry the image did not attach the first time. This is growing in my yard in space that is returning to nature. I have a few very odd plants growing that I have never seen

  
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  Good Afternoon I have several species of sedge growing around my house. I was hoping that you could confirm the identity from the images posted. I believe that the sedge is Cyperus lupulinus. It was found growing in a sunny location in my garden. C. grayi seems to be similar. The achenes are triangular in cross section and measure about 2.0 mm in length. thank you in advance!

  
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  can't upload photo -2 or more main stems to 30" leaves with light veins in groups of 3 opposite tiny purple lipped flowers along their own long thin stems on top and at leave axle - located in hardwood forest Vermont - other plants here:wild Sarsasperilla, winter green, whirled loosestrife, indian cuke, bird on wing(?), Canadian lily of valley, false and regular solomens seal, tiger lily, wild oats, Jerusalem artichoke...

  
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  I'm sort of between Switch Panicgrass (Panicum virgatum) and Fall Panicgrass ( P. dichotomiflorum) on this one. (Of course, with my level of expertise, it could be neither! e.g., P. amarum) This is at the upper level of a salt marsh at Joppa Flats Ed. Center, Newburyport. Taken 7/17/18.

  
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  Hi, I photographed this plant somewhere in Czech Republic - in Kutna Hora - and i don't know what plant it is. Can you help me, please? Thanks, Mihaela

  
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  I forgot to mention in my last submission concerning Atriplex prostrata, that the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center says it is native to Eurasia. thought you would want to know of the conflict.

  
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  Hi, Rome,NY. Found alongside recently disturbed farmland. Thank you.

  
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  Arthur, I looked at the online Gobotany Goodyera repens photos as I just saw (I believe) some for the first time and wanted to see pictures to cross written check description. It seems to me the 10th photo (Kausen's)looks more like pubescens with spiraling flowers than the other photos, one sided. Does repens also occur having spiraling flowers?

  
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  Can you identify this plant - growing at South Cape Beach Mashpee, MA

  
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  Hi: This plant was growing on Mile Beach at Reid State Park in Georgetown, Maine, just below the Beach Grass. It is covered with stiff spines. What is the species?

  
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  I can't identify this plant. Would love some help. In the spring it had tiny yellow flowers at the base of the leaf stem and in groups of 3 or 4. Thanks

  
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  Hello, this plant sprouted in my backyard just over 3 weeks ago. And all of a sudden it had fruits! It’s quit pretty and I’d like to know what kind of plant/tree this might be. Thanks! I live in the Northeast (Connecticut)

  
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  I found this growing in my backyard. I did not plant this but the leaves reminded me of those on a ladyslipper orchid. I live in Genesee County Michigan in a suburb.

  
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  I found this in a wet area of the woods near Caribou, ME, about the middle of July. I tried to identify it and thought it could be Northern Tubercled Bog Orchid but am not sure. Sorry about the poor quality pictures...the flowers are tiny, making them hard to photograph!

  
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  Hi, I submitted a question last week but I think I forgot to hit send. So I will try again. I found this plant in shallow water and just along the shore of Mooselookmeguntic Lake in Maine. I key it out as “Veronica scutellata”. Is this right and if so can this plant grow submerged in water and how deep? Thanks for your help.

  
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  Found 6 of these plants growing around a large stand of black huckleberry shrubs at the edge of a woodland of mixed hardwood trees on my property in Dover, NH. Thanks for your help.

  
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  Having a hard time identifying this shrub in my backyard in Maryland. Glossy green leaves on numerous green branches.

  
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  I found this early September blooming plant on our Long Island property under dry shade/sun conditions growing in sandy soil. It stands about 4-5” tall, with flower height around 1/4”. Leaves are opposite. It’s the only specimen I’ve seen here. More photos are available if needed. Thank you for any help you can provide in identifying this plant.

  
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  I'm trying to decide whether this Solidago is altissima or canadensis. I believe altissima is supposed to be hairy on the undersides of the leaf on both the veins and in between. As you can see from the underside in the photo, you can see hairs all over, but only if the light is just right. I'm not sure what constitutes "hairy." This is on the edge of the parking lot at Joppa Flats Education Center, Newburyport, close to a salt marsh along the Merrimack River.

  
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  Hi, I am located in the Hampshire County MA. I have been trying to identify this tree for some time now. It is growing next to what I believe are Buckthorns, obviously it is not the same but wondering if it could be Chokeberry? I can't find many berry photos of chokeberry tree/shrubs. This tree grows next to our road in a wide tree belt . I believe it probably gets a lot of winter salt run off. Hardy little trees. Any ideas? Thank you in advance.

  
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  I have an 8'foot tall plant growing in my garden. I have narrowed down the plant to be either Lactura Canadensis or Erechtites hieracifolia. The plant has a hollow stem and when you break it latex forms. I tried to find the distinguish the differences between the two types of plants I am having trouble uploading my photos. HELP!

  
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  Hi, wondering if you could identify this plant. Located in kettle pond/vernal pool in Wayland, Mass

  
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  Disturbed land, cleared 19 years ago for housing development. Zip 01523. There are many of these young trees, but I remember that none appeared for a few years after land was cleared, the young White Pine and Oak trees appeared sooner. Some years ago I used a tree identification book, and decided this must be Sweet Birch. Was I right?

  
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  Hi, including photos of a woody vine. Found on an old farm property in Wayland, Ma. I am wondering if it is bittersweet...and if so, if it is American or Oriental. Thanks.

  
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  Some kind of persicaria pr polygonum? I checked it against everything in those genera on GoBotany and didn't see a match with the stout purple-white cloverlike flowers, the red stems/joints, and the wide-ish leaves (sans brown thumbprints). Growing in sand along Mink Brook at the Mink Brook Nature Preserve in Hanover, NH, 1 Sept. 2018. Thanks for any help.

  
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  We have a number of these small plants suddenly appearing on our sandy Long Island property, and would love to know what they are and whether or not they are invasive. They are growing in a sunny and dry area. The leaves seem to have tiny white dots along the edges. I have not seen any flowers yet. Thank you for any help!

  
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  This was a shrub-like plant, and the flowers depicted were about 6-8 feet off the ground. Could you ID this plant for me? Boothbay Harbor, Maine 43.862691, -69.637965 Also, feel free to use this image on your website if you think it useful.

  
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  Im am trying to id this vine growing in our garden in Kittery ME. It is opposite compound leaves With a few tiny teeth on leaf edge. I have not seen any flowers on.

  
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  Sorry, I forgot to attach the photos that go with question of Veronica scutellata.

  
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  I am in the Rangeley Lake area in Maine and found this plant along the shore and in the water, I key it out to Veronica scutellata, Marsh Speedwell. Is this the correct ID? I need to submit it on a survey form for LSM (Lake Monitors of Maine) so I need to be correct. Also, does this plant grow in the water, maybe up to 2 or 3 feet deep.

  
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  Saw this plant on a hike at Rampart Reservoir in Colorado. It was on a trail above the lake in partial sunlight,near pine trees and aspen. The leaves have a velvety texture arranged in whorls and there is a cone shaped bud on top.

  
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  I'm hoping you can help us in identifying this grass we have on the Joppa Flats Education Center Property, Newburyport.

  
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  Hi, I tried identifying this roadside weed found in southern Vermont without success. It has a squarish stem which appears to be hollow and has lengthwise ridges. I didn't see it while flowering so I can't say what color the flowers were. Thank you for your help.

  
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  Two plants growing in my yard would like to know what they are this is a space reclaimed by nature for one and the purple one is growing up my deck it is wild

  
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  These are growing wild in my yard along with some others that I have that I do not know what they are These are climbing

  
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  Good morning, will you please identify my beautiful plant?

  
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  I have found what I believe is impatiens glanulifera here in Worcester, VT. But the internet does not show it as growing here. It’s in a ditch next to the (gravel) road by a culvert. Youngish forest on the other side of the ditch. The website is taking forever to upload the images, so I will email them to you.

  
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  Working on the goldenrods on the Joppa Flats property in Newburyport. Could this be S. canadensis? The teeth on the leaves of S. ulmifolia seem bigger. Not sure of the importance of the branching of the stem.

  
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  Hello! I tried to figure this out myself using state of CT information but could not. This vine is growing around one of our trees in one area and now off this fence. The leaf groupings are mostly 4 leafs or 5. Leaves are shaped like cylinders. Are you able to help me identify it? We are in the NW corner of CT. Thank you.

  
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  Is this Eastern Tansy (T. huronense) ? Found in Wells Maine 08-23-2018. Thanks

  
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  Hello This came out of nowhere I have been living here for 22 years North Massapequa Long Island New York. It just started growing and I have no idea what it is can you be of any assistance

  
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  A few plants were found at the summit of Mount Agamenticus on the SE corner of the Learning Lodge in York, ME. These were located next to a watering bowl for dogs and I suspect dogs were the vectors. (photo are not uploading)

  
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  This bush is growing on the edge of the woods behind our home in Cape Elizabeth, Maine. Can you ID? Thank you.

  
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  I have lived in Maine and NH since 1950, and don't recall seeing this before. It is ~2 m tall. Lee, NH. Sorry about the cluttered background...I could take a different camera and get a better picture. If I zoom in on the center of the plant, the leaves look like they are at 90°.

  
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  I'm unable to upload images into PlantShare. The pictures I'm looking to upload are all in the 5-6 Mb range. Do I need to reduce the size of the images?

  
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  Keith Hill Orchards in Grafton, MA were the larges in New England at the turn of the 20th century. I have some old pear trees on the property that I'm trying to identify. One kind of tree is very tall, and has lots of golf ball-sized fruit each year. They are clearly not for casual consumption, but I assume there must have been a purpose for planting them. Attached is a photo of the ripe fruit from one of these trees. What variety of fruit is this, and why was it planted, what is its use?

  
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  Is this a species of violet? Perennial, slowly spreads. I have not seen it flower but the opened seed head looks like a violet. Thank you! Locality average soil, partially sunny, Scarborough, Maine

  
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  Can "Pandanus amaryllifolius" become poisonous if grown near the drainages?

  
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  By the shore of Lake Champlain in a marshy area. Alburg, VT 8/16/18 Thank you

  
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  Good afternoon I discovered this 'weed' growing in a disturbed area of Arlington, MA. I have tentatively identified it as Erechtites hieraciifolius primarily from the leaf structure. I would appreciate your input. Thank you.

  
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  Found this on Schoodic Peninsula. Have gone through all of my flower books and can't seem to find out what it is.

  
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  Central Wisconsin near river

  
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  River bank Central Wisconsin

  
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  Found this vine strangling a stand of Joe-Pye weed by a man-made pond in my garden in Concord...Can you ID it? Thanks

  
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  Just found this yesterday by a pond in Sharon, CT. What do you think it is?

  
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  I think this plant is Malva alcea. So far have found two. They are in Atkinson, NH. 7 Crown Hill Road. Please confirm ID. Thank You, John Williams jw@jwlw.net

  
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  I’m trying to determine if this is false bindweed or what it may be if it is not. It is very close to the ground and is a vine. Thank you.

  
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  Spotted July 26th on a coastal rock ledge in Boot Head Cove Preserve, Trescott, ME. Best wishes and thanks ahead of time. Kathy Crawford

  
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  Saw July 26th, growing in the crack of a huge rock ledge off a trail at Boot Head Cove Preserve, Trescott, ME.

  
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  Hi. I’m trying to upload a photo to go with my profile AND to accompany my sighting of partridge sensitive-pea at McDowell lake in Peterborough NH. Hillsboro county- which is no documented as in this county in GoBotany. The download image keeps twirling around and never completes the download. Any suggestions as to what I’m doing wrong?

  
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  Sir, please its a humble request to you that please identify my plants and send me the names of these plants.... i shall be very thankfull to you...

  
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  Hi Again, I found this plant growing in a parking lot next to railroad tracks in Kendall Square Cambridge, MA. The area is very sunny. The photos were taken the last week of July. Any thoughts on what this plant is? It was recently uprooted by third parties so I never got a chance to see what the flowers would have looked like. I tried to upload to the website but couldn't get it to take the photos. Thanks!

  
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  Hi, What is this plant found about 20 feet from a pond in the Middlesex Fells on August 12? The area was generally shaded but could be considered an edge area. I'm emailing the photos offline because the website won't accept my upload. Thanks!

  
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  I need help identifying a Carex sp. The perigynea are at the terminal end of a long culm. The culm measures about 70 cm. I noticed teeth along either side of the perigynium. The vegetative leaves measured about 30 cm long and 2 mm wide. The leaf has a prominent v shape with a distinct mid-leaf vein. The location is my garden in Malden MA. Thank you in advance.

  
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  After dealing with a Family illness out of state and significant rainfall received over the last few weeks... Family members returned (Southern New Hampshire) to find quite a few of these weeds growing up fast in their backyard some over 3 feet tall... With all the Hogweed scare going around they are more than a little freaked out. If anyone could identify this weed(s) it would be most helpful. Thanks, -mike-

  
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  This is a followup to a question I asked back in early spring about some willows on my property. Instead of one or two species, I have identified eight (possibly nine) species of willow, I have identified silky willow, prairie willow, heart-leaved willow, bog willow and eared willow, these three I haven't yet been able to identify. I was thinking that the one on the left is bebb willow, while the center image is heart-leaved but their leaves have characteristics that those species don't. NW CT

  
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  Hello, I found some ladies'-tresses in a field in Middlesex County Massachusetts. I am unsure which species they are. The photo of the leaves is not very good, they are very narrow. Thank you for your help!

  
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  I discovered a wild flower in my flower garden in Midlothian, Va, suburb of Richmond, Va. It appears close to a great masterwort but uncertain. Currently, it is in a shade-area with much moisture, about 5 feet tall and 3 feet width. Please respond with name or verification so I may research how to care and propagate. Thank you for your consideration.

  
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  We noticed this tree/shrub on the edge of the Joppa Flats Ed Center property in Newburyport. It looked similar to cherries, except the venation of the leaves seemed different. We wonder if it might be some volunteer invasive exotic.

  
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  Hi! I need help identifying a plant that is past flowering and all I have left is foliage and seed heads. The foliage is low growing and grass-like. We moved to a new Home in Tyngsboro, MA and I’m not sure what this is.

  
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  Is this invasive Autumn olive (Elaeagnus spp)? If it is, do you have any tips to remove it?

  
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  I'm growing a mango from seed, it had sprouted and I decided to transfer it into a bigger pot, the plant itself sorda... snapped away from the seed, will it still survive without it's huge seed or was that it's main source of nutrients? It already has a large root, and leaves, should I plant the seed near it or what?

  
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  Hello sir, I am an environmental engineer working on Air Pollution reduction by Trees. I wanted to know that - how the absorbed gases such carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, sulphur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide, volatile organic carbons by the trees are measured. Is there any method or any device for such measurement.

  
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  Hi, we have an old-fashioned Hydrangea arborescens cultivar. We don't think it's Annabelle because the blooms are not large enough. They get to be 4'-5" across at the most. Another possibility is H. arborescens 'Grandiflora'. Any thoughts?

  
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  Need help to identify this plant, what could this small weird plant be, I got it from a nursery. Thanks.

  
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  This is in bloom now, July 26, 2018, near woody wet area. Very fragrant, white flowers, leaves have teeth. Having trouble identifying - looks like a prunus

  
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  Hi again. What do you suppose this fern is? It's hard to see in my pictures, but the leaves are double tapering. The longest ones are maybe 1.5'-2'. Thanks

  
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  Sightings Weds, 25 Jul 18, at Hamilton Cove Preserve, Trescott, Maine. First five images are of the same plant emerging from a crevice of rock ledges and slabs. Next images are, I believe, the same plant but a white flower variation. These last two photos are from the same specimen along the "meadow" path that departs the rocky beach. Thanks ahead of time!

  
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  Hello ~ I have keyed-out a plant to Agalinus paupercula, small-flowered agalinus. However, I noticed my sample has a wonderful minty scent, quite strong, yet this attribute is not mentioned for any species in the genus. It would be very helpful to know whether or not Agalinus has a mint scent. Perhaps I need to keep digging! Cheers, Atom

  
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  I would like to know the identity of the uploaded image. It is tall plant with asymmetric lancelot leaves. It looks to be about a week or two before the flowers bloom. Thank you in advance.

  
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  I think this is Blue Vervain (Verbena hastata) found in Sanford Maine growing along the edge of a pond today. It does not appear in the database of Maine wildflowers. Could you help with ID? Thanks

  
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  I have these wild orchids all over the property, and I love them. More and more grow every year. Are they rare? I think they areDactylorhiza viridis. Is this correct?Sorry, the image will only load sideways for some reason. Thank you. Ellen

  
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  Hi, this is in my yard in Lawrence, Massachusetts... can you tell me what it is?

  
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  Two different, yet similar trees. Both found on wetland margins. One is more shrub-like in its growth form. Possibly salix? First three images are one tree, second three are the next tree. thanks so much you guys are incredible!!!!

  
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  Taken July 12 in West Bridgewater, MA, couldn't ID

  
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  Photographed Weds, 18 Jul, 2018 at Reversing Falls Park, Pembroke, Maine. On rocky ledges with lowbush blueberries.

  
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  Is this Heracleum maximum? June 25, Coos Co, NH, near a lake. Hand 8" for reference

  
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  Stumped by this one, spotted in N. New Hampshire on a lower elevation trail.

  
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  Sorry had trouble loading photos, not sure what got thru... there were 3; anyway these are in wet meadow in Maine, Wells Reserve

  
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  In my friend’s garden in Texas. She didn’t plant it and it’s growing among her pepper plants.

  
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  I live in Salem Oregon. These plants came up with my other perennials in my flower bed. Can you help me identify it?

  
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  I have been trying to identify this orchid. It is growing in our brook (Temple, Maine). Mature, deciduous forest. Approximately 12 inches high, no odor.

  
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  Hello! I’m in Mount Vernon, Maine (kennebec county) and have been seeking cramp bark - viburnum opulus. Found this plant, not currently flowering or putting out berries. Wondering if it is cramp bark...? Or something else?

  
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  My wetland meadow in NW CT has a number of loosestrifes, but I'm not sure which type I have. They appear to be purple loosestrife, but it's not an aggressive invader, it's been here for several decades and has never really taken off, I only have around two dozen plants in a five acre wetland. Their size doesn't seem to fit with purple loosestrife from what I've read of it, the tallest ones are around the same height as that native goldenrods. I can easily control them if that's what they are.

  
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  Hello here are herbs that are in my yard that I have been unable to identify. Could you help me determine what they are? Thank you. This purple flower blooms from around May to around August

  
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  Here's a snapshot of the entire tree (or large shrub), and a snapshot of one branch. Every year, it grows ordinary fruit tree leaves on the old wood, then it flowers, and makes fruit. And then the new wood grows out, and it grows lobed leaves on the new wood. This is rather unusual. The photo of the entire tree is a little misleading, since I just cleaned up underneath, and trimmed the periphery of the lower portion of the tree. Northern Worcester County, in a residential yard.

  
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  Landlord found this growing in his yard. When you rub the leaves it smells a bit like burnt rubber but we don't think it's a rubber plant. What is it?

  
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  This weed/plant appears to bear fruit and could possibly be in the nightshade family? It looks like a tiny tomatillo. It lives in Vermont on the edge of the woods in an area that receives direct sunlight in the morning, but is shaded all afternoon and is on the side of a mountain. Not sure about the roots? The plant in the pictures is about 20 inches long.

  
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  Hi, I’m trying to identify a plant that is growing in my flower/vegetable garden. I started looking into what it might be mostly because I want to know if it is a weed I need to pull or something that I should let grow. I live in New Haven CT. I’ve looked at the key on the website and I think I may have a pussy willow, but I’m not sure. Can you help me ID this plant?

  
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  I believe this is Menyanthes Trifoliata (buckbean or bog bean), found in one spot along the boardwalk at the Philbrick Cricenti Bog in New London, NH.

  
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  We have a woody stemmed broad leaf vine that’s been growing on a trellis at our house for 50 plus years. We are doing a porch project and need to trim it back BUT don’t want to harm it. Can you tell us what it is so we can research trimming it?

  
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  I was wondering if anyone could help me identify these two plants?

  
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  Hi there, Is this possibly cyperus retrorsus? It's in my backyard in a residential neighborhood in Hampshire County MA. There are other similar plants, but this was the only one with cylindrical inflorescences? Thank you!

  
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  Found in Trescott, Maine, July, Thurs, 19 Jul 2018, at the Bog Brook Cove Preserve, North parking lot, on Ridge Trail extension. Only plant sighted. Blooming part of upper stem missing from the end of all stem stalks!!! Kathy Crawford kcrawford46 @yahoo.com Disregard previous inquiry. Found out it's , common name, Cow wheat.

  
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  found this shrub in a cranberry bog on marthas vineyard, both on the dry outskirts and within the bog. Leaves do not have a scent and are thick and waxy. below are new leaves and the bark. any ideas?

  
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  Found in Northern NH, mixed N. Hardwoods forest along a stream. Possibly Botrychium oneidense?

  
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  Been spotting this plant everywhere but can't seem to identify it. It doesn't always have this purple hue to it. I've seen it all over massachusetts: roadsides, wetlands, seaside. is it a solidago? doesn't seem to have flowers but maybe it is too early to see them. I've seen it grow to be about waist height.

  
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  I found this grass along the dunes in Aquinnah, MA as well as wetland margins. I thought it might be switchgrass but I haven't been seeing the thicker leaves associated with switchgrass. Any ideas?

  
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  Collected this a few years ago in conifer litter (maritime spruce-fir forest), Vinalhaven. I've never seen it in flower so cannot key it out. Single leaf with a bulb. What do you think?

  
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  I'm wondering if anyone can help identify this berry plant I found, it looks very similar to red currant but not sure about the "hairy" berries. I found them in Northwestern Ontario Canada in an old cut block.

  
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  I got a pic of this plant from one of my brothers from back home that was giving to him by an old lady staring that is a miraculously cancer curative and it was used by this ancient civilization called "Zapotecas". Could you please help me to find the name of it and where can I find it or where is it native of or where could I get it. I live in CA what is call the Central Valley a dry and hot during summer. Thank you very much.

  
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  This was found along the shores of the Hudson river north of Warrensburg NY Thank You,

  
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  This is low groundcover is not uncommon in the woods of southern Vermont, but I don't remember ever seeing it bloom. Can you recognize it?

  
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  I have been puzzling over this aspen. The size of the leaves seems closer to P. tremuloides, but the size and number of the teeth seem closer to P. grandidentata. It is growing in a wooded area in the center of Connecticut. What do you think?

  
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  Can you identify our tree please. It has only flowered twice in over thirty years. It's huge

  
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  Hi! This grass was found in a forested wetland along a slow moving stream in S.E. CT. It is approx 2ft in height. The grass was loosely clumped and is common in the region. Also do you have any good recommendations on grass references/guides. Thanks!

  
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  We've been seeing these plants/flowers, on our upper Mountain Slope, in the Bighorn Mountains, west of Kaycee, Wyoming.

  
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  I found this group of leaves in Easton CT. Along a sunny open trail. It looks like a grape leaf but what are these strange red spikes all over it?

  
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  Hi, Any idea what this is? It's growing out of several cut trunks on my property (cut by previous owner). The trunk is shooting out lots of these (suckers?) quickly... they grow back up to this size just a couple of weeks after cutting them back. Location: Lawrence, Massachusetts

  
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  Hi - what is this? thanks!

  
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  These vines seems to be invasive as they are everywhere and coming out of the ground of the lawn itself. Is it bittersweet? Honeysuckle?

  
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  Hi, this fern was found on dry upland,in an oak pine forest in SE CT. It was 3ft in ht. The fronds are clumped, sori were straight and cream colored. The stipe is green with dark brown scales and grooved. The vascular bundle is U shaped. I thinking its Athyrium filix-femina; but the stipe is green (not dark brown or straw colored). Last Sept. the sori were dark brown. Thanks

  
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  Hello! I live in the state of Michigan, USA. I have a small garden in my backyard in which I grow several vegetables and everbearing red raspberries. I have lived here for 26 years, and have moved my garden a handful of times to best utilize sunlight. My question is, after many years of my raspberry bushes producing red berries would they all of a sudden produce a yellow berry? Thank you for your time!

  
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  This was found near the shore of a small lake north of Lake Desolation NY Thank You

  
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  located in an overgrown meadow. Western Connecticut.

  
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  This is a small woody plant I found growing in the shade under a white pine in a woodsy area of our property on Cape Cod. The leaves are alternately arranged and the largest ones are about 6-7 inches in length. It seems the leaf shape with the sharply acuminate tip should be distinctive but I am having trouble keying it out. I have included photos of the leaf, the plant form, and a blurry one that shows the color of the bark. (Sorry, I don't have a real camera!) Thanks!

  
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  Hi Botanist: I am intrigued by this plant. It has a very small, fuzzy orchid like flower on a tall +/- 3' spire. the leaves at the top are a single blade, and become more complex and lanced (palmated? not sure of the correct term) in more mature leaves toward the base of the plant. Here are a couple of images. I am looking now and thinking. Its this just another variety of Mugwort!!! Having a hard time uploading two photos. Perhaps one was the limit. Olivia Georgia

  
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  I see this every spring in the shady roadside/steamside of our land in Chelsea VT. ~1100 feet. (I worry, every year that it is parsnip but Parsnip is blooming in the sun and has an edged stem.) This plant has almost an oak like leaf and the stem is straight and SMOOTH. No fruit or flowers that I can discern.

  
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  Yellow False Crown Vetch? Found in CNY

  
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  This tiny flower was found in a wet meadow near North Creek NY Thank You

  
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  I located this orchid growing amongst Round-leaved Sundew and Marsh St. John's Wort on a floating sphagnum covered log in Rumney, NH. My sense is that it's Pogonia ophioglossoides (Rose Pogonia). Would you concur? The plant does have the single clasping leaf halfway up the stem described on your website for P. ophioglossoides. If this attribute and photo isn't enough to be decisive as to the species, are there any other confirmatory details I should be looking for?

  
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  I found this very attractive shrub at the edge of an outlet stream for a flood control dam in Wentworth, NH. There are 3 or 4 distinct plants 6 to 8 feet tall, all with alternating shiny (what might be described as leathery) leaves, 5-part flowers and red berries. Could this be Frangula alnus a known invasive?

  
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  I've been trying to upload photos the past couple of days, but when I click on "upload," the wheel just keeps spinning around. Is this temporary, or is there a trick around the problem? Thanks

  
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  I got some bonzai seeds from a friend but after planting them it clearly doesn't look like bonzai leaves do me. It's growing at a decent pace with just a few hours of direct sunlight and water when the vase's plate is empty. It's currently located in Portugal. I searched in Simple Key but couldn't find a plant with similar leaves. What plant is this?

  
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  This was found in a peat marsh near Lake Desolation NY Thank You,

  
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  This vine was found in Saratoga NY on a sandy road side. Thanks

  
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  Hello! Can someone tell me what plant this is? I see it while hiking along streams all the time. I think it has small orange flowers toward the end of the summer. When I was a kid, a camp counselor told me Native Americans would use the sap to make yellow dye to paint their faces (he might have been wrong...) Thanks!

  
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  Hello, This plant is growing on my property at the edge of the woods bordering the lawn/garden. It is in a semi-shady spot in the understory. It's about 5-6 feet tall. Location is Princeton, MA. Do you know what it is and if it's an invasive species? The key led me to a privet but I'm not sure that I'm interpreting correctly. Thank you so much!

  
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  Can you tell what type of berry plant this is and if it's one of the invasive species, such as himalayan blackberry. It is growing at the edge of a woods on my property in Princeton, MA. Thank you!

  
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  Can you please identify this plant. Found in Central Ontario. Thank you.

  
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  Hey, i have this tree?? in my garden and i have no idea what it is! it attracts so many bees (hundreds) on a daily basis i want to know what it is so that i can buy and plant more of these. Thanks in advance Lisa

  
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  Hello! I've moved to a new property recently and am working to identify what is growing. I'm particularly concerned with removal of invasives. While taking out several large burning bush shrubs, I noticed these little plants (seedlings?) growing on the ground near the shrubs but also under a large shagbark tree of some sort and under a few large pines. It's a semi to mostly shady area where I found these growing. Location is Princeton, MA. Do you know what they are? Thank you! Lisa

  
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  Hello, this plant is located in the Merrill Whipple Preserve in Coventry RI 02893. I've been unable to identify it with searches in several native plant books and plant identifying sites on the computer. it has a light airy look about it. It is growing very close to a tree. I appreciate your assistance. Thank You, joyce

  
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  Are there any particular plants (especially from Cape Cod or northern VT) that you are looking for photos for? I volunteer at the MBLWHOI Herbarium and my Husband and I take lots of photos on the botany club walks. Pam P. suggested I might upload some things. cknox

  
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  Can you name this flower/plant? Freeport, NY

  
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  Hello, I have this in a wooded shady place but do not know what it is. It seeems was o not be doing so will. Can you help?

  
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  Hi Sir, This isn't any plant I've found wild, but one my brother-in-law brought me from Florida. It had a leaf on it and that died about a year ago. It hasn't done anything since then and I was going to throw it away. All of the sudden it started shooting out those weird root like things and sprouted what looks like the start of some leaves! I was just wondering if you had any idea what this darn thing is?! Thanks dor your help.

  
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  Can anyone can identify this plant/flower. Freeport, NY

  
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  Hi, I am wondering what the reasons may by that my hydrangeas have not bloomed for the last two years. They have bloomed profusely in the past, but have only slowly leafed out this year and last. They are a lace leaf variety, by the way. Should I replace them? They look pretty healthy otherwise. Thank you in advance. Celia D

  
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  Would anyone consider an bromeliad a shrub or is it just a plant?

  
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  hello, I am wondering what this plant in my backyard is with the red stems. I live in Cypress, Texas. thank you!

  
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  This appeared in my garden in Indianapolis, IN. The garden gets part sun/ part shade. Thanks!

  
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  Hello, I was exploring the top of a pretty highly contaminated escarpment behind some commercial lots in Montreal this past April and it was covered in a tall grass--between 3 and 4 feet--with onion-like bulbs on the top. Like a wild garlic but I've never seen it so tall. I have a photo but it was so brown in the early spring I couldn't tell anything apart in it anyway. Thanks in advance.

  
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  What is the background on this plant? How common are they ? Thanks

  
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  Want to know the name and benefits of this plants in Ghana, Africa. And the positive and negative effects it has in the body when consumed.

  
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  Im from Michigan I have a lovely waxy dark green leaf plant was given to me as a gift from my mother..ao unique hasn't done much in a few months..dont want to kill it..please help me haha..

  
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  If I plant what I think is Achillea millefolium, will it cross pollinate with the yellow yarrow already in my yard? If so, how far apart would they need to be to not do so? Thanks.

  
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  I don't know where this photo was taken (probably the southern Berkshires. Curious what it was:

  
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  These pictures were taken mid-May from my garden in Woodbridge, CT. I'm trying to ID the lettuce-like plants (not the violets, which we also eat). They reseeded themselves and I add them to my salads. My wife won't eat them as the hairs on the leaves bother her palate. The plants have recently bolted - stalks are 3-4 feet tall, but have not yet flowered. I don't recall planting them unless they came from a "mixed greens" lettuce packet I seeded a few years ago.

  
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  Hi - I found this plant and think it is an angelica atropurpurea, but I'm not sure as the stems are not purple. This was seen at Pleasant Valley Wildlife Sanctuary in Lenox, MA in a very wet lush area, June 16, 2018. Thank you for you help in identifying this! Anne

  
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  640 Dickinson Hill Rd, Russell MA Corydalis sempervirens?

  
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  Hi - sorry for poor picture. I have never seen or heard of this plant in VT. Found it on top of small rocky hill above Lake champlain, Chittenden county VT, vine, growing up a rock face. Believe it is adlumia fungosa, Allegheny vine, but Newcomb's called it climbing fumitory. I would like to know how common it is.

  
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  This came with my house in Auburn MA. It is growing in my lawn/ new flower bed I've created. Just behind it is a small retention wall then a very steep wooded hill. This area is covered with individual single leaves and the has flowered for the first time in 3 years (this in part be because we were mowing this area until this spring)

  
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  Bonjour, I am Réjean Drouin, Québec City just canoed the St-John river northern part of Maine some camping site and one was a old farm site there were a bunch of Crataegus with opening leaves.Many Crataegus of New England . You can see the river map at St-John River Canoe Guide. It was around Ouelette Farm camp site. C. laurentii? C. shuettii, C. fluviatilis, C. favori, C. keepii, C. irrasa?

  
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  What is this plant at my doorstep? Fayetteville in Onondaga county N.Y

  
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  Found this at Cedar Hill in Northboro MA in an upland field. It was windy so it was a little tricky getting the photos. It has 5 petals and very long narrow opposite leaves.

  
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  This was found on a shaded limestone ledge near Albany NY. Thank You

  
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  New to the site. I posted up two pictures of a plant I am not sure of and would like verification. Photos were taken in August 2015 in a previously logged 20 acre area behind my property which had been growing back for only two years. Supposedly a Northern Blazing Star which one book mentioned may be rare. Would appreciate any information. Thank you!

  
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  What is this vine? Found in a Maryland garden. I think it’s wild.

  
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  Hello, I believe I have white sweet clover (melilotus albus) growing in my wildflower garden. Although it's listed in the "Wildflowers of New England" book, I've read online that it's invasive. Should I remove it from my garden? I'm in Wilder, Vermont. Thank you.

  
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  Hi. I would like to know the name of this plant. Found at the roadside in Malaysia.

  
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  I found this unusual growth on what I believe is a White Spruce, and was wondering if you could give me an idea what's happening with that tree. My guess would be that the unusual twigs are growing out of some sort of gall, but thats just a gues as I can not get a closer look at it since it is about 10 feet off the ground. Boothbay Harbor, Maine 43.866552, -69.637114

  
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  I was told this is a type of sunflower. This was given to me. Can you help? Minnesota is where I live North Central location.

  
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  What is best for treating kidney and liver failure. Please HELP!

  
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  Hi Arthur, this shrub was growing trailside at Mackworth Island State Park, Maine. Opposite leaves with small teeth. Pink flowers with 5 petals. I find shrubs difficult and the large number of non-natives and invasives adds to the challenge. Thanks!

  
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  My Rosa virginiana and my strawberries, which are next to each other, all look like this? Could this be a gypsy moth infestation? What could be wrong and how can I fix it?

  
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  hi, I found this plane near the Nh coast, there was a small patch of them. The stem is smooth and the entire plant was white. Can you help me to id ? Thanks

  
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  This plant started appearing in May and is still happily growing in my backyard in Westford, MA. It has fringed leaves and dainty purple flowers. It sends out creepers and roots those. What is it?

  
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  It seems I’m having trouble uploading pictures to your site. Is there another way to contact you? Thanks

  
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  At Quincy Bog in Rumney NH (an area I'm very familiar with), I came upon this solitary specimen of what appears to be Sorbus americana. This individual plant is about 7' tall and stands under a canopy of white pine, but gets a fair amount of sunlight. Is there enough in the attached photos to distinguish it from Rhus glabra? Is there a sure-fire way to distinguish S. americana from R. glabra without a flower?

  
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  Growing in amongst the rocks just feet from the shore of Trout Pond in Lyme NH, I saw a number of these shrubs with decidedly purplish-red petioles. The leaves appear to be entire. I included a picture of the leaves and the bark. Hopefully this is enough to get us to the genus. I've also seen what I believe is another sample of this on the sunny exposed cliffs of Rattlesnake Mountain in Rumney.

  
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  Here's a photo of a plant I discovered in amongst the rocks at the shore of Trout Pond in Lyme, NH. Looks like it will be blooming shortly. It has this unique what I think would be called bipinnate leaf structure. Is there enough in this photo to identify either the genus or species?

  
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  Hello kind sir, I have looked through the potentilla's and none of the images quite match this variety. Do you recognize it?

  
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  Hello, I can't find this little guy. It's about about half the size of a bluet. Would you happen to know the name? Snapshot was taken in Lewiston Maine this past Sunday. Such a little beauty up close.

  
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  The apple pictured is a of the Gala variety,typically striped.The stripes swirl around a brown protrusion. The protrusion is flexible,in the way a leaf is flexible. The flesh underneath is not discolored or soft. The apple is not misshapen,the seeds are not un-developed or underdeveloped. I realize that this site is about native New england plants,but you can pretend the apple is a crabapple. Thank you.

  
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  Hi. This sedge has appeared in abundance in our yard in north-central Connecticut. Visually, the closest matches I can come up with are Carex vulpinoidea and Carex annectens. However, those plants have wetland-indicator designations of OBL and FACW respectively, whereas the soil on our site is very well-drained. But I can't find any upland sedges that are as close a match. Thank you for your help. (I can try to take some better pictures if necessary.)

  
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  Is this Anaphalis margaritacea? Grows in large colonies in my lawn in western Adirondack Mts. 6-10 inches high, with only white color flowering (no trace of yellow), few small leaves on stalk, limited branching, going to seed about 4 weeks after emerging from ground. A spring species. A non-native?

  
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  This plant is in my yard in orange, MA. It is about a foot high with only 3 leaves. It has a yellow bloom about 2” tall.

  
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  Is Nigella Sativa different than Onion seeds? There is a whole lot of confusion as nigella seeds are called as black onion seeds sometimes in some stores. But i read that they both belong to a completely different family. Please clarify Thank you

  
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  I noticed this plant in my yard in Orange Ma. At this time it is about 3 ‘ tall. Leaves look like a grape leaf about 4-5” wide. The bloom is about 3” across. I know for sure it is not Queen Ann’s lace. There are about 12 of these growing in the same area among some young oak saplings.

  
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  I found this flower in my New Hampshire garden and haven’t planted anything like it. I couldn’t get the whole flower in a picture without potentially damaging it. The petals are bell shape with multiple yellow pistils and have 5 smaller petals surrounding the bell. the stem is long and thin and leaves are rounded with 5-7 edges and are growing in an alternating up the stem. I’ve been searching online and haven’t seen anything like, if you could help to identify it would be greatly appreciated!

  
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  I found this plant in india.it grows in river,pond etc.plz find the id.Thank u

  
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  Hello, I found this herbaceous plant in a deciduous upland forest in Southeastern (dominated by oak). The plant was approximately 12" in height. The leaf was pinnately lobed. No flower/inflorescence was present May-early June. Thanks!

  
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  Hi, On a recent walk near a pond around Chebacco Lake Woods we saw a plant, that we can't identify. Please see the photo attached. It was located next to the path around one of the small ponds. There were only 3 plants, we haven't seen any others like that one in the area. It was on the sunny side of the path close to shrubs. Visible because of the unique look and the redish color. Thank you!

  
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  Found this plant in south east Ct. Mixed forest habitat. Could you please identify? Thank you.

  
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  I wish this little plant was flowering, but maybe you can identify it anyway. It was found growing out of a rock wall overlooking a pond near Ravena NY Thank You,

  
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  This was found in a yard under bird feeders not far from Albany NY Thank You,

  
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  Hello! Every year I harvest this wild onion plant along the riverbanks of the Sheepscot. I am wondering which of the alliums this plant may be. It grows abundantly here and is a great food plant. Unfortunately it is spring and I have yet to see the flowers.

  
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  Low bush, deer resistant with tiny yellow four petal flowers on the edge of woodland. Putnam County, NY Thank you

  
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  This flower was found along the grassy overlooks near Lake Champlain in Orwell VT Thank You,

  
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  This flower was found in a wild area near Lake Champlain in Orwell VT Thank You

  
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  This flower was seen in a wet woods near Saratoga NY Thank You,

  
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  Found in a trail through the woods, town of Lake George, NY. There were plants that had the same form but were green, although this purple color was more common. I apologize that the photos are not the greatest quality. As always. thank you!

  
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  This flower was found along a wet path in Saratoga Co. NY Thank You

  
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  I'm seeing this plant at Quincy Bog in Rumney, NH in a Beech & Maple forest beneath Witch Hazel. My sense is that these are the recently emerged leafs of what will ultimately become a more fully formed Tall Rattlesnake Root (Nabalus altissimus) plant. Could it be something else?

  
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  I discovered this plant only a few feet from the edge of the beaver pond at Quincy Bog Natural Area in Rumney. I believe it is in the genus Rubus, but was wondering if there was anything diagnostic about the bluish-green coloring of the leaves...or their shininess..that might allow me to hone in on the species. These pictures were taken shortly after a light rain, but when I viewed them while dry the day before they were shiny.

  
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  Hi. Saw this at McDowell Dam, alongside a road that runs along the reservoir, in Peterborough NH, yesterday, and am stumped. Looks like a sedge, but there are so many sedges! Was growing in an area that's damp and floods every winter. Thanks for looking at it fore me.

  
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  Hi, I see these pretty clusters of light purple flowers in the Boston area. I don't recall seeing them in previous springs. I'm not sure if the flowers in the picture are from the tree of from the parasite around it. Any idea what this is?

  
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  I’m having trouble identifying this plant.

  
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  This young fern was found on a slope down to a wet woodland near Saratoga NY. I think it is an Adiantum species. I'm not sure which species? Thank You

  
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  Please i need full detail and cytogenetic information Asystasia calycina.Thanks

  
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  This shrub/tree was found along the Hudson near Stillwater NY Thank You,

  
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  This young fern was found along the Hudson near Stillwater, NY Thank You,

  
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  Could you please identify this shrub. It belonged to my grandma

  
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  This sedge was found in a wet woods near Albany NY Thank You

  
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  This flower was found in a ditch between the woods and a home near Albany NY Thank You

  
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  This is a plant growing on in sandy soil in Scarborough, Maine.... It blooms in late summer. It is pretty but unfortunately over aggressive. The blooms are double and pink. Are you able to identify it?

  
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  Need ID help on this guy. May 5, base of Mt Norwautuk, Granby MA. Mixed forest. Not very wet or dry. Thanks!

  
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  Hello again, I have 7 photos of the maybe Pitch Pine. I had trouble sharing with you. I will try again! Massachusetts - Sue L-B

  
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  This tiny flower was found in Saratoga Co. NY I'm wondering about Thalictrum species?? Thanks

  
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  Hello and happy spring. I have been trying to ID a pine tree for many years now. What I have finally come up with is Pinus rigid - Pitch pine! Am I correct? Thank you, Sue L-B Massachusetts

  
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  Sunny former vegetable plot in western MA; I see a few of these bunched things and can't tell if they might be rhubarb or a weed. They started from red bulbs! If you happen to know any of these fuzzy oblong-leafed things too, they look like they might flower but nothing yet. Don't want to dig up anything important or useful in haste!

  
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  Hi i was given some seeds i grew last year they didnt flower just green then this year its grown really strong looks like it may flower but what is it?

  
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  Hi. I just bought a house and have discovered burning Bush has really taken over the woods. There is a brook with some natural springs in the wooded area behind my house. Should I remove these shrubs? They are absolutely everywhere! I've posted a picture in the "reported" section...

  
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  Please I want to know English and scientific name of this plant, from Northern Nigeria, found in woodland, its Mohammed edible,I have never seen it fruits or flower.it taste like likenTeilfera. It produces milky water which is itchy. I only know the name in my native Hausa language. Its called kafi likita here. Kafi likita literary means better than Doctor. Its so named because it regerate blood in anemic patient quickly.

  
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  Hi. I have looked for this plant in online DBs and can't seem to find it using a search. It sprang up last summer right next to a field stone perimeter around my home and now (4/29/18) has leaves popping out and purple flower heads. It has a main shoot 6+' high and two other shoots coming from the base about 3' long and closer to the ground. Can you help me to identify it? Thanks so much. Joe in Union, Maine

  
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  Hi, Finally received closer pictures of the flower in an Indiana yard. Hope this helps.

  
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  I was kayaking in Turkey pond in concord nh and spotted this plant. The stem was yellow and has almost like scales on it. It was about ten feet long. Flowers and leaves were growing off one end. Still buds looked like they will be white. I cannot id. Can you help?

  
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  I have this tree in my yard that has two color flowers in one. It's a pink flower tree that is shaped like an umbrella, an ornamental one, I guess. But at the top of the trunk (5 feet above ground) couple of weird branches come out that has different bark, leaves and flowers (white). I can send more pics if you need. My question is: is this normal? Should I keep or cut the white white flower branches? Please help. Thanks, Vishnu

  
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  At what age do american beech trees generally develop the rigid dark-colored bark that spreads upwards from the roots? I'm not talking about BBD damage (as seen higher up the trunk in this photo), but rather the mature bark beeches develop at an old age (on the roots and just above). I had read that this occurs at around 200 years of age, but I had read the same thing for european beech. This is in NW CT. Thanks!

  
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  hi i want to know that the photo i have attached belongs to the original and medicine aloe vera or not and can i use it's gel for skin?

  
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  Are you able to tell what type of moss this is from my photo? (Concord, MA) Thanks!

  
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  I found these leaves and husk in a strip of remnant pine bush habitat, in a commercial area near Albany, NY, back on March 27 (could not find the plant they came from.) There were many similar leaves scattered about on the ground. Are these American Chestnut? The leaves and stems felt smooth and I could not see any hairs.

  
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  On 4/18/18, by Mill Pond, West Newbury, we spotted this fern which appears to be Lady Fern, but what surprised us was that Lady Fern is supposed to be deciduous, from what I read, and these fronds appeared matted down as if they had spent the minter under snow. Do the fiddleheads emerge unusually early in this species, or what?

  
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  Can you tell me what type of vine this is? It has a red vine with tendrils opposite the leaves the tendrils are forked. It has three or four in succession then the tendrils skip a leaf or two. I am pretty sure it is a grape but trying to research which variety is proving difficult.

  
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  Hello thanks for having me I found a plant never seen this before wondering what it is I found it at 1900 to 2000 ft noth slope and kinda a meadow sandy Lomey soil northern cal (Feather falls California thanks look forward to hear from you

  
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  Please help identify this plant found in my woods in eastern Virginia, thanks

  
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  Please help identify this plant found in in my woods in eastern Virginia, thanks

  
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  Please identify this plant found in the woods in eastern Virginia

  
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  Do you know what this might be.. On rough ground in Ayr, Scotland

  
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  Good morning, Sir. I'm from Indonesia. Would you help me to identify those plants? Thank you

  
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  These grew from my neighbor's compost in So Cal. Can you help us identify it?

  
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  I recently visited my sister in Winsted, CT who showed me the plant in the attached photo (foreground). Could you please identify?

  
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  Found at my creek in North Georgia.

  
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  why we have different life forms in plant such as phanerophytes,chamaephyte ,hemicryptophyte and geophyte ? from Tanzania thank you.

  
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  Will you answer questions from Nova Scotia as well? Thank you

  
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  Could you id these two woodland plants, found in Nova Scotia, Canada, thank you

  
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  Good afternoon After continued searching for the identify of the small white flower which looked like Cerastium diffusum, I believe I have identified it as Draba verna. The petals of Draba verna are deeply notched whereas Cerastium diffusum are less so. Also, Draba verna inflorescence is in early spring. The the inflorescence arises from a rosette and the flowers have 6 stamens. Respectfully Ed Rodgers

  
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  Good morning- could you help me with this winter shrub id? Scrub/shrub wetland in Hampshire county. Viburnum dentatum?

  
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  Could you please suggest two or three native evergreen shrubs that are very low growing. About one foot tall. Thank you

  
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  My cousin in Indiana sent me a picture of flowers in his yard he cannot identify. I've never seen it and can't seem to identify the flower. Could you help?

  
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  Good afternoon I just observed a small whit flower in my garden with deeply notched petals. The flower had four petals and a single ovary. The flower measure about 5 mm under a microscope. The image is very similar to Cerastium diffusum, sea mouse ear. I would appreciate your comments. Thank you in advance Ed Rodges

  
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  I purchased this plant for myself and can't figure out what it is. It is an indoor plant. Please help me.

  
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  My apologies, trying this again-- Wondering if this is a pitcher plant/ species of Sarracenia? Found in a wetland area, Salem, NY. Thanks!

  
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  Recently I've noticed a lot of small shrubby willows in one of our wetlands, the largest specimens are about 7-9 feet tall with light grayish-green smooth bark with ridges beneath the bark. Their twig color is mainly red, but many others have yellow or even gray twigs, small fine hairs are present on the twigs. The few dried up leaves I've found are between half and an inch and a half long with sparse fine teeth on the smaller leaves. The oldest these trees can be is nine years. Northwest CT

  
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  I found this plant growing few feet sprawling along the ground, matlike (in a moist spot - either naturally moist because it's at a plateau or from recent snow melt) from a public pond in Storrs, CT. An identification app claims it's water hyssop or Bacopa monnieri (or is it veronia peregrina ssp peregrina; its glabrous (simlar to purslne)?. I was inclined to think this was mouse-ear chickweed (or just plain old chickweed), but hairs are noticeably absent and the petioles on this are different.

  
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  Wondering if this is a pitcher plant/ species of Sarracenia? Found in a wetland area, Salem, NY. Thanks!

  
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  Petasites japonicus? Growing in my neighborhood and I took some and have it in my yard.

  
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  Several years ago I found about 5 of these tiny orchid plants (I'm pretty sure they're orchids, anyway) under a blue spruce on my property in a southern suburb of Boston. I haven't seen them since. Below please find a photo of a plant and a closeup photo of one blossom.

  
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  This tree fell during a recent storm. Just going off the bark, I would have identified this tree as either Quercus rubra, or Q. coccinea (parallel ridge pattern extends to nearly the base as opposed to dark blocky bark). However, the buds (at the crown) are greater than 7mm, angled, and covered in down which would lead me to identify as Quercus velutina. Could this individual potentially be a hybrid? Any recommendations to identifying when buds are not within reach in winter? SE CT. Upland site

  
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  Would most "native to New England" (using a liberal definition of that term) plants be found on GoBotany? Would no invasive species be found on GoBotany? I ask because I would like to use GoBotany to distinguish between "native to New England" (probably found on GoBotany) and non native to New England plants (probably not found on GoBotany) to choose primarily native to New England plants for our front yard. Thanks for the great work!

  
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  Hi! I'd like more insight on this plant I believe is a kind of mint? It's located in my yard in the East Bay area of California. Thanks for any info.

  
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  Can you help me identify this flowering tree that we kept seeing on our vacation in eastern Tennessee? We don't see much like this in central Texas.

  
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  Hi, I'm in Storrs, CT, and I found this in a grassy, moist area under a bench. It's total size, from one rosette end to another is roughly 4 inches, so it's small. I used an identification app, to identify it, which indicates it's hairy bittercress. I've eaten (tastes great!) hairy bittercress before, and I always smell any before I eat it to make sure I'm identifying it right. This has the same cress smell, but it looks different than what I've seen before. Is it a hybrid cress?

  
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  I’m so sorry for not being on point but I was looking for a way to find out what was that beautiful flower because even from where I’ve bought it they have no clue what it is 😄 I hope the enlarged pictures will help you identify it, and I thank you again for taking out of your time to answer!

  
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  Requesting ID help - there was quite a patch of these low-growing woody plants, most with the same fleshy pink leaves(?). Location: Schoodic Peninsula, Maine, across the road from the shore, wooded, sharing the roadside with Bunchberries and Three-Toothed Cinquefoil. Thanks!

  
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  Hi, Will you be so kind to help me identify this flower? Thanks in advance

  
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  Hello. I have been walking around Blackstone Park in Providence, RI and I keep seeing this small, thin, opposite branched, shrub. It has these strange vertical bark pieces (in a simple form of the English Elm I think), leaving some green softer bark showing in between. I said that it is opposite, but on some of the plants, I wasn't quite convinced. Do you think you know what this might be?

  
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  Regarding the gender of my Eastern Red Cedar (Concord, MA) again, I have attached another photo. I have been finding it difficult to get a good sharp photo, but I am hoping this one is better, and that you will be able to identify the gender. Many thanks!

  
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  Can you please identify this plant, in my garden, for me!

  
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  I bought this plant from a local nursery. They told me ( with uncertainty ) that it was a hoya. When i brought it home, it fell from my celing, pot cracked and a lot of damage done to the plant. The leaves are wrinkling and the flowers are starting to die off and shrivel. When I googled hoya I couldot find an example of the plant I have, under any types of variations of a hoya. Any idea on what this plant is?Round,waxy almost succulent leaves, and pink flowers. I'd love to get it healthy again

  
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  thank you for your reply on the Eastern Red Cedar! Is there a better time of year for me to get a picture to be sure its staminate? thanks again

  
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  Please I bought the attached pictures of a plant I bought at Lagos- Nigeria Africa , and I would be very grateful to you if you could help me identify it. Thanks a million

  
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  Hi I purchase an Easter Red Cedar from Garden in the Woods. I now would like to add the opposite gender to get berries. I am attaching a picture taken this week of the cones on the one I Have. It's not a great picture, but are you able to tell if its male or female? Thanks@

  
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  A friend of mine is touring Longwood Gardens in Pennsylvania and came across this plant, with no name? Can you help identify please?

  
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  This was stuck to a red oak leaf on the forest floor in north-central Connecticut on 2018-2-16. It had the consistency of jelly and was semi-transparent. It looked a lot like a clump of melting snow. Eggs of some sort are in the jelly is my guess.

  
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  This flower, taken on 6/20/13, on the Joppa Flats grounds, Newburyport, doesn't seem to quite match up with your Ipomoea (Morning-glory) suspects, though it seems to look most like I. purpurea. I note the dark stems, and the more triangular leaves. Are there other flowers that look like Morning-glories?

  
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  hi! can i ask what kind of bamboo species is this?

  
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  Hello, this grass was identified on a frozen beaver pond. Habitat was a freshwater emergent wetland with many red maples snags (due to beaver activity). I don't have too many measurements but the height was 2ft and the inflorescence was approximately 4 inches in length. Other species in the vicinity was Decodon verticillatus. The plant grew a loose colony. Thanks for your help!

  
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  Hello! this plant may require more information and another picture during the growing season. This was approximately 1.5 ft in height in a freshwater emergent wetland on a frozen pond. The grass appeared to grow in loose clumps. Inflorescence was present on branches on the main axis. The plant was located in Stonington Connecticut.

  
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  I live in upstate NY/VT border & In the fall I saw a plant ready to bloom in my garden and took it inside, can u tell me what this ?

  
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  Hi! I wonder if you could help with the ID of this mint. I find them vexing, as there are so many genera. Based mainly on flowers and leaves, I'm leaning toward Scutellaria, sp. Hoping to get it to species. Additionally, do you have any general tips for navigating this family, other than trying to follow the Dichotomous Key?

  
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  Picture of this garden from July of 2016 in Onion Lake, Saskatchewan. The question I am about to ask does not involve this picture either but as I take a botany online course there is only pretty much question left on my paperwork that I am stuck on but everything is all good and done. Just 1 question which is on my paper but I always good times with my plants and garden. Why some plants have to be harder than others?

  
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  I revived this plant from a 1" stalk and now 6mos in this is what it looks like... I was just wondering if you knew what it was... Thx in advance.

  
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  I trust you or others in your group can help ID the plant in the attached picture. I hope this is of interest. It was found on Mount Ann trail in Gloucester MA.Thanks- BP

  
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  Hi -- Can you help identify this moss or lichen? I found a number of specimens on hardwood trees in Dalton in northern New Hampshire. Thanks!!

  
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  Hi. I'm really interested in finding out the name of this beauty so that I can plant it in an appropriate spot. Thank you!! :-). Kinda looks like a juniper to me. But I'm no botanist. Just getting into gardening. What I'm holding in my hand shows what the stems look like before they turn into tiny looking pines. Any help would be extremely appreciated. Thanks again.

  
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  Hello. I'm trying to get this shadbush to species. I'm leaning toward A. canadensis, as the flowers seem most similar. Can you correct or confirm?

  
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  I think the brown object beneath the berries on what I think is a Juniperus virginiana tree is some sort of gall. The location: in an abandoned quarry (now a town park) in Rocky Hill, CT, 41.671736,-72.636182 .

  
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  Hello. I've been struggling with this one for some time, now. The petals are shaped somewhat like the Weigela we have on the property at Joppa Flats Education Center, Newburyport, but the leaves and anthers and stamens seem more akin to Prunus persica. I couldn't find a woody plant with flowers like in the Guide. Photographed in Early May.

  
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  Can anyone identify this plant found under the melting snow in souther Maine

  
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  Greetings Looking to i.d this green briar/thorn plant. Photo from South Bristol Maine Sept 2017 thank you

  
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  Hi, I am wondering if this tree is a Black Maple? It is located in Cohasset (coastal town south of Boston) in a forest next to a trail upland but near a stream. I have never heard of this species but couldn't find anything else that it might be. I have heard that there may be some in the Blue Hills too. thank you, Katie

  
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  Hello there, I am writing about the Willow tree. It is in Massachusetts with wet feet. I have decided it is likely a Goat Willow or Great Sallow Willow. Thank you for your time! Sue L-B

  
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  Hello, This Bryophyte is located in Massachusetts with many many small specimens floating across the surface of our swamp. Some rooted at the edge in the dirt. Thank you much, Sue L-B

  
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  Hello again, This plant is located in Massachusetts and lives in our swamp that is on an island in Salem Sound. Thank you for your help. I don't recall seeing it before. Sue L-B

  
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  Hello for the last time this year. I now better know what you need to help me and will be working harder next year! This aquatic plant grows in a swamp, on an island in Massachusetts. The plant I need help with is the one with the floating central rosettes. Thank you again! Sue L-B

  
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