Question: Here's a "ground cover" in Dutchess County New York, just a few miles from Gaylordsville, CT. It's about 12" tall. …
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Here's a "ground cover" in Dutchess County New York, just a few miles from Gaylordsville, CT. It's about 12" tall. I haven't seen it in bloom. It has filled the understory of a small wood lot. What do you think it is?
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Dear JuliaB, it looks like you have photographed a vegetative population of Aegopodium podograria (bishop's goutweed), a non-native member of the Apiaceae. This plant is often cultivated, and those forms frequently have white-maculated leaves. Often wild populations simply have green leaves (as you have photographed here). Best wishes.
