Question: I'd like to report finding Rhodotypos scandens (Black Jet-bead) in Highland Park, Greenfield, MA. It does not show up on …
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I'd like to report finding Rhodotypos scandens (Black Jet-bead) in Highland Park, Greenfield, MA. It does not show up on your map of its occurrence as being present in Franklin County, MA. Also, I'd like to confirm with you that GoBotany's keys will key out invasive plants. Although this plant is in GoBotany's database, I could not get it to key out and had to resort to other methods. Sorry photo is mediocre. Eventually, I could go back and take a photo of the patch of plants in Highland Park.
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Dear kidoine, thank you for posing this. Please email me at ahaines[at]nativeplanttrust.org so we can get this occurrence vouchered. Rhodotypos scandens does key out in Go Botany if the questions are interpreted and answered correctly. If you go to the taxon page, you can view its characteristics so you are able to see what should be added to the questions for identification. Feel free to email me any questions or discussion you have.
