Question: This is a resubmit with photos! These plants started growing this spring in a dry spot in my garden under …
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Question
This is a resubmit with photos! These plants started growing this spring in a dry spot in my garden under some milkweed. I have never seen them before. I saw some in a few other spots. Maybe they were in some compost I bought from a farm. I pulled some out but was curious and waited for flowers, but there have not been any. They are about four inches tall, so slow growers. Eastern slopes of the Berkshires in western MA.
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Dear CarolBEE, I do not know for certain who these are, but they remind me of yellow birch (Betula alleghaniensis) seedlings. You could confirm by scratching the stem and smelling for a wintergreen odor. If they are not yellow birch seedlings, email me at ahaines@nativeplanttrust.org so we can continue to problem solve your question.
