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2023

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  What is this? Southborough, Massachusetts. April 2023

  
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  I think I found field Speedwell in the floodplain of a stream in Atlanta,GA. This website doesn't have any reports of it here so I wanted to make sure.

  
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  Dear botanists, I have been able to consistently identify most of the plants I find with the dichotomous keys on this site, except for one group in which I am hopeless: grass. I believe the grass depicted in the attached photos is Anthoxanthum nitens, but I would appreciate if you could confirm. Location: Warren, RI. Habitat: Saltmarsh (most specimens growing directly out of the water, it seemed). Thanks in advance, Tyler

  
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  What is this?

  
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  are these fiddle heads?

  
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  If there are edible & medicinal plants on the side of the road. But are contaminated from exhaust, oil & fuel in the soil. Can planting 1 or more generations of it's seeds remove the contaminate? If so how many times? I'm interested in getting medicinal plants. Thank you,

  
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  Trillium ? Merrimack NH

  
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  I bought some May Apple in a yard sale last year and forgot about it. this year in my pile of soil I dump the previous year's pots into i noted some lovely May Apple growing. Can it be moved after blooming? Does it tolerate transplant well? Where should it be transferred to? I have some deciduous/pine woods where Jack in the pulpit and cultivated Trout Lily grows happily,,,will it go dormant right after flowering? I 'm thinking of moving my dirt pile so it can stay where it is.

  
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  What is this in Merrimack NH

  
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  What is this?Trillium? - Merrimack New Hampshire,woodland Thanks

  
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  a young grass that I have yet to capture flowering but hopefully you can give me a taxonomic direction? This is a distinct clump of grass growing in a semi shady, well drained area of my backyard. It has a pretty blue-green color and flexible, soft leaves plus some light colored, somewhat curly last season leaves. zone 6b connecticut. is this hay grass or native species?

  
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  Here are pictures of an unusual looking violet, found by a friend in the parking area of a trail off Mill Street, Westborough, MA. My guess would be that it's some kind of hybrid. Maybe between two common ones such as sweet white violet (Viola blanda) and woolly blue violet (Viola sororia)? We'd appreciate any light you can shed. Thanks!

  
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  I’m curious how to establish that a species variety exists in CT and NY that is listed as only growing in NH, VT, and MA.

  
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  I was told that Tully Lake has pitcher plants. Can you tell me when they are in bloom? I'm planning a visit to Royalston. Thank you!

  
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  In wooded Wellfleet uplands just east of Herring River this little Vaccinium stood out somewhat luminously in the still mostly gray-brown understory on April 9. I'm trying to understand whether this might be angustifolium or pallidum. I've seen different clues on line about the whitish-spotted twig. Thank you!

  
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  We found this tree in Western North Carolina (we know, not NE). The property owners, who are in the 80's/90's, claim that it is an American Chestnut that has been there as long as they can remember. The tree appears to have fallen many, many years ago and has lost all bark. The outside is gray and brittle but beneath that seems to be solid. Pictures are attached including one of a bowl started on a lathe using a piece of this tree. Is this an American Chestnut or some other species?

  
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  My name is Sajid. I am a writer from India. I am writing a science fiction-horror story about a Tree with carnivorous properties. The tree is supposed to have camouflage properties as well. The following is a Fictional Scientific Name I have given to the tree: //CARNIVORA arbor-camouflagensis// Is it meaningful? Will it be correct if I use it. Any suggestions?

  
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  Could you help me identify this sedge? It was found on 5/25/22 in a wet calcareous meadow in North Bennington, Vermont. It was growing in a clump. The staminate flowers are below the pistillate flowers, and the scales are longer than the perigynia. There are 2 stigmas and the perigynia are 1.5-2 mm long and narrow with a long beak and teeth along the margin. Thanks.

  
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  hi, i live in cape ann, massachusetts, this morning i see red maples are flowering, please explain how to locate historical flowering times for this region, thanks

  
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  What is the name of this wildflower?

  
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  This looks like Corylus Americana but the fruit is different. It is growing next to a stream in a wetland forest in my back yard in CT. I am including fall and spring photos to help identify. Thank you.

  
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  I found this tiny plant (about 1 inch tall) in a cemetery on a gentle sandy slope, moist today, with few other plants and very little dormant grass nearby, in a part not close to graves. It was in bloom today 3/27/23. There were lots of the plants, appearing to grow from tiny rosettes. Hairy stem, leaves, and sepals. In Grafton, MA. Any help would be appreciated!

  
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  Hello. I recently bought a property along a river in New Canaan , CT- that has some erosion issues. I would appreciate it very much if you can provide assistance on best plants for PT shade planting ideas. I have permission to remove invasive plants and would like to replace them with native plants that are wildlife friendly. Ground-cover, shrubs, trees, ferns. Area has a micro-climate 6B. Deer-resistant.

  
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  Hello. I read a lot of information about fig trees and there is confusion - conflicting information on each site. Tell me, is the statement true? "Fig trees are dioecious plants. Figs are formed on one tree, and caprifigs are formed on the other tree. Pollination occurs with the help of blastophage wasps. Figs do not develop on male trees". And one more thing: can female fig plants bear fruit without male ones? Sincerely

  
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  Hello, what is the reference for county native/non-native maps on GoBotany? I observed Yellow Nodding Ladies' Tresses (Spiranthes ochroleuca) in Vershire, Orange County, VT. But the map on the species page does not show it present in Orange County: https://gobotany.nativeplanttrust.org/species/spiranthes/ochroleuca/ Is there something useful like vouchering I can do to add it to the record? iNaturalist observation: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/137861713 Thank you

  
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  Good day everyone ,Can you kindly help with the identification of this plants.Thank you.

  
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  Still reviewing older photos, from the same site as the previous one in Shapleigh, Maine.. trying to decide, could this one be Botrychium minganeses? It isnt very good focus and apparently I only took the one photo and maybe dismissed it as something else at the time -2011.

  
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  Can you name these plants..it seen about 12000km high at Northern Pakistan

  
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  Is this plant has any health benefits? Help me to identify the plant

  
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  Can you help me to identify the plant? It's about 14600km high from seaside At Ghashuchi near thoi pass, Yasin Ghizer Gilgit Baltistan

  
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  Came across some trees in Marlborough, MA that look like they've had a bad spray tan - I'd have thought a tree with orange bark would be easy to identify, but I'm not having much luck! Picture shows a common buckthorn on the right, Japanese knowledge in the middle, and a specimin of our mystery tree on the left, just for color comparison (it's not the lighting, it really is that stark a contrast!) Any ideas?

  
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  Continued-Red pine?

  
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  Native or not? Bristol county, MA. Edge of woods, mostly full sun. Round bright red stems, upright and arching. Some sort of rubus? Can’t recall seeing berries/flowers during summer, but remember a “normal” type blackberry leaf. Area might’ve been cut last year, so these might be only 1 year of growth….about 2’-3’ long. Thorns are fairly straight. Thank you.

  
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  Spleenwort or other fern? Found among the rocks by the side of a stream, Woburn, MA Thanks!

  
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  Hello - This little plant (largest leaf 3.5 cm long) was found alongside a trail in the Bowman Conservation Area in Westboro, MA in Jan. 2023. Habitat is a mostly oak and white pine forest. Can you ID it for me? Thanks very much!

  
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