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2024

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  Good day, Please help me identify this plant that has been growing in my front yard in London for at least 20 years.its now very tall and since I have come back from being away it's looking really good.

  
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  I'm looking for help identifying these plants. They grow at the side edge of the cliff on Mt Kineo, Piscataquis County, ME. They're little rosettes sharing space with Cerastium strictum. The leaves are somewhat stiff. No flowers. The first photo was taken August 12, the second in late September.

  
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  I wanna know when I can harvest the leaves from a RamGoat dashalong plant??

  
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  Hi there, The native status of plants on this site goes down to county-level. If I want to plant something that is listed as native in an adjacent county, but as not native (county is left blank) in my own, is that OK? I would think that, since both counties sit within the same eco-region (Northeastern Coastal), it would be OK to do this. I would greatly appreciate any insight! Thanks

  
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  I'm having trouble identifying this low-growing plant / weed that I've recently found in my yard. Would love any assistance! I'm in central Connecticut.

  
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  Plant in Singapore, any idea what this plant may be? The white flowers smell abit like jasmine.

  
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  hello botanist have you have any idea what plant/tree this is, that is wild possibly by a bird dropping. In Singapore

  
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  what is your opinion on the effect of cars exhaust on plants do car exhaust make plant healthy? or do they kill the plant

  
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  I'd like to know what this plant is that I found growing near my home in southern Vermont. The leaves on this 14" tall plant measure about 1" long. I'm thinking it might be some type of Hawthorn but haven't found one with leaves that are as rounded at the tips as this. Thank you.

  
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  Dear Botanist, I found this plant growing in a patch of wrinkle-leaf goldenrod that I recently transplanted. It appears to be a perennial, and produces a burr. I believe I've seen the same plant growing in Mattera Cabin in Reading, MA. The attached pictures are from different times throughout the growing season. Could you please identify?

  
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  Dear Mr. Botanist, I found this low growing plant under a high-voltage right-of-way in Reading, MA. The area is very sunny and rocky, and it appears to be regularly cleared of vegetation. Could you identify?

  
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  Please help identify this aquatic plant found in East Lyme, CT on August 28, 2024. It was observed in a shallow cove of a lake thanks

  
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  Dear Botinist, This shrub is growing in a somewhat landscaped area in Reading MA. I spoke with the owner and it could have been planted there, or it could have been an opportunistic grower. Could you please identify? These photos were taken about two weeks ago.

  
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  Found in Hermon by pond in understory of woods. Is this lily of the valley?

  
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  Good morning, I am so very hopeful that what I have in my 3 acre field here in Oxford, PA is purple milkweed. I don't have a flower nor a seed pod to help quite yet but hoping you can help me. Two reliable apps did confirm my milkweed to be purple but these were only leaf images. IF these are purple, I'd like to more carefully manage the field mowing and preservation. Additional information: these are September images, the field had been cut every year every 8 weeks for alfalfa. Gary

  
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  This was spotted on a lakeshore somewhere in Maine. I'm working on getting the exact location.

  
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  Before I remove this, can you confirm that this is Asiatic bittersweet and not American bittersweet. Thank you.

  
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  Can anyone tell me the name of these two plants?? The one with long leaves is n°1 and the other one with rounder leaves is n°2. I dont know much about plants but if it helps I'm in Morocco.

  
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  I photographed this plant on the edge of a cove on Lake Arrowhead, York county, Maine (Oct 1, 2024). It appears to be a hawthorn from what I can see, but I'd like to pin it down to species if possible - can you help me ID it from these photos? I wondered if it might be Crataegus macrosperma? Thanks so much, Debbie.

  
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  Not sure how hard Crataegus identification is, but someone posted this on iNaturalist in Ward Pound Ridge Reservation (just outside Fairfield County) and I was wondering if there's any possibility to narrow it down to species.

  
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  I live in Central Arkansas, Conway (30 miles north of Little Rock) specifically, and I remember a strange bumpy green fruit a little bigger than a softball on the side of the road as a child. I smashed it to find sort of silky pulp and several large seeds. My mother said it was an Osage orange & the seeds were buckeyes. I searched online & see the fruit looked identical to the Osage orange pics but the inside was different & the fruit containing buckeye looked nothing like my childhood find. ??

  
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  A tree sprouted in my yard in Sudbury, MA about 3 years ago. I've tried multiple sources but can't identify it. Can you help?

  
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  I reside in Florida. How can I find or purchase euphorbia peplus or petty spurge?

  
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  This is growing against a cinderblock wall in an urban area in MA. I can't get an id on iNaturalist or google photos lookup. I'd like to know both what it is (if possible) and if there's a name for this phenomenon going on with the leaves: the more mature leaves at the base have one shape and are in a group of three, but the leaves up the wall seem to have grown individually and then some are evidently split or in the process of splitting. It is attached to the wall with purpleish pads.

  
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  Additional photos that you requested of the garlic chives (Allium tuberosum) that has been growing in the area of our house in Falmouth, MA.

  
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  Can someone help identify this plant? Last week we saw it by the shore of Lower South Branch Pond in Baxter State Park (ME). It's at the place where people beach their canoes by the mouth of Howe Brook. This was the only flower on the plant, and I didn't find any others like it in the area. The plant is not more than 12 inches high, and the flower was about 3/4 inch long.

  
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  I found this plant in a high meadow. Quabbin region. It looks a lot like an Echinacea or Rudbeckia to me but I am unsure. The hairs on the leaves are very soft. The leaves themselves are also quite soft and flexible. Leaves are similar in size to Echinacea purpurea leaves.

  
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  This question relates to hemlocks and hemlock wooly adelgid (HWA). On January 31 in 2022 we had a very short cold snap with temperature going down to -7F. My understanding is that HWA cannot survive temperatures <-4F. Since then I have not seen HWA in my many outings in Lexington conservation land. Is it possible this could give the existing hemlocks a chance to survive? I've heard that one side effect of climate change is more temporary cold snaps like this.

  
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  Any idea on what species of Bidens this is? iNaturalist recommends Bidens frondosa but I have never seen them with ligules (think that's the right word) like this. Location is Greenwich, CT. Other species at this site are Bidens cernua and Bidens connata.

  
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  Dear Mr. Botanist, I found this pretty little flower growing in a sunny wetland area in Breakheart Reservation, in Reading MA. These photos were taken a little over a week ago, and the plant itself is a little over a foot tall. Could you please identify?

  
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  I found what I think is Geranium sibiricum about two weeks ago in anthropogenic low growing grass on campus of High Mowing School, Wilton, NH, 03086. Took a picture of it with PlantNet, but it's not showing up in my Google Phots, alas, and I don't seem to be able to send it to you from PlantNet. Sorry.

  
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  Dear Mr. Botanist, I am clearing out a garden bed, and I found this sapling growing. I'd like to identify it, so I know whether it should stay or it should go. I think it might be a Linden tree, because there is a mature specimen nearby. However it also looks like a White Mulberry tree. Can you identify? Thank you.

  
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  Hi, I am a first time user. I just signed up and tried to post my first observation, which is Aureolaria pedicularia. I followed all the prompts, but it would not allow me to upload a photograph, and when I looked for a help page, all my input was erased. Very frustrating first experience.

  
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  found this growing in clumps along a back road in SW NH. I figured it’s some type of sedum/stonecrop, but the stalks are much “woodier” than my Autumn Joy Sedum. Can you identify, AND is it a native or a garden escapee (or something dumped)?

  
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  I/m not sure what this is but think it might be either sessile-fruited arrowhead or Grass-leaved Arrowhead. The purple flower makes me wonder.

  
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  Hi Mr. botanist, I found this low-growing plant in the wetland edge of a woodlands in Reading, MA. Could you identify it for me? One of the photos I've attached is from much earlier in the growing season.

  
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  Nabalus serpentarius? Crane Wildlife Management area, Falmouth, MA

  
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  Dear botanist, I found this growth of vines on a thickly vegetated trail bordering the Ipswich River in Reading, MA. It appears ready to take over. Can you identify it for me? Pictures were taken earlier this month. Thanks. --Stephan

  
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  Hi I have this plant growing next to my sidewalk. It is the second year in a row I've seen it growing. I've also seen the same plant growing in the neighborhood, in Reading MA. Can you identify it for me? I've yet to see any flowers, but it grows rather leggy, and the green begins to turn red as the plant is stressed (also toward the end of the growing season). These photos were taken on 8/18/2024.

  
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  Growing under shrubs & in grass is I think(?) a Violet (Falmouth MA Cape Cod). Flower stalks arise from axils of the toothed leaves, which have an unusual spreading shape. There are spreading rhizomes(? see photo), but also upright stalks with flower buds growing from the axils. White flower (violet like) this spring, but from a small plant and didn't pay attention. Have a whitish flower bud growing on several plants now. Several photos uploaded. Lots of these plants in a small area.

  
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  I have what I believe is Allium tuberosum growing wild in cultivated areas of our patio garden. It's quite attractive with its showy white flower clusters, probably edible (onion/garlic scent to the leaves), and very attractive to butterflies, flies, etc. I did not plant it, it just started growing in various areas that were planted with Catmint and it has been spreading. I can provide photos of the long thin leaves (growing in a clump) if you want. It's not in the GoBotany Key.

  
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  I found on my yard in several areas on 4.5 acres No Union Street. Having problems using the site to post sighting with photos. Not intentionally planted. See on map not seen in this Hillsborough county.

  
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  Hi this is a follow up to a submission I sent on 7/25/2024 regarding the identification of a Goldenrod. You mentioned that you needed to see a photo of how the flower heads are arranged. I took some more recent pictures dated 8/8/2024. I would also add that the the stem appears to have a whitish hue that can be rubbed off quite easily. Could you confirm whether or not this plant is Solidago gigantea? Thankyou.

  
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  Is this a new record for Franklin county?

  
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  Is this a native species ? Found in patches in moist areas of a forest preserve in Northfield MA

  
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  I assume this the attached photos are of purple loosestrife, although the plant doesn't have the single upright stems I am used to seeing as I'm driving. I just want to be sure I have the ID correct. This is in the marshy area on the edge of an abandoned beaver pond.

  
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  I think I have selaginella growing please confirm I’d

  
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