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For experienced botanists
Identify over 3,000 New England plants by using either our multiple-access Full Key or our Dichotomous Key to families, genera, and species. Also learn about subspecies and varieties native to our region.
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Useful teaching resources
Go Botany encourages informal, self-directed education in botany for science students, and beginning and amateur botanists. Professors, teachers, and environmental educators can share curricula and teaching ideas.
Teaching
Plant of the day: Cardamine impatiens narrow-leaved bitter-cress
Narrow-leaved bitter-cress was first observed in New Hampshire in 1916, but has spread and by 2008 it could be found as far west as Minnesota. The ability of this species to proliferate rapidly raises concerns that it may be highly invasive.
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