Question: Hello. Thanks for the suggestions to look up a local herbarium. I've sent out a few emails and hopefully can …
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Hello. Thanks for the suggestions to look up a local herbarium. I've sent out a few emails and hopefully can contact someone locally. In the meantime I've got a plant from near central Maine (about 30 miles northwest of Bangor). The site is a forested swamp, and likely sees occasional human disturbance. I think it's part of the Geum family, but can't place exactly what species of avens it is. Any thoughts would be appreciated. Thanks!
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kkl234, your plant is a species of Geum (avens), and resembles Geum aleppicum (yellow avens) in many features. I would not be able to tell you with 100% certainty without an image of the basal leaves and a close up image of the pedicels. Best wishes.
