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  I'd love help with this plant. It's growing on a fairly dry woodland in Massachusetts. It's the first year I've noticed the flower, but there are probably 30 of them all growing in one patch. It has a white tubular flower; five sepals; leaves are alternate and very slightly toothed.

  
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  Wondering if someone could identify this plant found in Green Mountains in southern VT. It was a fairly wet woods with moss and spruce trees. Saw a lesser fringed orchis in a really damp area nearby. Thanks

  
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  Good afternoon! Could you please help with this plant. Growing singly, Only basal leaves, deciduous forest on Storrs, CT. Hairy stems.

  
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  I found a plant growing in my yard, it is about a foot tall and it is redish purple stem and leaves. Could you please give me any information you could. I tried to upload a picture but it want let me. Thank you. Sabrina I live in kentucky.

  
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  I saw this plant in Green Mountain National forest where there were old homesteads years ago. Looks like a naturalized hydrangea to me, but not sure. Is there a native plant this might be instead? Thanks

  
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  Found in field Behind my house in Maine - within 100 feet of vernal wetland/pond but dry now in summer. Is it a white fringed orchid?

  
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  I am caretaking an urban garden in Concord NH and have had trouble identifying this plant. It is 4 feet tall currently and has lush healthy foliage. I believe it is woody and bamboo-like, and think it may be an invasive species. Can you help me to identify it? Thank you so much!

  
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  I have found only one of these flowers between my driveway and the woods. It has been blooming for several weeks now. Can you identify it for me? Thank you.

  
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  I found this red stemmed vine with compound leaves of five leaflets and a fuzzy bud (shown in the second photo) growing along the ground in southern Vermont. I have been unable to identify it. Can you help me?

  
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  I have been watching this plant for a couple of years but never seem to see the flower. Here it is with green berries a few weeks ago. It grows in the shade of other trees on the roadside in southern Vermont. It is 1-1/2 to 2 feet tall. I would like to know more about it. Thank you.

  
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  Hi, I live in Massachusetts in Boston, and I found this flower at the edge of a woody area next to a park. There weren't any others like it nearby. Internet sleuthing suggests it's impatiens balfourii, but I can't find that in your key as a New England species. Can you confirm, and if so, what is it doing here?

  
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  Hello, could you identify this for me? My first instinct was that it was a species of viburnum, but I think I am wrong. The leaves are opposite, entire, and slightly toothed. It was found along a roadside in southern Vermont.

  
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  focus on flowers when I saw these pretty flowers on garden, so only flower photos, would you identify it? thank you

  
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  I took this beautiful flower on stone mountain park, GA would you give me this flower name? thank you

  
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  find in stone mountain park, ga, would you give me the name? thank you

  
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  Can you identify this squah type?

  
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  Found this along the fence line at Joppa Flats, Newburyport. I haven't notices flowers or fruits on it yet, so I assume it is sexually immature (about 4-6 feet tall). The variable leaves make me think Mulberry, and the map makes me think White Mulberry. The leaves also seem reminiscent of currants, but none in the genus seemed to match. Didn't notice any thorns pointing to hawthorn. The photo was taken at the end of June.

  
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  I transplanted this plant to my garden last year due to the beautiful leaves and flowers. It was found here in VIrginia. In an open field type area in full sun. Are you able to tell me what this is.

  
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  12 to 18" high, yellow five petal flower,quarter inch, flower is toothed, leaves very lobed, acidic soil,edge of forest... What is it?

  
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  Hello, After pursuing your leads to my previous post, I found it was Geranium robertianum (mountain crane's-bill) also know as Herb Robert. I appreciate you help in finding this as it was in parent's garden. I would like to include this in my garden as it is nostalgic to me. Thank you!

  
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  Can you identify this plant? It is low lying and pungent smell with light pick flowers. The picks were recently taken at the Sonnenberg Gardens, Canandaigua NY and the while in Niagara Falls Canada. I have been looking on the web with no luck. Thank you

  
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  Can you help me identify this plant found in Ravenna,MI? I have been scouring the web with no luck.

  
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  Low creeping (prostrate) plant found in really wet area (mucky and wet) in Wilmington MA.. Square stem. Vaguely aromatic leaves. Note little pair of flower structure (calyx) in leaf axle. Am thinking Lamiaceae, maybe Scutellaria sp., but can find no matches in my guides. Any ideas?

  
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  The plant I've photographed appeared as if intentionally planted in our semi-shade back garden this spring. Foliage like fennel, no fragrance, 3'tall and now producing daisy like flowers. My i.d. from simple key:Tripleurospermum inodorum. Will it become invasive if I leave it, or should I get rid of the plant now?

  
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  Can you please help me identify this shrub? I live in the state of Virginia.

  
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  This little group of plants grows in one spot in my yard (wooded) in Canton, MA. It hasn't spread like poison ivy, but I haven't seen them flower like trillium. The biggest is about 4 inches tall. Three leaves, red stem. Do you know what it is? Thanks!

  
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  Hello, I inherited this lovely little when I took over this office. Will you tell me what it is?

  
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  I found this at the edge of a cranberry bog in Duxbury, MA, July 5th, 2015. It was at the edge of the cranberry ditch, but not in the water. I think it's common, but couldn't identify it. The plant is about 3 feet tall, and the flower clusters are about 6-10" per stalk. The leaves are simple, with no lobes and not paired, not notched.

  
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  Hi, following up on a previous email, are the attached photos any better for identifying the type of knapper? Thanks.

  
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  This plant is growing in a very shaded area in my backyard. It started off with small white flowers and grew into this. The root of the plant is an orange color and when the root is broken it oozes an orange ink. Thanks

  
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  This white parsley grows profusely on the side of my dirt road in Harrisville, NH. It likes the ditch, a moist place, where it reaches 2-3 feet. Not massive like cow parsnip or angelica, it closely resembles Golden Alexanders. The flowers are born on 3 stalks at the top. Two 3-part leaves grow from the stem where those 3 stalks diverge. The lower leaves are doubly compound. My best guess: Honeywort (Cryptotaenia canadensis).

  
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  this is pretty flower growing stone mountain park.GA. vine, look like climbing plants would you give me the name? thank you

  
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  I'll like to know this flower name took in stone mountain park, GA

  
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  Hello, this plant appeared in one of our flower gardens this year in Andover, NH. Is it spotted knapweed? If not, please ID it. Thanks. Marinar

  
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  Not sure if my email went through, looking to find the name of these two tall plants with exotic smelling flowers growing in my garden in Massachusetts. They are very tall. Picture is upside down.

  
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  Hello, I have this plant growing all over my property. I've tried using your plant key but I don't see it. It appears to be very invasive and quick growing! I would love to know what it is. Thanks in advance!

  
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  These perennial, woodyish plant we inherited with our house. Growing in the flower garden but rapidly overtakes. 3-4.5 feet high. Seems to spread easily, perhaps by rhizome. North Yarmouth Me Thanks Alex

  
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  I have this plant taking over a corner of my vegetable and herb garden. Can you tell me what it is? I'm located on the south coast of British Columbia.

  
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  Location: Teaching Herb Garden at Elm Bank in Wellesley, MA. This is in the Native American bed. Pictures taken in early June. Liza Green suggested it could be Penstemfon pallidus but it also may be a "dropping" from the birds.

  
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  This is a photo of a plant with very distinct leaves and the beginning of a white flower, but I have not been able to identify it with the Go Botany key. It was taken perhaps a month or so ago in Vermont. Can you help me by identifying it? Thank you.

  
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  This is the last of the photos I took about a month ago in Vermont which I have been unable to identify. Many thanks.

  
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  Can you please identify what is this plant name and classification?

  
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  I thought this was Osmunda regalis, but now I am less sure. I see what look like spore-bearing structures on the leaflet margin, but would that make it O. claytoniana (interrupted fern) rather than O. regalis? Perhaps it is a young plant, or a hybrid?

  
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  Please identify this tree/bush. Located in Bolton, Ct in a wooded area.

  
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  Can you tell me what these are? I was given these seeds by a winter sown site and were packaged as Sunray tomatoes which is not likely. :-)

  
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  What are the plants with the long tubular stem and what looks similar to a purple bulb at the top with shoots coming out of it? They are at the edge of some woods in Boston and are about two feet tall

  
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  I came across a population of this tree in Dedham, MA. I think Quercus, but species has me stumped. I though maybe Q. prinoides (rhizomatous colony) but these trees are in a very wet area (standing water, sphagnum moss). Also, pointed leaf tips seem different. I ruled out Q. rubra based on bark and base of leaf blade. I ruled out Q. bicolor because underside of leaf is nearly hairless (only few hairs visible w/ hand lens). Pics of leaf tops & bottoms, bark, population/location & leaf cover. Tx!

  
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  Not sure if I planted this or whether it is wild. It is growing in front of my house in Manchester, MA. Flower is about 3" long, leaves are 4" long when mature. Plant has multiple stems coming out of the ground and is about 3-4ft tall. Any ideas what it is?

  
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  found in open hay field, in spring dark red hue, no crown , roots look tuberous

  
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  Trying to identify,not a fern, /found in open hay field, in spring dark red hue, no crown , roots look tuberous

  
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  I recently tried a "new", at least for me, way of planting seed potatoes. I used a posthole digger in a Deep Bed Garden to plant the seeds 15" deep in the soft soil of the deep bed. Since it is a new technique i had never heard of, i was skeptical that the seedlings would find their way to the surface before using up all the energy stored in the tuber. However, to my delight, they have all surfaced and are growing strongly. My question is, How did the potato plants "KNOW" to grow UP?

  
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  I found a few of these plants growing in a patch of hay scented fern in Southwestern Vermont. Can you identify them for me? Thank you.

  
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  I took this photo of what appears to be a small bush or tree growing near a wooded stream bank in Southwestern Vermont earlier in the Spring. Can you help me identify it? Thank you.

  
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  what is this plant and how do I care for it or find information on it?

  
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  Primula Mistassinica? Or Laurentiana? Lower Waterford, VT near Connecticut River

  
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  I apologize ahead of time as this is not a New England sighting, it is a Florida sighting, but can find no help here in identifying this prolific and annoying plant. It has long thin beans, tiny white blooms, five clover like leaves. When pulled from the ground it has a distinct, pungent odor. It is similar to the sickle pod Senna, Black Medic and several other invasive species in Florida, but I can not find this plant anywhere online; the mottling on leaves is herbicide burn.

  
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  This is a potted plant that grows in northern michigan. It loves it outside in the summer and is brought in for winter and put over a heat vent. It is non flowering. What is it and can it be propogated and how? Thank you

  
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  Rubus chamaemorus carpellate flowers in coastal Washington County, Maine. What are the small structures around the base of the immature aggregate fruit?

  
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  no question, yet.... Just wanted to say - you and your site are AWESOME.

  
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  Recently bought this succulent and cannot find any identification. Any idea of what it is?

  
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  just submitted 4 photos of a vining habit plant- failed to mention location- central VT Thanks

  
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  Looking for an id on a plant that grows in my town in a variety of locations- mixed New England forest to field edge. Vining habit which seems more sturdy in sunnier locations. I tried keying it out but must be getting some fact wrong. I've included some photos of leaves and flowers. The image of the flowering bodies needs to be rotated to be in the correct orientation. Thanks so much for your help.

  
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  I have these plants in my front lawn (in Los Angeles). I don't know if it's a weed or some kind of plant. Can you help me identify? I have two plants. I believe them to be the same, but I can't be sure. Thank you very much!

  
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  I'm thinking this may be Potentilla Erecta, though your key doesn't include photos of the flower. Found on Woodsom Farm, Amesbury, a grassland area.

  
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  Hello, from Miami, Fla. My question, while repotting my Curcuma. I noticed these potato like root balls attached to the bottom of the Curcuma root. Is that normal or should I remove them. They weren't there when planted. The original root is like a ginger root, not sure if those are good or bad. Thank you for your time. Alex.

  
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  This is an 8-10' hedge shrub next to some honeysuckle that has been growing for years in the shade among old-time plantings in the yard of my house in Newcastle, ME. It has just started flowering. Leaves are opposite and entire, and the flower is irregular. I have not had luck figuring out the species using GoBotany tools. Can you identify it? Thanks.

  
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  On June 7 I encountered this painted trillium (Trillium undulatum) in mixed hardwood/spruce/fir forest at about 2100 feet in the White Mountain National Forest. It's interesting because it has 4 leaves, 4 sepals, and 4 petals, although one petal was not fully developed, or had atrophied, and is not visible in the photo. How frequently do such aberrant forms occur in this species?

  
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  Hi, This plant popped up in my Herb Garden. I can not identify it. I would appreciate some help. Thanks Cornish, Maine York County

  
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  Hello! I planted a few seeds a while back and have no idea what this plant is? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

  
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  I'm confused about the difference between bleeding heart and dutchman's breeches. I always thought that the garden variety (bleeding heart) was a cultivated version of the wildflower that I am familiar with (dutchman's breeches). Now I come to learn that the garden variety came from Asia, and was recently given a new taxonomic classification (genus lamprocapnos instead of dicentra). How (if at all) are the two related? Thanks.

  
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  I don't know what this is it is growing in my garden and in my dirt pile in Florida

  
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  Hi, does anyone know what plant this is? I found it in my garden in southeastern MA. It has many prickles on the stem and on the undersides of leaves, following the main veins. Thanks!

  
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  Hello there , i would appreciate it so much if u could help me identify this plant , it grows in my region but i don't really now anything about it. Thank you for your contribution

  
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  hi does anyone know what plant is this? thanks in advance!

  
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  Can you identify this plant for me? Caryophyllaceae was the closest I got with the Dichotomous Key but I did not find a genus or species that fit well. It was prostrate, growing in disturbed sandy soil along with Scleranthus annuus. Location is near Quonochontaug Breachway in Charlestown, RI. I would guess it is non-native? Flowers are about 3mm across. Calyx is glandular. Leaves are succulent, round in cross-section, with sharp tips.

  
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  Hello. I just bought a house and found something that looked like a small serrated version of hen and chick. What is it? I found them under dying daffodil fronds in An area that had bushes until the seller upped the curb appeal. Thank you.

  
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  This is not a question about a specific plant,but a botany question. I hope that's okay. Here is the question. I was looking at an apple,and started thinking. If the fruit's peel is what develops from the wall of the gynoecium,are the the cells on the very surface of the peel somatic and therefore diploid? Thank you.

  
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  Japanese maple,.very old. Lace leaf,.umbrella style. I just used a lawn liquid fertilizer on the maple leaves,.maybe 20 seconds worth but the leaves seem are reacting to the nitrogen,.what can I do,.did go out and rewater {twice} the leaves.

  
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  anyway, it had a red, ball like flower with lots of petals sticking out. It had leaves with three of them stuck together. Do you know it?

  
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  sorry but the pics took a ling time to upload. Do you have an email.

  
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  I'm thinking this Bedstraw is Gallium album or mollugo. Looks to me more like album, which is not reported for Newburyport area. Found on the Joppa Flats Education Center grounds. Are these photos good enough to differentiate, or is it another species altogether?

  
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  Is this Viola sagitatta or V. fimbriatula? Its downy and I'm confused if these are two distinct species (as listed in Newcomb's Guide) or variations of the same. I found it in dry woods in Yorktown, NY. It was blooming in early May.

  
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  This plant grows in the woods at Ledge Pond, NH. Last year I got to see it in bloom (early August) and still couldn't clearly identify it. Is it indeed Epipactis helleborine? I am a native plant enthusiast so should I remove it is so? It does not appear to be spreading.

  
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  I saw this at Turkey Mountain in Yorktown, NY. Looks like rattlesnake plantain, but veination coloring is throwing me off. Any ideas? Thank you.

  
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  I have an abundance of white violets that are thriving in a wet part of my yard (over the cess pool), which I think are a white form of Viola sororia. Last year I discovered a speckled violet that Carol Gracie told me was a cultivated form of Viola sororia 'Freckles.' Does a white form of Viola sororia exist and if so, is it V. sororia 'alba'? They appear to self sow more than spread by runners. This year I have several more speckled ones. Photos included. I live in Chappaqua, NY.

  
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  While walking through the Oxbow National Wildlife Refuge I spotted a young tree that I could immediately identify as Populus. My first leaning was to P. grandidentata, but upon closer inspection of all of the leaves I began to wonder if this might be a hybrid. Could you offer your opinion on the likelihood of this being a hybrid versus displaying the expected morphological plasticity of bigtooth aspen? I've attached photos of all of the leaves. Thanks in advance!

  
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  Hello, I am Muaz. My father recently went to Edinburgh and saw this flower plant growing beside his guest house. I love this flower so I want to know what it is called so I that I can buy it. Please reply ASAP.

  
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  Hi! This small interesting plant grows in both sun and shade in our Shrewsbury MA yard. The last few years, we had only 2-3 grow in the backyard wild area. This year, they cropped up in our front yard grass...can you tell me what it is? It does not have a remarkable flower on top, just a small strand of little buds that droop. Thanks, cathyvshaw

  
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  In both Trustom (South Kingstown, RI) & Ninigret (Charlestown, RI) NWR, there are 2 types flowering shrubs (very very commonly seen in both refuges) that I need ID help with. I'm attaching some photos, so hopefully that will help. I believe one type to be one or more honeysuckle varieties. It is seen in white/yellow flowers & in pink. The other I'm not sure about. It is seen in both regular & variegated leaves and the flowers are either all white or white/yellow. Diane

  
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  Saw what I think is a short, yellow-flowered mint on the lower Ridge Trail at GITW. For a picture, see website www.eddiewren.com entry "NEWFS, 24 May, 2015", fourth picture (copyrighted). I think we may call Eddie a friend of GITW. A capable, knowledgable, and friendly photographer.

  
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  Plant is located on a pond shore in Arlington, MA. I've been told that it is rusty willow, salix atrocinerea. Is that correct? From what I could find out about rusty willow, it would normally bloom in the early spring, before it leafs out, but this plant is blooming now (late May). Thanks!

  
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  Hello, I am having trouble with a particular weed. It grows tall, some are 6-8 feet in height. They are thorny and fast growing. I think they are a rhizome because the roots grow horizontally and lead to new plants. The flower is on top of the plant and is white and yellow. Found along edge of woods in southern Delaware

  
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  1. tall (3-5 feet) stemmed plant with a small white flower later in the season at its tip. opposite leaves (oval) popping up everywhere. native or invasive? Sorry for the sideways pics. 2. And can you identify the plant w the blue flowers) . Native? Thank you! Western Ma

  
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  I'm afraid this plant which is growing on the banks of a nearby stream in southwestern Vermont is narrowleaf bittercress (Cardamine impatiens). Am I correct? Thank you so much for your help.

  
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  I have been unable to identify this plant which has been growing for about three years now near my compost piles here in southwestern Vermont. It has very distinct shaped leaves and never seems to flower. Is it a weed of some sort or perhaps something that got there from seeds in the compost pile (edible?). Your help is much appreciated.

  
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  Have these vine like weeds growing all over my backyard along the house. tried googling "fuzzy green fruit" to no avail. thanks in advance.

  
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  I have found these plants in the woods of southeastern Connecticut. I cant seem to find a picture match on the internet. Could you please identify it? Thanks, Nancy

  
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  I had asked the ID of this plant earlier but only sent a pic of the leaf. Which wasn't helpful in the identification. The Botanist needed a pic of the full plant. So here it is! I don't know if it is visible by the pic, but it is growing on the edge of a strip of scrub woods. Near a whole bunch of wild raspberry briers. If that helps. Funny thing I noticed is that across from that pic there is another strip of woods and similar plants are growing in a row. Thanks

  
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  good morning, I live in Seaford NY (long island) near the water. I recetnly moved in and had this plant removed, it was growing all over the place. I then put in in white birch and some leyland cypress, but this plant is back!! Can you please tell me what it is, thanks so much for the help.

  
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  I live in southwestern Pennsylvania and this started growing in the front yard. I haven't been able to identify it and I don't want to kill it if it's a shrub. I have very poor soil that grows a lot of weeds so I'm wondering if this is another weed. It has a nice thick stalk like a shrub.

  
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  Found this mystery mustard (?) growing on a sandy barrier island in NJ back in late April. The leaves appeared rubbery similar to other 'seaside' plants. Any ideas?

  
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  Hi, I live in Montevideo, Uruguay and the other day we found this plant. Could you tell me which plant is? Thnk you very much

  
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  Can you please identify this flower, it was photographed at Glendurgan Garden (National Trust Cornwall). It was growing in a woodland area and on open areas with bluebells. Thank you.

  
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  Hi! I found this growing in my garden in Brasov, Romania. I don't know what it is. Is it a flower by any chance? Thank you!

  
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  Hello! This small shrub is growing in one of my perennial beds in Lancaster, MA (central MA). It may have been planted by the previous owners, or it may have volunteered. The flowers are on the undersides of the leaves. It is flowering right now. Can you help me identify it? Thanks!

  
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  Found growing on rock at about 1900 feet in elevation. The area is said to be serpentine rock in the town of Windham, VT. I found one small colony of the plant. The image I will upload is geotagged

  
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  Can you help identify this plant? Found in wooded area near driveway. Trying to locate poison ivy and wasn't sure what type of plant is shown in the attached picture....

  
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  Plant in question is the one in the center of the pictures with the reddish green leaves. These were found next to a driveway. There are some larges plants with similar leaves and woody stems. Just looking for some help identifying. Thanks!

  
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  This woody shrub is growing in the shady edge of the property and flowers each May. We've been unable to ID it as a native species. There are 4 petals on the white flowers. Thanks!

  
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  weird leaf of a plant I found I believe it is a type of maple

  
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  Found this lone plant in backyard in New Jersey U.S. In a strip of woody brush between properties. It was a single plant. Tried looking everywhere and saw pics of the plant but were always in the background of a flower someone had taken a picture of. Just looking for an id of the plant. The image I included is one of 2 to 3 leaves on one stem of the plant. Leaves are pretty big and stand out from all the other wild brush and grasses.

  
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  This plant is growing along the roads in Northern Virginia and is in full bloom. Generally less than five feet tall, Brilliant white blooms.

  
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  I just moved to Revere, MA this winter and finding some new plants as they break ground. If this helps, we live in Beachmont, MA, close to the salt water marsh and oceann. I would love help with identifying these plants. Thanks!

  
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  I found this on dry land along a river bank. The stems are round in cross-section and the leaves are about 4mm across at their widest. The plant had no flowers, and stood about 6 inches tall.

  
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  This has been growing up from under my deck for several years. I always cut it back and it grows back vigorously. My deck is in a full sun location with poor clay soil and I am located in south central pennsylvania. It is a woody plant and appears shrub like or almost like a woody vine although it does not seem to cling or twine. Any idea what this is??

  
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  Having trouble identifying this. Found in Bath, Maine.

  
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  I found this beautiful flower in my yard close to wetland. Resembles a Spath or Calla Lilly. Can you identify this photo. Dracut, MA

  
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  Having trouble identifying this. Any idea?

  
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  Having trouble IDing this.

  
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  Having trouble iding this! Found in bath, Maine

  
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  I have 3-4 of these trees in my yard. We just moved in and I have no idea what is growing in my yard. The flowers are falling of this week. Please Help. Thanks

  
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  So, this plant is a little sad looking because I had to move it. the root system (no picture) was very thick and traveled horizontally. Any idea. (Massachusetts)

  
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  What kind of plant is this

  
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  I'm trying to identify this plant for my grandmother she received it from my uncle that has since passed away.She thought it was a burning bush.I remember the plant with green leaves and a light flower maybe white or yellow she says it would turn red at some point during the year but I don't remember it doing so.it was replanted two years ago when she moved and hasn't bloomed since I'm trying to find a way to save it If that's possible. I would really appreciate any help! Thank you!

  
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  I live in western mass. I found this plant growing near a river. And sorry for some reason with the 3rd picture it has a different plant for the thumbnail but when you click it it changes to the actual plant. Sorry I dont know why it does this. Sometimes it uploads multiple of one plant.

  
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  Hi, I would like to know what the name of this plant is before I buy it. It's located in Hempstead Long Island(New York)

  
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  Found this in Kenduskeag Maine. Gravel/soil, on a hillside. Was covered in thick leaves. Sunny in spring. But total shade throughout summer and fall. Not damp, for the most part. Surrounding plants are mostly birches and ash? I think. No ground cover plants to speak of.

  
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  Hi, I just posted my photos of what I believe to be a wild hydrangea aborescens on the 'recent sightings' area of this website. The photos are from last summer. I think I have a wild hydrangea growing along the border of our property. It's so full and pretty during the summer and I love how it fills out and flowers. I just want to confirm it is a hydrangea and to know it's type. I am also curious to know if it's invasive or is it a welcome plant in my yard. Any information is most appreciated.

  
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  I live in western mass. Im wondering what this plant is. It smells sweet and almost fruity.

  
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  Hi Aurthur, I am looking for the exact number of wild native plants in Maine, and the number of wild species (in other words, including naturalized. My Josselyn Bot Society publication seems dated, and I can not seem to find an up to date number. Do I need to manually go through the Maine listings on geobotany, or can you answer this? Thank you, Heather

  
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  Can anyone please tell me what this plant is? I was thinking it was a gladiolus but after looking through pictures of gladiolus' online I'm not sure. It is growing in my yard in south central Illinois. Thanks.

  
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  I was recently given a branch from a plant or tree with bristles. The plant or tree was growing near a pond. I put the branch in water and noticed some changes in the branch that are nothing short of bizarre. A white fuzzy/cottony/downy material is growing near the bristles. Now for the super strange characteristic... The bristles move individually in worm like patterns. It's kind of creepy so I moved the branch outside until it can be identified.

  
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  Hoping someone can help me get some answers that I can't seem to find anyyyyywhere!!! Will lavender survive in a garden bed just beyond the reach of a black walnut tree? Looking to find out if lavender is juglone tolerant. I've googled and Google and find no solid answer. Any input would be much appreciated! Thank you in advance :-)

  
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  I think this is a wildflower, but it is too early to tell what kind of flower it will get. Can you help identify it by the leaves. It is growing on the banks of a stream in Southwestern Vermont. Thank you.

  
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  Can you help me identify this plant, which is now emerging in abundance in the woods and side of my driveway in Southwestern Vermont? Right now it is about 2-1/2 feet tall.

  
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  Hello ive found this plant and TONS of it. Ive been told that it is bedstraw or cleavers. But it isnt sticky like it says bedstraw is. Ive searched all the plants in the galium family and i cannot find it. It has a square stem and it has leaves that grow in groups of 7-8. And when you find it you find A LOT of it. The flowers havent come out yet.

  
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  This plant has shiny leaves and some of them have reddish splotches on them. The stems are also reddish. They are growing in the shade of other trees in Southwestern Vermont. Can you identify them for me please? Thank you.

  
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  I have notices these plants growing mostly underneath trees around my property in Southwestern Vermont. I have never noticed a flower, although I may have missed them in the past. What are they? Thank you very much for your help.

  
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  Hello. Would you please help me identify a plant I saw yesterday (May 2nd) in a moist field in Western MA? I tried using the Go Botany Simple Key, but only got to step 2. I unfortunately didn't look closely at the center leaves of the plant yesterday and can't tell from my photo whether the leaves are going to grow to be alternate or opposite. I tried just guessing and searching photos on the site, but I can't find a good match. Is there a way to id the plant with just this photo? Thanks!

  
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  Only an inch or two tall, found in rich damp woods in Northampton, MA. Picture taken May 2nd. Appears to be one leaf dividing into three palmate leaflets? Both the flower bud and leaf shape looks a little like an extremely small Aralia nudicaulis to me, but doesn't seem like the right habitat. There were many individual plants in a small area. Thank You!!

  
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  please help me identify this plant. it is a climbing plant, i have never seen it produce flowers, it grows mostly in the swampy areas in the grass land of Cameroon.

  
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  I have checked wildflower books and cannot seem to identify this plant. It came up for the first time in my yard in Harwinton CT - near wooded edge of driveway.

  
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  Hi everyone, Does anyone know what kin of plant or flower this may be? I was raking away some of the heavy leaves on the trails in the woods of our new home and found tons of them. They were buried under the leaves, seem to be almost natural borders to the worn trail and larger clusters can be seen at tree based or out of rotting stumps. Otherwise there are one or two every few inches in almost straight lines. They are spiral almost come like with white stems. They held up well to being raked

  
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  More of a how-to question here: How do I tell apart the stalk of an asian bittersweet from a wisteria? I have a trellis with a white wisteria on it, but the bittersweet has invaded. I want to stop the the bittersweet and leave the wisteria. Is the bittersweet a coarser trunk than the wisteria? Location of the trellis in in Haverhill MA. Thanks!

  
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  Hello! I wondered if you can tell me whether the objects embedded in the deer in the photo are plant parts and, if so, what plant do they belong to? This deer was seen in someone's backyard in NH this week.

  
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  How can I explain the two different colors on the same branch of an azalea bush? Please see picture. Thank you,

  
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  What is this? Found at Dexter Drumlin, So Lancaster, MA. 4-21-2015 approx 3:30P rubbery leaf structure, found in wet grass near brook. Orchid? reminiscent of a jack in the pulpit or Venus fly trap. sturdy. Larger than golf ball smaller than tennis ball

  
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  ...and another follow-up to yesterday's question: I revisited the full key and now I think it's a trailing arbutus! Sorry if I'm overloading the inbox... --Eric

  
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  Hello- Just a follow-up to my question from yesterday, with a better pic, I think. Average-size acorn cap for scale, and I now think the plant grows like a creeper. --Eric

  
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  What kind of plant is this?

  
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  Newbie here, really like the full-key plant ID, but couldn't find my mystery plant. The foliage and plant height are similar to wintergreen, but got no wintergreen scent from the leaves, and the flowers don't look like what I see for wintergreen species. Here are a couple pics. Leaves are on the order of one inch long. Photographed April 18 in oak/pine woods in Truro, MA.

  
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  Kindly identify the plant and its utilisation

  
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  What kind of plant is this growing on the branches of this tree? This is in Madison, Wisconsin.

  
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  This is a common ground cover plant in Qatar, but I heard that it comes from the United States. Can you tell me the name of the plant?

  
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  Hi I have two flowering plants that are driving me nuts if I could get some Id help would be great. The Pink with the white flower tips grow everywhere along the Chagrin river in Ohio, the ones with the yellow heads I have only seen a couple but in the same area, they are more like a begonia stem, and will tolerate a floodplain.

  
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  What kind of plant is this? I can't remember if i planted this or if its a weed. It is spreading really quickly.

  
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  Could you please let me know what type of plant this is and the best way to re-pot it...right size pot....soil...and so forth. Thanks.

  
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  Can you please help me identify this plant. It was found in Hereford, TX. This is the Great Plains of north Texas.

  
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  I'm in New Hampshire. What plant is this? It's the first plant to emerge in the spring. I haven't seen any flowers.

  
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  Here, for the closer picture of the plant. I am Danyael, the one you asked for a closer picture earlier. Can I ask you what plant this is?

  
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  I am from India... I enclose two photos of plants which are growing in my home backyard..could you help me to identify these plants...?

  
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  This plant grows in the Northern parts of Cameroon which has a tropical climate and a Savanna type vegetation. Used for nail beautification and alleged to have anti-fungal property against Onychomycosis. Please help me classify it.

  
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  Someone gave me this plant as a graduation gift and I do not know what kind of plant it is. Can I please ask you what plant it is? I live in the Philippines though.

  
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  I enclose 2 Photos dated June 2014. The plants were growing in the old cranberry bogs on Hobomock and Monroe streets in Pembroke, Ma Could you give me more information on this Astragalus ? Thank you

  
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  This lovely flower was growing wild in my front yard in Lincoln, MA last summer. Any idea what it might be?

  
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  In December, on Napatree beach, I found a lovely, sprawling plant with a rainbow of pastel colored leaves. I took a tiny sprig that wouldn't be missed and tried sprouting it at home. It is growing beautifully - even starting to flower! Now, my best guess for ID is an Ambrosia of some kind (chamissonis?). If that's true, do you think I should terminate my sprout before it becomes a major allergen in my home??

  
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  looking for identification of this plant.mostly grows in the tropics.

  
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  looking for identification of this plant. here is a picture of the leaf. it grows in sun or shade.

  
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  I am sending more photos of the black flower. It blooms in early march for only a few weeks. The flower itself grows only to about 12 inches and the foliage to about twice that. It has three black petals with green wings. The foliage is grass like and has four sides. It has a very sweet fragrance. No fruit that I have seen. the root grows off to a 90 degree angle of plant. It grows in full sun or shade. It has returned every year for 15 years with no problem.

  
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  Looking for identification of this plant. It has black petals, grass like folage, flower less than foot tall. Blooms in early March for short period in North Carolina. I can't seem to find anything like it on any website.

  
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  Hi Please help me find the name of the plant its small and have no flowers , grows like a vine thanks Jailam

  
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  Hello, I'm from Illinois. I received seeds for a plant. I was told that this is a money plant but I'm not sure.

  
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  This grew in a container in Stowe, Vermont. I don't know what it is. Thank you in advance, Ellen

  
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  Good morning, could you please help with the identification of this woody plant? I found it yesterday in Fitchburg, MA on an upland, sandy gravelly soils. It seemed to be a small tree, or large shrub, with only a single stem growing from the base (at least as far as I could tell with 3 feet of snow!). I thought working through the buds would make it obvious, but I'm stuck! My first thought was hazelnut, but I sold on it. Thanks, in advance!

  
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  Hi, Can you tell me if Oenothera cruciate has been renamed? I can't seem to find it anywhere however O. parviflora pops up in a search but that was originally a different flower all together so I'm a tad confused. Thanks for any help you can provide.

  
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  My property in W. Mass has a large patch of some sort of plant that resembles Water Hemlock (C. maculata), but I am questioning this ID after researching Aegopodium podagraria. The two look very similar to the plants on my property (which grow on a septic mound). It's possible both occur there. What is the best way to tell the two apart? The leaves look very different, but the flowers seem nearly identical to my eye. The attached photos are from summer 2014.

  
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  I was looking at the questions at this site and I saw one about pollen tubes. I've had a question about that,and decided to paste it here. What makes a plant’s pollen send out a pollen tube? What is the stuff, the material, on a flower’s stigma that makes a pollen grain send out a pollen tube? Is it water? I’m pretty sure it isn’t that because I’ve never seen pollen grains sending out pollen tubes in puddl

  
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