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Questions and Answers: 2015

Question: Having trouble identifying this. Found in Bath, Maine.

  • Question

    Having trouble identifying this. Found in Bath, Maine.

    Answer

    Dear Joe, the plant you have photographed is Aralia nudicaulis (wild sarsaparilla). It is a member of the Apiaceae (celery family) that produces a single, compound leaf (which you have photographed) and (on some plants) produces a leafless flowering stalk in the spring.