Online plant (shrub) directory?

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Jicama

Discussion Starter · May 3, 2004

Is there someplace online to look up plants? There is a small plant I found in the woods that appears to have some kind of fruit, and I would like to identify it. Does anyone know of a place online that would have that type of info?
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· #2 · May 3, 2004

yup, lots of plant identification sites online. Most all are broken down by geography so let us know what part of the world your in. Or try a WWW search using "plant idenfication" along with your region.

Would be curious to hear of a little description of your discovered plant. What does it look like?

have a good one! Jimmy Mack

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Jicama

Discussion Starter · #3 · May 5, 2004

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yup, lots of plant identification sites online. Most all are broken down by geography so let us know what part of the world your in. Or try a WWW search using "plant idenfication" along with your region.

Would be curious to hear of a little description of your discovered plant. What does it look like?

have a good one! Jimmy Mack

Thank you, I tried "plant identification". Found a lot of information about flowers and trees, but none about shrubs. This plant did not have flowers when I saw it, but it did have some small fruit I have never seen. Any ideas about looking up info about plants when they are not flowering?

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· #4 · May 5, 2004

A conspicuous flower display can make for easy indenfication. Botanists also examine such things as leaf patterns, branching patterns and other details about the plant to help identify it.

Here's a good link to an online field guide for shrubs compliments of the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center:

http://www.enature.com/search/show_search_lbjShape.asp?shapeID=5&curGroupID=19

Most are shown in flower but maybe you'll see some family resemblance to your shrub!

regards, Jimmy

"SEEK AND YE SHALL FIND"

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violets

· #5 · May 10, 2004

If you can take a picture, you can post it at the Name That Plant! Forum at GardenWeb. You'll likely have it identified within an hour.

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