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Archive for the ‘Plant Identification’ category
Saratoga Woods and Waterways Blog
May 18, 2009Smithsonian’s New Instant Plant Identification Project
May 12, 2009Will botanists be obsolete in the future? Take a look at the new device that helps identify trees and shrubs by their leaves.
Albino Trillium erectum in Villenova
May 3, 2009While exploring the Township of Villenova in western New York today, we came across this lovely albino wake robin and thought we would share the sighting with these photos! -Priscilla Titus
Answers to maple flower quiz
April 28, 2009Number 1: Red maple male flowers. Everything is red!
Number 2: Silver maple female flowers: The fruits are hairy.
Number 3: Boxelder maple male flowers: The stamens are very long.
Number 4: Norway maple perfect flowers: Large petals and bright yellow-green.
Maple flower plant quiz
April 26, 2009Look at the images below and see if you can guess to which species they belong. Maple trees are polygamodioecious. Some are all male and some are all female but sometimes parts of the tree can have male flowers and some parts female. Answers tomorrow.
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New York Flora Association Blog 