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Box Tree Moth **** - THIS is a segment on the evening news. Just what we didn't need, yet another boxwood pest. Whenever I am asked I steer people away from bo... Read More
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Fern ID please *** - #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #1 &2 bridge @ Antietam Battlefield #3 &4 brick wall, central Maryland #5 abandoned mine, serpentine barrens, SE Penn... Read More
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Riparian vine ID - vine found along creek in Maryland. Stems including petioles have minute, downward pointing spines, maybe they help the vine to cling. ID ... Read More
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Larval host - Pollinator habitat - Here beginneth my two prong post: PRONG ONE is in reference to the concept of a larval host for the order Lepidoptera. Here are my reference... Read More
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Colonial Shrub - piney smell - Remarkable colony of shrubs, nice, pine smell to the foliage. Nothing bothers it, no watering required. Can you name it? Location Maryla... Read More
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name this rose please - We see them every June with their cheery, pink flowers which are sweetly perfumed. This is not an unusual sight along the Maryland roadside... Read More
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ID please ****** - pic taken 06-04-24 in front of a Maryland apartment. Appears to be one shrub. Incredible bloom however few insects buzzing, flowers slight... Read More
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Mountain Laurel - Kalmia latifolia - 1. 3. 4. It's time again for the glorious display of Mt laurel. It ranges from Maine to Florida and those of us lucky enough to live in ... Read More
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Queen Anne's Lace on steroids - The plant is easily 7' tall, pictured here along a Maryland country road. Further down the road there are hundreds of them but not this a... Read More
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Evergreen ID ***** - I saw this plant growing in Wash DC. It is not part of an ornamental planting. It is even spreading into the adjacent grassy area and mowi... Read More
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