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Want to know what that plant is? With our Simple Key, you can identify over 1,200 common native and naturalized New England plants! Observe closely, collect a sample or take a photo, answer some questions, and narrow down to the correct ID.
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Join our online community of plant enthusiasts. Share your plant sightings, get help with plant identification, collaborate on field surveys, and develop checklists of plants for particular sites you are exploring.
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Identify over 3,000 New England plants by using either our multiple-access Full Key or our Dichotomous Key to families, genera, and species. Also learn about subspecies and varieties native to our region.
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Go Botany encourages informal, self-directed education for science students, and beginning and amateur botanists. Professors, teachers, and educators can share curricula and teaching ideas.
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Plant of the day: Cephalanthus occidentalis — common buttonbush
Common buttonbush produces spherical buttons of white flowers amidst its opposite, shiny green leaves. The Latin name of the genus means "head" (Cephal-) and "flower" (-anthos). This distant relative of coffee (family Rubiaceae) grows in wetland areas. Ducks and other water ...
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