Seedling Recognition Game [Difficult] (i.postimg.cc)

submitted 2 weeks ago by LallyLuckFarm@beehaw.org to c/greenspace@beehaw.org

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One of the great things about growing all these plants while being a FT SAHD is that literally nothing has plant markers anymore so I get to try to guess whether it's something I'm trying to grow or something I'm happening to grow. All the time.

Here's the clue: this NE US native plant's common name references the plant it resembles.

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[-] luciole@beehaw.org 7 points 2 weeks ago

Some kind of maple that is not a maple??

[-] LallyLuckFarm@beehaw.org 4 points 2 weeks ago

"maple" is a part of the common name of this plant, you're on the right track!

[-] luciole@beehaw.org 4 points 2 weeks ago

Maple Viburnum? I'm just googling wildly lol

[-] LallyLuckFarm@beehaw.org 4 points 2 weeks ago

Lol they're maple leaved viburnums, good guess!

The only way I'm able to tell at this stage is that true maples keep their oval cotyledons for longer

[-] luciole@beehaw.org 3 points 2 weeks ago

yay <3

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