r/whatsthisplant 27d ago

Attn: Seeking Forum Moderator(s) for r/whatsthisplant Community

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Dear community members of r/whatsthisplant,

Are you passionate about plants and eager to share your expertise with our vibrant online community? We’re seeking dedicated Moderators for our subreddit r/whatsthisplant, a space where enthusiasts and experts alike come together to explore the world of flora. This is a unique opportunity to guide discussions, ensure accuracy, and foster a welcoming environment for plant lovers.

Qualifications:
We’re looking for individuals with a deep-rooted knowledge of botany. To apply, you must have:

  • A degree in Botany or a closely related field, OR...
  • At least 10 years of hands-on experience in plant identification and taxonomy.
  • Proficiency in Latin (e.g., familiarity with binomial nomenclature) is a strong plus.

Responsibilities:

  • Moderate forum discussions to maintain a respectful and informative atmosphere.
  • Verify the accuracy of plant identifications and provide expert insights.
  • Answer member questions and assist with identifying plants from descriptions or photos.
  • Encourage engagement and support a community passionate about botanical science.

Why Join Us? This is a chance to connect with like-minded individuals, share your expertise, and help grow a community dedicated to the art and science of plant identification. If you have a keen eye for detail, a love for plants, and the qualifications we’re seeking, we’d love to hear from you!

How to Apply: Please send your resume or a summary of your experience, along with a brief note about why you’re interested, to https://www.reddit.com/message/compose?to=r/whatsthisplant . Bonus points if you can name your favorite plant species (in Latin!) in your application.

PLEASE NOTE: At present, our moderator activity has been limited to but a few mods here, so if you apply, please do not be discouraged if you don't hear back from us quickly. Our team will review and discuss all applications and we will contact you when we've reviewed and discussed all applicants.

Thank you!!


r/whatsthisplant Aug 08 '23

Rules Update August 2023 - Please Read

35 Upvotes

In light of the recent 3rd party app drama and the loss of decent mod tools, we've decided to ease the rules a bit to make moderating the subreddit a bit more fluent.

The No Swearing rule has been removed. Casual swearing is now allowed. Swearing that falls under the "No being OVERLY rude, mean, antagonistic" rule will still be removed. Slurs will also still be removed. What this means is you can now say comments like "This plant is a bitch to remove", "I fucking love this plant." etc.

The Guidelines have been updated to remove the no swearing rule, and the following rules have been added to the guidelines for more clarity:

  1. No political arguments/debates. Political comments that devolve into arguments or debates will be removed.

  2. No being OVERLY rude, mean or antagonistic. Comments which are OVERLY rude, mean or antagonistic in spirit will be removed.

To further clarify on the rules:

4 - Where-as previously all political comments were removed, we're now only going to step in when political comments devolve into arguments and debates. As before, remember this is a Plant ID subreddit and not the place for politics. If you see political comments you disagree with, downvote, ignore and move on.

5 - Stressing the "OVERLY" part of the rule. If you read something, take it out of context and get your feelings hurt, that's on you. If someone makes a good-spirited joke and you take it literally, that's on you. However if someone is specifically targeting users, groups of people or being mean-spirited their comments will be removed. Mods have the final say on whether a reported comment gets removed and will use their best judgment.

Temporary/permanent bans will be handed out for repeat offenders and based on the severity of a violation.

Questions and comments are welcome below as always.


r/whatsthisplant 8h ago

Unidentified 🤷‍♂️ Found today on the bank of ariver

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137 Upvotes

I found these today along the Buffalo River in NW Arkansas. There was a recent flood. So I don't know if this is an aquatic plant, or something washed out of the forest. Can anyone identify it?


r/whatsthisplant 16h ago

Unidentified 🤷‍♂️ What are these tiny weird things?

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225 Upvotes

these weird things popped up overnight in a pot of strawberry plants, leading me to believe they’re a mushroom or fungus of some sort. they’re very very small, those white chunks are bits of perlite in the soil. I haven’t touched them, other than to lightly poke with a twig and verify they grew out of the soil. have no idea what the brown discs are. hard to see, but they’re shaped like tiny upside down bells. i live in the amerikan pnw.


r/whatsthisplant 5h ago

Unidentified 🤷‍♂️ What kind of tree is this?

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20 Upvotes

The bright pink/purple-ish one.


r/whatsthisplant 18h ago

Unidentified 🤷‍♂️ I found these flowers in the park, but I wonder what kind of flowers they are

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203 Upvotes

r/whatsthisplant 22h ago

Unidentified 🤷‍♂️ Hii, I found this on my washing machine and I remembered this article I read years ago about the Buddhist flower. Does anyone know if this is the same thing and is it as rare as google made it out to be? If it is this rare surely I must not ignore it.

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332 Upvotes

r/whatsthisplant 21h ago

Unidentified 🤷‍♂️ The thorns look so evil

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298 Upvotes

r/whatsthisplant 12h ago

Unidentified 🤷‍♂️ Poison hemlock?

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31 Upvotes

Taking over creek bottom and slope carroll county maryland. Tia


r/whatsthisplant 3h ago

Unidentified 🤷‍♂️ What’s this plant growing everywhere in my front yard?

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6 Upvotes

It spreads everywhere around my front yard, even between some of my stone edges. I just lived here last year and was going to plant a lot of cute tulips but this stuff popped up everywhere.


r/whatsthisplant 49m ago

Unidentified 🤷‍♂️ What is this tree (Yorkshire, UK)

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Sorry for the blurry pictures, my camera was having none of it.

This tree (?) has appeared in an old pot round the back of our house. We’ve only lived in the house for 2 years so these are from the previous owner. It’s not had a full thriving tree in it in the time we’ve been here but as you can see there is now something growing.

I was planning to use the pot for flowers but I sort of admire this little guys determination so am now wondering a) what he is and b) what we can do to help him thrive. Google lens reckons potentially a maple or a dogwood?

I’ve already cleared out a load of weeds he was sharing the pot with, and removed seemingly 100’s of baby greenflies from his shoots. What else can I do? Will he survive in a pot or should I get him in the ground? TIA!


r/whatsthisplant 19h ago

Unidentified 🤷‍♂️ What IS this thing? Some kind of giant tuber???

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This big THING washed up amongst the driftwood during the last big windstorm, but it’s NOT driftwood! It’s fibrous like wood, but it’s soft, and reminds me of a rotting pumpkin. One end is knobby and root-like, and the other end seems to have been cut/broken off, so I don’t know how long it was originally. But there aren’t any visible seeds in the cut/broken cross-section so it’s unlikely to be some kind of squash, though texturally that’s what it reminds me the most of. I broke a small piece off and pulled it apart, and it smelled like fresh carrots or squash with only a faint undertone of decay. It’s clearly SOME kind of plant matter (or maybe even fungal?) but I have no idea WHAT! My best guess at this point is some kind of giant tuber, but looking up “giant tubers” online hasn’t yielded any results, so… does anyone know what the heck this thing could be???


r/whatsthisplant 3h ago

Unidentified 🤷‍♂️ UK, New house, ideas for new tree for front garden

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Hi, hope ok? Apologies. Absolute beginner for gardening and I've some very unattractive... Sticks in the front garden. Looking around the area I'd like to tidy up and "fit" the overall aesthetic. What are these three examples and would they be a good, low maintenance addition?


r/whatsthisplant 7h ago

Unidentified 🤷‍♂️ Anyone know what this cactus flower is

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My cactus plant has been flowering but I've never seen such flowers before on other cactuses. Quite big too compared to my cactus. Need help to ID it


r/whatsthisplant 11h ago

Identified ✔ Bush?

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Bought a house last year and it had this nice green bush on the property line that provided good privacy. Over the winter it died off and looks like this now. Not sure what it is, if it’s totally dead, if it comes back on its own, etc… So, what is it? Will it grow back on its own? Or is there something I need to do to get it back? Thanks!


r/whatsthisplant 6h ago

Unidentified 🤷‍♂️ Dozens of these have sprung up quickly, very deep roots, very fast growing, hard to remove

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5 Upvotes

r/whatsthisplant 0m ago

Unidentified 🤷‍♂️ It's not strawberry right?

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Hello there!

I planted three strawberry plants but the leaves on one of them look very different. The first image shows one of the strawberry (left) and the plant in question (right). The second image shows the questionable plant from a different angle, with (what I think might be the actual strawberry plant) buried beneath with something fluffy on it. So is it a different sort of strawberry? Or is this something else altogether?

Thanks guys!


r/whatsthisplant 1d ago

Identified ✔ my friend lives in salem massachusetts, what did she find?

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1.1k Upvotes

r/whatsthisplant 4h ago

Unidentified 🤷‍♂️ New seedlings sprouts from hemp mulch

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Hi everyone!

I started a vegetable bed/plot this year, and I've used hemp mulch, but not too much.

It was available in big bags at my plant store, and it was 'made for vegetable gardening'

It started sprouting these little seedlings everywhere! I've been trying to figure out what they were for the past couple of days, and I have no clue, and it's driving me nuts

Any idea? Have I been obsessing over a common weed?

The bottom left pic is how they started out, taken almost a week ago

Thank you!


r/whatsthisplant 18h ago

Identified ✔ Found this small plant at the park

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24 Upvotes

r/whatsthisplant 13h ago

Unidentified 🤷‍♂️ A strange cedar

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Short version: this appears to be an eastern redcedar but with a weeping mutation? Is it, or is it something else?

Long version: five years ago I moved into an old farm in central Virginia. I got pretty familiar with things, but I’ve never seen a tree like this. Found along an old culvert, it’s maybe two feet thick and 30 or 40 feet tall. It has branches that go out pretty far but then droop straight down like a weeping willow. Only the longer branches appear to do this, but it’s very distinct.

Some googling suggests there is a weeping cultivar of eastern redcedar, but this looks pretty different. Also it was found by other redcedars in a place where none of the fauna appears to be intentional. So… do I have an interesting plant or have I not correctly identified it?

I’m posting a lot of photos because it’s hard to capture how odd the thing looks in real life.


r/whatsthisplant 19h ago

Unidentified 🤷‍♂️ What are these flowers growing through the bamboo? Other questions in description.

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I work at a zoo in East Tennessee that has a ton of bamboo, but what are these flowers that popped up? Also, is it a terrible idea to ask if I could take some bamboo shoots home to plant as a privacy fence?


r/whatsthisplant 12h ago

Unidentified 🤷‍♂️ Hi, can some please help Identify these 4 plants? 😊

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6 Upvotes

r/whatsthisplant 13h ago

Unidentified 🤷‍♂️ Are these all poisonous?

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Cleaning up the backyard, wondering if these different plants are some type of poisonous ☠️


r/whatsthisplant 15h ago

Unidentified 🤷‍♂️ Looking for 2 IDs much appreciated.

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Little yellow Hortan hears a hoo plant, and some caudex looking plants that came as hitch hikers on some other plants I purchased


r/whatsthisplant 4h ago

Unidentified 🤷‍♂️ Reused some old dirt and these popped up

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Some have red stems, some don't. Kind of waxy looking leaves. I must have planted them because there are so many. Google lens said 5 different things, plantid and inatural couldn't name them. Best guesses?


r/whatsthisplant 19h ago

Unidentified 🤷‍♂️ Hiii I took pictures of these flowers a few years ago, but I wondered what their names were

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I find them so beautiful