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What plant is this?
I found this growing in my yard and I don’t know what it is or if its harmful. Can you please help figure out what plant is this?
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Posted by Sarah Bush on May 31, 2022
Marianne's Response
That looks like the Jack in the Pulpit or Arisaema plant, a native woodland plant that dies to the ground in winter then appears again in spring. It is not harmful. They like moist, highly organic soil and are considered rare and very desirable but hard to find for sale at nurseries. Lucky you! Keep growing, Marianne Binetti
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