Plant Identification Submission Form [Word]

Send your plant sample with this completed form to:
Plant Identification
Attn: Lois Stack, John Jemison
UM Cooperative Extension
495 College Avenue
Orono, ME 04473-1294

How to collect and submit samples for identification:
Today's date:                                                

• Whenever possible, collect entire plants, complete with flowers and/or fruits.
• Please do not send just one or two leaves. Roots, flowers, stems, thorns, etc., often provide important clues to plant identity.
• Fold your plant sample into a piece of paper or a plastic bag, and insert it into a mailing envelope.
• If sending a sample suspected of being dermally toxic (example: poison ivy), write "caution" on the outside of the envelope, and enclose the plant sample in a plastic bag.

How can we best reach you?
Your name:                                                                        
Phone number:                                                                   
Mail address:                                                                      
Email address:                                                                    

Please provide the following information about your plant sample:
Where did you find this plant? (examples: in woods, in lawn, under birdfeeders, in hayfield, in landscape, etc.):
 

What kind of growing site did you find it in? (examples: dry sandy soil, full shade, streambank, etc.):
 

When does the plant produce its flowers and its fruits?
 

Provide other details that might help us identify the plant:

How tall is it?

Is it common, or is this the only plant of its type?

Is it a tree, shrub, groundcover, or other type of plant?

Does it have any distinctive traits? (examples: fragrance, thorns, fall color, etc.):
 

Additional information:
Do you require information beyond identifying the plant? Control measures? Other? Please specify:
 

Please check one:
This is a home gardening question.
This is a commercial horticulture/agriculture question.