# Uploading a plant pic for ID? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [June 13, 2009, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uploading-a-plant-pic-for-id/499669 "2009-06-13T16:12:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f1d935/32.png) [@CC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CC)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2009, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uploading-a-plant-pic-for-id/499669/1 "2009-06-13T16:12:05Z")
I’m having a devil of a time keying out a plant I came across this week in Wisconsin. I’ve tried Newcomb’s, Audubon, and a few other guides, and have spent a lot of time on line looking up Wisconsin wildflowers, etc. The plant is distinctive enough that I’m surprised I can’t seem to find it in any books. What is the best way to establish a link to a picture I took of it, so that the teeming masses may lead me out of my quandary? Do I have to register on one of those picture hosting sites like Flickr or some such? Does the SDMB have a method of hosting a picture? How do I do this? Thanks, dopers. ---
**Author:** ![CC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f1d935/32.png) [@CC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CC)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2009, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uploading-a-plant-pic-for-id/499669/2 "2009-06-13T16:25:36Z")
Maybe this will work. What is this? [![Imgur](https://live.staticflickr.com/2449/3621772739_e0dc9fd89c_z.jpg "CC913") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/39391328@N07/) ---
**Author:** ![Maastricht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2009, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uploading-a-plant-pic-for-id/499669/3 "2009-06-13T19:02:59Z")
It’s a sedge, not a grass. Sedges are shaped like a [triangle](http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.hiltonpond.org/images/SedgeCrossSection01.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.hiltonpond.org/ThisWeek060615.html&usg=__pzzjFA3KtnDrECkuA86vT3yVTCU=&h=629&w=500&sz=24&hl=nl&start=75&um=1&tbnid=8Us3fhv0gyBf4M:&tbnh=137&tbnw=109&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dsedge%26ndsp%3D21%26hl%3Dnl%26lr%3D%26safe%3Doff%26client%3Dopera%26rls%3Dnl%26sa%3DN%26start%3D63%26um%3D1) when you roll them between your fingers, grasses are round. > [@](#): > > Sedges have edges, > Rushes are round, > Grasses are hollow, > What have YOU found? So, I wanted to get in first, now I’m going to try and find the species name. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![retsin2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@retsin2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/retsin2000)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2009, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uploading-a-plant-pic-for-id/499669/4 "2009-06-13T19:09:45Z")
hop sedge? aka Carex lupulina [http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.biosurvey.ou.edu/okwild/images/hopsedge.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.biosurvey.ou.edu/okwild/hopsedge.html&usg=\_\_XnzWbqLCbRXYqxVtLhRbMMkvQN8=&h=517&w=650&sz=68&hl=en&start=3&um=1&tbnid=W5YiZJjYU-qzwM:&tbnh=109&tbnw=137&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dhop%2Bsedge%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26hs%3DXIE%26sa%3DN%26um%3D1](http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.biosurvey.ou.edu/okwild/images/hopsedge.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.biosurvey.ou.edu/okwild/hopsedge.html&usg=__XnzWbqLCbRXYqxVtLhRbMMkvQN8=&h=517&w=650&sz=68&hl=en&start=3&um=1&tbnid=W5YiZJjYU-qzwM:&tbnh=109&tbnw=137&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dhop%2Bsedge%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26hs%3DXIE%26sa%3DN%26um%3D1) ---
**Author:** ![Maastricht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2009, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uploading-a-plant-pic-for-id/499669/5 "2009-06-13T19:12:36Z")
How about [Morning Star Sedge, Gray’s Sedge (Carex grayi)](http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/showimage/113848/)? ---
**Author:** ![Maastricht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2009, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uploading-a-plant-pic-for-id/499669/6 "2009-06-13T19:21:48Z")
I think I’ve got it, based on how the male flowers (that thin brownish plume) stick out of the female green unripe fruit stem: [Carex lepidocarpa.](http://www.kpr.sk/fotoarchiv/fotoarchiv.php?dir=&show=carex_lepidocarpa.jpg&lang=nl) Or an America cousin of it, anyway. ---
**Author:** ![CC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f1d935/32.png) [@CC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CC)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2009, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uploading-a-plant-pic-for-id/499669/7 "2009-06-13T22:15:48Z")
Excellent. I think I’m going with C. grayi because of the overall appearance of the cluster of pistils (?) and the spike of male flowers. I did think it might be a sedge, but I didn’t really know the distinction between sedges and grasses. Thanks to all. Is this a great website, or what. xo, C. ---
**Author:** ![Auntbeast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Auntbeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Auntbeast)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2009, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uploading-a-plant-pic-for-id/499669/8 "2009-06-14T01:35:41Z")
google for gardenweb. They have a plant identification section. They are incredibly quick, and in my case, incredibly depressing. 🙂 (Japanese Knotweed) ---
**Author:** ![dgrdfd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/eb8c5e/32.png) [@dgrdfd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dgrdfd)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2009, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uploading-a-plant-pic-for-id/499669/9 "2009-06-14T04:21:41Z")
I was thinking [Star Fruit](http://images.google.com/images?client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&hl=en&q=star+fruit&btnG=Search+Images&gbv=2&aq=f&oq=). ::Runs and hides:: 😃