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What is this plant #866674

Asked May 01, 2024, 5:08 PM EDT

What is this plant?

Dakota County Minnesota

Expert Response

Making accurate identifications is difficult even with good quality photos.  Yours is not good.

Please send better photos, indicating time of year (was photo taken this year?) and good quality closeups of flowers and leaves.

Also what is growing nearby and is there fruit after flowering.

Dennis in St. Louis Park Replied May 03, 2024, 3:17 PM EDT
image0.jpegimage1.jpegimage2.jpegDennis these pictures might be better. Hard to get in windy weather.
It’s in neighbors yard against our fence. It is a plant that just came up from nature. Not like anything around here. 
Thanks for trying to help.
Pat
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The Question Asker Replied May 03, 2024, 3:43 PM EDT
The second photos were helpful, but not definitive.  My guess would be a nannyberry, a kind of viburnum:
https://www.minnesotawildflowers.info/shrub/nannyberry

The reason I was concerned about when the photo was taken is that there are several plants with similar inflorescence but which don't bloom in early spring.
Dennis in St. Louis Park Replied May 04, 2024, 3:29 PM EDT
My best guess is some variety of wormwood due to the toothy leaves.
Thanks
Pat
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The Question Asker Replied May 04, 2024, 4:21 PM EDT
You have the plant and I don't, so you decide.  However, it does not look like wormwood to me:
https://www.minnesotawildflowers.info/flower/absinthium
Dennis in St. Louis Park Replied May 04, 2024, 5:12 PM EDT
Another Master Gardener has suggested red elderberry.  Check here:
https://www.minnesotawildflowers.info/shrub/red-berried-elder
Dennis in St. Louis Park Replied May 05, 2024, 3:32 PM EDT
Thank you for your help. that makes sense to me and I will watch as the berries appear.
Pat
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