Plant Submission Form
Fill out the Plant Submission Form. Provide name of the plant if known, plant care, and description of site conditions. Include photographs if available.
Plant ID
- If submitting a weed, wildflower, or other herbaceous plant for identification, please include
the whole plant including roots if possible.
Turfgrass
- Approximately a 4 x 4 inch section. Include roots and both healthy and diseased grass. Samples consisting of dead grass are not useful.
Herbaceous Plants i.e.
annuals, perennials and vegetables
- Submit the whole plant including roots if small. Otherwise include plant sections that exhibit symptoms.
![plant spots](https://s3.amazonaws.com/assets.cce.cornell.edu/images/4874/inline/fdfsf.jpg?1414178340)
Trees and Shrubs
- Submit a branch(s) 12-18 inches in length exhibiting
the symptoms but not completely dead.
- Include leaves, flowers, fruits as available showing a range of symptoms. Dead leaves, plants or dead branches are not useful as they no longer contain the source of the problem.
![symptoms](https://s3.amazonaws.com/assets.cce.cornell.edu/images/4875/inline/symptoms.jpg?1414178400)
Rhizosphaera
needle cast,
Rhizosphaera
kalkhoffii
Symptoms
Photo by USDA Forest Service - North Central
Research Station Archive.
http://www.bugwood.org
Last updated April 28, 2022