Ph.D. student finds new flower in Finger Lakes forests
April 29, 2026
April 29, 2026
ITHACA, New York, April 29 -- Cornell University posted the following news:
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Ph.D. student finds new flower in Finger Lakes forests
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Justin Scholten '22 knows the plants growing on the forest floor around the Finger Lakes. There's the white baneberry, Actaea pachypoda. And the red baneberry, Actaea rubra. Both about 30-70 centimeters tall, herbaceous and extremely toxic to humans.
But in 2023 as he hiked through Su . . .
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Ph.D. student finds new flower in Finger Lakes forests
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Justin Scholten '22 knows the plants growing on the forest floor around the Finger Lakes. There's the white baneberry, Actaea pachypoda. And the red baneberry, Actaea rubra. Both about 30-70 centimeters tall, herbaceous and extremely toxic to humans.
But in 2023 as he hiked through Su . . .