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Hey, I may make a complete fool of myself in front of class tomorrow if I try to correct a teacher on something I don't know...but here is the situation. I know that plants (photosynthetic organisms) can take up nitrogen in two forms, NH4+ (ammonium) and nitrate NO3-. On a quiz the supposed answer to which form of nitrogen can be used by plants was NO3+. My question is, is NO3- and NO3+ still a nitrate, and why in my textbook was only NO3- said to be taken up by plants and not NO3-. I'd really like to know so I can correct the teacher if applicable :)