Wellesley College: Edible Ecosystem Teaching Garden
American Goldfinch
The American Goldfinch (Carduelis tristis), also known as the Eastern Goldfinch and Wild Canary, is a small North American bird in the finch family. It is migratory, ranging from mid-Alberta to North Carolina during the breeding season, and from just south of the Canadian border to Mexico during the winter.
Common Pawpaw
The Common pawpaw (Asimina triloba) is a species of pawpaw, native to eastern North America, from southernmost Ontario and New York west to eastern Nebraska, and south to northern Florida and eastern Texas.
golden currant
Ribes aureum Pursh (syn. R. odoratum H.Wendl.; Buffalo Currant; Clove Currant; Golden Currant; Missouri Currant) is a species of small to medium-sized deciduous shrubs 2-3 m tall in the genus Ribes, native to Canada, most of the United States (except the southeast) and northern Mexico. It blooms in spring with racemes of conspicuous ...more ↓
Lowbush Blueberry
Vaccinium angustifolium, the Lowbush Blueberry, is a species of blueberry native to eastern and central Canada and the northeastern United States, growing as far south as West Virginia and west to the Great Lakes region, Minnesota and Manitoba....
Partridgeberry
Mitchella repens , or Partridge Berry, or Squaw Vine, is the best known plant in the genus Mitchella. It is a creeping prostrate herbaceous woody shrub, occurring in North America and Japan, and belonging to the madder family (Rubiaceae).
Oregano
Oregano (pronounced UK: /É’rɨˈɡɑËnoÊŠ/, US: /əˈrɛɡənoÊŠ/) – scientifically named Origanum vulgare by Carolus Linnaeus – is a common species of Origanum, a genus of the mint family (Lamiaceae). It is native to warm-temperate western and southwestern Eurasia and the Mediterranean region.
common silverweed
Argentina anserina, also known as Common Silverweed, Silverweed Cinquefoil or just "silverweed", is a flowering perennial plant in the rose family Rosaceae. It is native throughout the temperate Northern Hemisphere, often on river shores and in grassy habitats such as meadows and road-sides. The plant was formerly classified in the genus Potentilla ...more ↓
maryland senna
Senna marilandica, or Maryland Wild Senna, is a flowering plant in the United States.
woodland strawberry
Fragaria vesca, commonly known as woodland strawberry occurs naturally throughout the Northern Hemisphere. Other names for this species include fraises des bois, wild (European) strawberry, European strawberry and alpine strawberry (the latter usually refers to the cultivated varieties such as Fragaria vesca 'Semperflorens').
Pycnanthemum tenuifolium
Pycnanthemum tenuifolium (little-leaved or slender-leaved mountain mint) is a plant in the mint family, Lamiaceae.
Virginia mountain mint
Pycnanthemum virginianum (Virginia mountain mint) is a plant in the mint family, Lamiaceae. It is a herbaceous plant with narrow, opposite, simple leaves, on wiry, green stems. The flowers are white with purplish spotting, borne in summer. Like most plants in the genus, the foliage has a strong mint fragrance when crushed or disturbed. It is native to the eastern United ...more ↓
Common Bird's-foot-trefoil
Lotus corniculatus is a common flowering plant native to grassland temperate Eurasia and North Africa. The common name is Bird's-foot Trefoil (or similar, such as "birdsfoot trefoil"), though the common name is often also applied to other members of the genus. It is also known in cultivation in North America as Birdfoot Deervetch.
American Robin
The American Robin (Turdus migratorius, also called North American Robin) is a migratory songbird of the thrush family. It is named after the European Robin because of the male's bright red breast, though the two species are not closely related. The American Robin is widely distributed throughout North America, wintering south of Canada from Florida to central Mexico and ...more ↓
Rabbits, Hares, and Pikas
The lagomorphs are the members of the taxonomic order Lagomorpha, of which there are two families, the Leporidae (hares and rabbits), and the Ochotonidae (pikas). The name of the order is derived from the Greek lagos (λαγοÂ, "hare") and morphÄ“ (μοÃÂÆή, "form").
Chives
Chives (Allium schoenoprasum) are the smallest species of the onion family Alliaceae, native to Europe, Asia and North America. Allium schoenoprasum is also the only species of Allium native to both the New and the Old World.
Indian strawberry
Potentilla indica (formerly Duchesnea indica), also called mock strawberry, Gurbir, Indian strawberry or false strawberry, has foliage and fruit similar to true strawberry, though it is classified in a different genus, and has yellow flowers, unlike the white or slightly pink flowers of true strawberries. It is native to eastern and southern ...more ↓
Geranium macrorrhizum
Geranium macrorrhizum is a species of hardy flowering herbaceous perennial plant in the genus Geranium, Geraniaceae family. It is native to the South east Alps and the Balkans. Its common names include bigroot geranium, Bulgarian geranium, zdravetz and rock cranesbill....
hostas
Hosta (pronounced /ˈhɒstə/, syn.: Funkia) is a genus of about 23–45 species of lily-like plants in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Agavoideae, native to northeast Asia. They have been placed in their own family, Hostaceae (or Funkiaceae); like many 'lilioid monocots', they were once classified in the Liliaceae. The scientific name is also used as the common name; in ...more ↓
Corn Mint
Mentha arvensis (Field Mint (पà¥à¤¦à¥€à¤¨à¤¾/ Pudina in Hindi), Wild Mint or Corn Mint) is a species of mint with a circumboreal distribution. It is native to the temperate regions of Europe and western and central Asia, east to the Himalaya and eastern Siberia, and North America.
nodding onion
Allium cernuum, known as nodding onion and lady's leek, is a perennial plant in the genus Allium.
Blue Phlox
Phlox divaricata (Wild Blue Phlox, Woodland Phlox, Wild Sweet William) is a herbaceous perennial valued for its lavender-blue flowers, native to forests and fields in eastern North America.
European Raspberry
Rubus idaeus (Raspberry; occasionally as European Raspberry, Framboise, or Red Raspberry to distinguish it from related species) is a species of Rubus, native to Europe and northern Asia. A closely related plant in North America, formerly often regarded as a variety Rubus idaeus var. strigosus, is now usually treated as a distinct ...more ↓
sea kale
Crambe maritima (common name Sea kale) is a halophytic perennial plant in the genus Crambe that grows wild along the coasts of Europe, from the North Atlantic to the Black Sea. It has large fleshy glaucous collard-like leaves and abundant white flowers. The seeds come one each in globular pods.
Wild Stone Crop
Sedum ternatum is the most widespread native Sedum species in eastern North America, commonly known as woodland stonecrop. It has white flowers, blooming April to May. This species grows where it can receive unimpeded sunlight year-round, including rocky places. It adapts well to garden use.
Waldsteinia
Waldsteinia is a genus of the rose family (Rosaceae). It contains about six species native to the temperate Northern Hemisphere. A number of species are cultivated as a ground cover in gardens, including Waldsteinia fragarioides from North America, Waldsteinia geoides from Europe, Waldsteinia lobata, and Waldsteinia ternata from Eurasia (from Central ...more ↓
Viola labradorica
Viola labradorica (Labrador Violet, Alpine Violet) is a perennial native to Greenland, eastern Canada, and the United States. The plant sold as Viola labradorica by nurseries is Viola riviniana....
Sweet Violet
Viola odorata is a species of the genus Viola native to Europe and Asia, but has also been introduced to North America and Australasia. It is commonly known as Sweet Violet, English Violet, Common Violet, or Garden Violet. The herb is known as Banafsa, Banafsha or Banaksa in India, where it is commonly used as remedy to ...more ↓
