EwA Guide to the Plants of the Fells (US)

An EwA companion guide to the plants regularly seen at the Middlesex Fells Reservation (Massachusetts).
This species list grows as our community of Biobliss citizen scientists record observations.
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woman's tobacco ¹
Antennaria plantaginifolia

common selfheal ²
Prunella vulgaris

American cornmint ³
Mentha canadensis

Japanese barberry ⁴
Berberis thunbergii

purple loosestrife ⁵
Lythrum salicaria

interrupted fern ⁶
Osmunda claytoniana

lady fern ⁷
Athyrium filix-femina

Christmas fern ⁸
Polystichum acrostichoides

intermediate wood fern ⁹
Dryopteris intermedia

marginal wood fern ¹⁰
Dryopteris marginalis

Sweet Fern ¹¹
Pteris macilenta

common bracken ¹²
Pteridium aquilinum

New York fern ¹³
Parathelypteris noveboracensis

sensitive fern ¹⁴
Onoclea sensibilis

eastern redcedar ¹⁵
Juniperus virginiana

common yew ¹⁶
Taxus baccata

eastern white pine ¹⁷
Pinus strobus

pitch pine ¹⁸
Pinus rigida

red pine ¹⁹
Pinus resinosa

eastern hemlock ²⁰
Tsuga canadensis

partridge pea ²¹
Chamaecrista fasciculata

rabbitfoot clover ²²
Trifolium arvense

American hog-peanut ²³
Amphicarpaea bracteata

red clover ²⁴
Trifolium pratense

round-headed bush clover ²⁵
Lespedeza capitata

panicled ticktrefoil ²⁶
Desmodium paniculatum

blue wild indigo ²⁷
Baptisia australis

field milkwort ²⁸
Polygala sanguinea

black cherry ²⁹
Prunus serotina

American blackberry ³⁰
Rubus allegheniensis

swamp dewberry ³¹
Rubus hispidus

black raspberry ³²
Rubus occidentalis

American mountain ash ²⁷
Sorbus americana

rowan ³³
Sorbus aucuparia

white meadowsweet ³⁴
Spiraea alba

Wild strawberry ³⁵
Fragaria vesca

dwarf cinquefoil ³⁶
Potentilla canadensis

sulphur cinquefoil ³⁷
Potentilla recta

multiflora rose ³⁸
Rosa multiflora

white avens ³⁹
Geum canadense

alder buckthorn ⁴⁰
Frangula alnus

common buckthorn ⁴¹
Rhamnus cathartica

white mulberry ⁴²
Morus alba

American elm ⁴³
Ulmus americana

Russian olive ³⁹
Elaeagnus angustifolia

pinesap ⁴⁴
Monotropa hypopitys

Indian pipe ⁴⁵
Monotropa uniflora

American wintergreen ⁴⁶
Pyrola americana

spotted wintergreen ⁴⁷
Chimaphila maculata

pipsissewa ⁴⁸
Chimaphila umbellata

black huckleberry ⁴⁹
Gaylussacia baccata

lowbush blueberry ⁵⁰
Vaccinium angustifolium

Eastern Teaberry ⁵¹
Gaultheria procumbens

common jewelweed ⁴
Impatiens capensis

starflower ⁵²
Lysimachia borealis

whorled loosestrife ⁵³
Lysimachia quadrifolia

Sweet Pepperbush ⁵⁴
Clethra alnifolia

flowering dogwood ⁵⁵
Cornus florida

Round-leaved Dogwood ⁵⁶
Cornus rugosa

swamp milkweed ⁵⁷
Asclepias incarnata

four-leaved milkweed ⁵⁸
Asclepias quadrifolia

common milkweed ⁵⁹
Asclepias syriaca

Black Swallow-wort ⁶⁰
Vincetoxicum nigrum

spreading dogbane ⁶¹
Apocynum androsaemifolium

buttonbush ⁶²
Cephalanthus occidentalis

partridgeberry ⁴⁶
Mitchella repens

catchweed bedstraw ⁶³
Galium aparine

rough bedstraw ⁶⁴
Galium asprellum

smooth wild licorice ⁵¹
Galium circaezans

broad-leaved dock ⁶⁵
Rumex obtusifolius

low smartweed ⁶⁶
Persicaria longiseta

spotted lady's thumb ⁶⁷
Persicaria maculosa

dotted knotweed ⁶⁸
Persicaria punctata

American jumpseed ⁶⁹
Persicaria virginiana

Japanese knotweed ⁷⁰
Fallopia japonica

common soapwort ⁷¹
Saponaria officinalis

deptford pink ⁷²
Dianthus armeria

American pokeweed ⁷³
Phytolacca americana

winged euonymus ⁷⁴
Euonymus alatus

bull thistle ⁷⁵
Cirsium vulgare

greater burdock ⁷⁶
Arctium lappa

lesser burdock ⁷⁷
Arctium minus

spotted knapweed ⁷⁸
Centaurea stoebe

chicory ⁷⁹
Cichorium intybus

tall rattlesnakeroot ⁴⁶
Nabalus altissimus

three-leaved rattlesnakeroot ⁴⁶
Nabalus trifoliolatus

common dandelion ⁸⁰
Taraxacum officinale

Panicled Hawkweed ⁸¹
Hieracium paniculatum

rattlesnakeweed ⁶⁸
Hieracium venosum

common yarrow ⁸²
Achillea millefolium

common mugwort ⁸³
Artemisia vulgaris

tansy ²⁷
Tanacetum vulgare

oxeye daisy ⁸⁴
Leucanthemum vulgare

silverrod ⁸⁵
Solidago bicolor

bluestem goldenrod ³⁹
Solidago caesia

Canada goldenrod ⁸⁶
Solidago canadensis

common wrinkle-leaved goldenrod ⁶
Solidago rugosa

annual fleabane ⁸⁷
Erigeron annuus

daisy fleabane ⁸⁸
Erigeron strigosus

White Wood Aster ⁸⁸
Eurybia divaricata

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EwA Guide to the Plants of the Fells (US)

woman's tobacco 1 Antennaria plantaginifolia

common selfheal 2 Prunella vulgaris

American cornmint 3 Mentha canadensis

Japanese barberry 4 Berberis thunbergii

purple loosestrife 5 Lythrum salicaria

interrupted fern 6 Osmunda claytoniana

lady fern 7 Athyrium filix-femina

Christmas fern 8 Polystichum acrostichoides

intermediate wood fern 9 Dryopteris intermedia

marginal wood fern 10 Dryopteris marginalis

Sweet Fern 11 Pteris macilenta

common bracken 12 Pteridium aquilinum

New York fern 13 Parathelypteris noveboracensis

sensitive fern 14 Onoclea sensibilis

eastern redcedar 15 Juniperus virginiana

common yew 16 Taxus baccata

eastern white pine 17 Pinus strobus

pitch pine 18 Pinus rigida

red pine 19 Pinus resinosa

eastern hemlock 20 Tsuga canadensis

partridge pea 21 Chamaecrista fasciculata

rabbitfoot clover 22 Trifolium arvense

American hog-peanut 23 Amphicarpaea bracteata

red clover 24 Trifolium pratense

round-headed bush clover 25 Lespedeza capitata

panicled ticktrefoil 26 Desmodium paniculatum

blue wild indigo 27 Baptisia australis

field milkwort 28 Polygala sanguinea

black cherry 29 Prunus serotina

American blackberry 30 Rubus allegheniensis

swamp dewberry 31 Rubus hispidus

black raspberry 32 Rubus occidentalis

American mountain ash 27 Sorbus americana

rowan 33 Sorbus aucuparia

white meadowsweet 34 Spiraea alba

Wild strawberry 35 Fragaria vesca

dwarf cinquefoil 36 Potentilla canadensis

sulphur cinquefoil 37 Potentilla recta

multiflora rose 38 Rosa multiflora

white avens 39 Geum canadense

alder buckthorn 40 Frangula alnus

common buckthorn 41 Rhamnus cathartica

white mulberry 42 Morus alba

American elm 43 Ulmus americana

Russian olive 39 Elaeagnus angustifolia

pinesap 44 Monotropa hypopitys

Indian pipe 45 Monotropa uniflora

American wintergreen 46 Pyrola americana

spotted wintergreen 47 Chimaphila maculata

pipsissewa 48 Chimaphila umbellata

black huckleberry 49 Gaylussacia baccata

lowbush blueberry 50 Vaccinium angustifolium

Eastern Teaberry 51 Gaultheria procumbens

common jewelweed 4 Impatiens capensis

starflower 52 Lysimachia borealis

whorled loosestrife 53 Lysimachia quadrifolia

Sweet Pepperbush 54 Clethra alnifolia

flowering dogwood 55 Cornus florida

Round-leaved Dogwood 56 Cornus rugosa

swamp milkweed 57 Asclepias incarnata

four-leaved milkweed 58 Asclepias quadrifolia

common milkweed 59 Asclepias syriaca

Black Swallow-wort 60 Vincetoxicum nigrum

spreading dogbane 61 Apocynum androsaemifolium

buttonbush 62 Cephalanthus occidentalis

partridgeberry 46 Mitchella repens

catchweed bedstraw 63 Galium aparine

rough bedstraw 64 Galium asprellum

smooth wild licorice 51 Galium circaezans

broad-leaved dock 65 Rumex obtusifolius

low smartweed 66 Persicaria longiseta

spotted lady's thumb 67 Persicaria maculosa

dotted knotweed 68 Persicaria punctata

American jumpseed 69 Persicaria virginiana

Japanese knotweed 70 Fallopia japonica

common soapwort 71 Saponaria officinalis

deptford pink 72 Dianthus armeria

American pokeweed 73 Phytolacca americana

winged euonymus 74 Euonymus alatus