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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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large-leaved aster 1
Eurybia macrophylla
Common Blue Wood Aster 2
Symphyotrichum cordifolium
panicled aster 3
Symphyotrichum lanceolatum
devil's beggarticks 4
Bidens frondosa
woodland sunflower 3
Helianthus divaricatus
black-eyed Susan 5
Rudbeckia hirta
common ragweed 6
Ambrosia artemisiifolia
wild geranium 7
Geranium maculatum
herb Robert 8
Geranium robertianum
poison ivy 9
Toxicodendron radicans
Tree of heaven 10
Ailanthus altissima
boxelder maple 11
Acer negundo
Norway maple 12
Acer platanoides
red maple 13
Acer rubrum
sugar maple 14
Acer saccharum
broadleaf enchanter's nightshade 15
Circaea canadensis
common evening-primrose 16
Oenothera biennis
white oak 17
Quercus alba
bear oak 18
Quercus ilicifolia
chestnut oak 19
Quercus montana
northern red oak 20
Quercus rubra
black oak 21
Quercus velutina
American chestnut 22
Castanea dentata
American beech 12
Fagus grandifolia
yellow birch 23
Betula alleghaniensis
sweet birch 3
Betula lenta
river birch 24
Betula nigra
paper birch 25
Betula papyrifera
gray birch 26
Betula populifolia
grey alder 27
Alnus incana
smooth alder 28
Alnus serrulata
American hophornbeam 29
Ostrya virginiana
bitternut hickory 30
Carya cordiformis
pignut hickory 28
Carya glabra
shagbark hickory 31
Carya ovata
narrowleaf cow wheat 32
Melampyrum lineare
fern-leaved false foxglove 33
Aureolaria pedicularia
Beechdrops 34
Epifagus virginiana
white ash 35
Fraxinus americana
Blue Curls 36
Trichostema dichotomum
Bifid Hemp-nettle 37
Galeopsis bifida
Common hemp-nettle 38
Galeopsis tetrahit
white vervain 39
Verbena urticifolia
common toadflax 40
Linaria vulgaris
blue toadflax 41
Nuttallanthus canadensis
Culver's root 42
Veronicastrum virginicum
greater plantain 43
Plantago major
Rock Harlequin 44
Capnoides sempervirens
bloodroot 45
Sanguinaria canadensis
Greater celandine 46
Chelidonium majus
red columbine 47
Aquilegia canadensis
early meadow-rue 19
Thalictrum dioicum
lesser celandine 48
Ficaria verna
marsh marigold 48
Caltha palustris
wood anemone 49
Anemone quinquefolia
Carolina horse-nettle 1
Solanum carolinense
bittersweet nightshade 50
Solanum dulcamara
eastern black nightshade 51
Solanum ptychanthum
hedge bindweed 52
Calystegia sepium
Scaldweed 53
Cuscuta gronovii
mapleleaf viburnum 19
Viburnum acerifolium
canberry viburnum 38
Viburnum opulus
water hemlock 54
Cicuta maculata
wild carrot 55
Daucus carota
bristly sarsaparilla 56
Aralia hispida
wild sarsaparilla 57
Aralia nudicaulis
basswood 58
Tilia americana
northern spicebush 34
Lindera benzoin
sassafras 19
Sassafras albidum
American white waterlily 59
Nymphaea odorata
variegated pond-lily 60
Nuphar variegata
bigtooth aspen 61
Populus grandidentata
trembling aspen 62
Populus tremuloides
common blue violet 63
Viola sororia
pineweed 64
Hypericum gentianoides
common St. John's-wort 65
Hypericum perforatum
Virginia marsh St. John's-wort 66
Triadenum virginicum
slender yellow woodsorrel 67
Oxalis dillenii
upright yellow woodsorrel 68
Oxalis stricta
Virginia pepperweed 16
Lepidium virginicum
cut-leaved toothwort 69
Cardamine concatenata
garlic mustard 70
Alliaria petiolata
hoary alyssum 43
Berteroa incana
witchhazel 35
Hamamelis virginiana
Virginia creeper 71
Parthenocissus quinquefolia
summer grape 72
Vitis aestivalis
riverbank grape 73
Vitis riparia
Porcelain Berry 74
Ampelopsis glandulosa
Pennsylvania sedge 75
Carex pensylvanica
brome-like sedge 76
Carex bromoides
bulrush 77
Typha latifolia
pink lady's slipper 78
Cypripedium acaule
broad-leaved helleborine 46
Epipactis helleborine
European lily of the valley 79
Convallaria majalis
Canada mayflower 80
Maianthemum canadense
false Solomon's-seal 15
Maianthemum racemosum
Solomon's seal 81
Polygonatum biflorum
northern blue flag 82
Iris versicolor
yellow star grass 16
Hypoxis hirsuta
yellow trout lily 83
Erythronium americanum

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