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

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