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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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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
partridge pea 6
Chamaecrista fasciculata
rabbitfoot clover 7
Trifolium arvense
American hog-peanut 8
Amphicarpaea bracteata
red clover 9
Trifolium pratense
round-headed bush clover 10
Lespedeza capitata
panicled ticktrefoil 11
Desmodium paniculatum
blue wild indigo 12
Baptisia australis
field milkwort 13
Polygala sanguinea
black cherry 14
Prunus serotina
American blackberry 15
Rubus allegheniensis
swamp dewberry 16
Rubus hispidus
black raspberry 17
Rubus occidentalis
American mountain ash 12
Sorbus americana
rowan 18
Sorbus aucuparia
white meadowsweet 19
Spiraea alba
Wild strawberry 20
Fragaria vesca
dwarf cinquefoil 21
Potentilla canadensis
sulphur cinquefoil 22
Potentilla recta
multiflora rose 23
Rosa multiflora
white avens 24
Geum canadense
alder buckthorn 25
Frangula alnus
common buckthorn 26
Rhamnus cathartica
white mulberry 27
Morus alba
American elm 28
Ulmus americana
Russian olive 24
Elaeagnus angustifolia
pinesap 29
Monotropa hypopitys
Indian pipe 30
Monotropa uniflora
American wintergreen 31
Pyrola americana
spotted wintergreen 32
Chimaphila maculata
pipsissewa 33
Chimaphila umbellata
black huckleberry 34
Gaylussacia baccata
lowbush blueberry 35
Vaccinium angustifolium
Eastern Teaberry 36
Gaultheria procumbens
common jewelweed 4
Impatiens capensis
starflower 37
Lysimachia borealis
whorled loosestrife 38
Lysimachia quadrifolia
Sweet Pepperbush 39
Clethra alnifolia
flowering dogwood 40
Cornus florida
Round-leaved Dogwood 41
Cornus rugosa
swamp milkweed 42
Asclepias incarnata
four-leaved milkweed 43
Asclepias quadrifolia
common milkweed 44
Asclepias syriaca
Black Swallow-wort 45
Vincetoxicum nigrum
spreading dogbane 46
Apocynum androsaemifolium
buttonbush 47
Cephalanthus occidentalis
partridgeberry 31
Mitchella repens
catchweed bedstraw 48
Galium aparine
rough bedstraw 49
Galium asprellum
smooth wild licorice 36
Galium circaezans
broad-leaved dock 50
Rumex obtusifolius
low smartweed 51
Persicaria longiseta
spotted lady's thumb 52
Persicaria maculosa
dotted knotweed 53
Persicaria punctata
American jumpseed 54
Persicaria virginiana
Japanese knotweed 55
Fallopia japonica
common soapwort 56
Saponaria officinalis
deptford pink 57
Dianthus armeria
American pokeweed 58
Phytolacca americana
winged euonymus 59
Euonymus alatus
bull thistle 60
Cirsium vulgare
greater burdock 61
Arctium lappa
lesser burdock 62
Arctium minus
spotted knapweed 63
Centaurea stoebe
chicory 64
Cichorium intybus
tall rattlesnakeroot 31
Nabalus altissimus
three-leaved rattlesnakeroot 31
Nabalus trifoliolatus
common dandelion 65
Taraxacum officinale
Panicled Hawkweed 66
Hieracium paniculatum
rattlesnakeweed 53
Hieracium venosum
common yarrow 67
Achillea millefolium
common mugwort 68
Artemisia vulgaris
tansy 12
Tanacetum vulgare
oxeye daisy 69
Leucanthemum vulgare
silverrod 70
Solidago bicolor
bluestem goldenrod 24
Solidago caesia
Canada goldenrod 71
Solidago canadensis
common wrinkle-leaved goldenrod 72
Solidago rugosa
annual fleabane 73
Erigeron annuus
daisy fleabane 74
Erigeron strigosus
White Wood Aster 74
Eurybia divaricata
large-leaved aster 75
Eurybia macrophylla
Common Blue Wood Aster 76
Symphyotrichum cordifolium
panicled aster 24
Symphyotrichum lanceolatum
devil's beggarticks 77
Bidens frondosa
woodland sunflower 24
Helianthus divaricatus
black-eyed Susan 78
Rudbeckia hirta
common ragweed 79
Ambrosia artemisiifolia
wild geranium 80
Geranium maculatum
herb Robert 81
Geranium robertianum
poison ivy 82
Toxicodendron radicans
Tree of heaven 83
Ailanthus altissima
boxelder maple 84
Acer negundo
Norway maple 85
Acer platanoides
red maple 86
Acer rubrum
sugar maple 87
Acer saccharum

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