A non-profit citizens' group advocating for Newton's open spaces
Why are our parks and conservation areas littered with so many acorns this year?
Oak trees and squirrels are in a “symbiotic” relationship, where each is dependent on the other for survival. The trees benefit from periodically producing a bumper crop of acorns. 2019 is such a year, when the oak trees produce more acorns than the squirrels and other acorn-eaters can consume, or even bury for future use.
Learn more:
Yes, there are a lot of acorns on the ground this season. Here’s why.
This is a new popup
Credit: MBG
Common name: Black cohosh
Credit: Missouri Botanical Gardens
Common name: Paper birch
Credit: Missouri Botanical Garden
Common name: Fox grape
Credit: Catherine Heffron Native Plant Trust
Common name: Alabama crimson trumpet honeysuckle
Credit: Missouri Botanical Garden
Common name: Virgin’s bower
Credit: Missouri Botanical Garden
Common name: Mountain laurel
Credit: Missouri Botanical Garden
Common name: Buttonbush
Credit: Missouri Botanical Garden
Common name: Highbush cranberry
Credit: Missouri Botanical Garden
Common name: Virginia creeper
Credit: Gary P. Fleming © Virginia Plant Atlas
Common name: Dutchman’s pipe
Credit: Gary P. Fleming © Virginia Plant Atlas
Common name: Northern bush honeysuckle
Credit: Gary P. Fleming © Virginia Plant Atlas
Common name: Lowbush blueberry
Credit: Kurt Stüber [1], CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Common name: Virginia rose
Credit: Magnolia1000 from Canada, CC BY 2 via Wikimedia Commons
Common name: Small bayberry
Credit: Donald Cameron. © 2021. From Native Plant Trust
Common name: Red baneberry
Credit: Glen Mittelhauser, Maine Natural History Observatory
Common name: American trout lily
Credit: Barbara Bates
Common name: Bowman’s root
Credit: Gary P. Fleming © Virginia Plant Atlas
Common name: Tall thimbleweed
Credit: Gary P. Fleming © Virginia Plant Atlas
Common name: Blue wood aster
Credit: R. A. Nonenmacher, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia
Common name:Blue wood aster
Credit: R. A. Nonenmacher, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia
Common name:Rosy meadowsweet
Credit: Elaine Mills. Master Gardeners of North Virginia
Common name: Hairy beardtongue
Credit: Ryan Hodnett, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Common name:Downy solomon’s seal
Credit: Paul and Gray Wexelblat
Common name: White goldenrod
Credit: Fritzflohrreynolds via Wikimedia Commons
Common name: Bee balm
Credit: Robbihoy/Â pixabay.com
Common name: Spotted cranesbill
Credit: Barbara Bates
Common name: White wood aster
Credit: Missouri Botanical Garden
Common name: False solomon’s seal
Credit: Missouri Botanical Garden
Common name: Marsh marigold
Credit: Missouri Botanical Garden
Common name: New England aster
Credit: Missouri Botanical Garden
Common name: Culver’s root
Credit: Missouri Botanical Garden
Common name: Mountain mint
Credit: Missouri Botanical Garden
Common name: Foxglove beardtongue
Credit: Missouri Botanical Garden
Common name: Red columbine
Credit: Missouri Botanical Garden
Common name: Hairy beardtongue
Credit: Missouri Botanical Garden
Common name: Flowering dogwood
Credit: Missouri Botanical Garden
Common name: Red-twig dogwood
Credit: Missouri Botanical Garden
Common name: Pussy willow
Credit: Missouri Botanical Garden
Common name: St. John’s wort
Credit: Missouri Botanical Garden
Common name: Red chokeberry
Credit: Missouri Botanical Garden
Common name: Northern spicebush
Credit: Missouri Botanical Garden
Common name: Common winterberry
Credit: Missouri Botanical Garden
Common name: New Jersey Tea
Credit: Missouri Botanical Garden
Common name: Summersweet
Credit: Missouri Botanical Garden
Common name: Canada serviceberry
Credit:Missouri Botanical Garden
Common name: Ironwood, Hop hornbeam
Credit: Missouri Botanical Garden
Common name: Redbud
Credit: Missouri Botanical Garden
Common name: Black cherry
Credit: Missouri Botanical Garden
Common name: Swamp white oak
Credit: Missouri Botanical Garden
Common name: Butterfly milkweed
Credit: Missouri Botanical Garden
Common name: Blazing star
Credit: Missouri Botanical Garden
Common name: Spotted Joe-Pye weed
Credit: Missouri Botanical Garden
Common name: Common milkweed
Credit: Missouri Botanical Garden
Common name: Swamp milkweed
Credit: Missouri Botanical Garden
Common name: Willow leaf bluestar
Credit: Missouri Botanical Garden
Common name: New York ironweed
Credit: Missouri Botanical Garden
Common name: Pennsylvania sedge
Credit: Missouri Botanical Garden
Common name: Bird’s foot or common violet
Credit: Missouri Botanical Garden
Common name: Goatsbeard
Credit: Missouri Botanical Garden
Common name: Running foam flower
Credit: Missouri Botanical Garden
Common name: Marsh marigold
Credit: Missouri Botanical Garden
Common name: Woodland phlox
Credit: Missouri Botanical Garden
Common name: Common alum-root
Credit: Missouri Botanical Garden
Common name: Axillary goldenrood
Credit: Missouri Botanical Garden
Common name: Ohio spiderwort
Credit: Missouri Botanical Garden
Common name: Cardinal flower
Credit: Missouri Botanical Garden
Common name: Zigzag goldenrod
Credit: Missouri Botanical Garden
Common name: Wild strawberry
Credit: Missouri Botanical Garden
Common name: Blue vervain
Credit: Missouri Botanical Garden
Common name: Heartleaf alexander
Credit: Missouri Botanical Garden
Common name: Wild bergamot
Credit: Missouri Botanical Garden
Common name: Cutleaf coneflower
Credit: Missouri Botanical Garden
Common name: White turtlehead
Credit: Missouri Botanical Garden
Common name: Yellow wild indigo
Credit: Missouri Botanical Garden
Common name: Anise hyssop
Credit: Missouri Botanical Garden
Let us know how we can make Newton Conservator’s website better or tell us what you cannot find.