A non-profit citizens' group advocating for Newton's open spaces
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The Conservators sponsor periodic lectures on conservation topics.
Suggestions for things to see and do in Newton park and conservation areas in each season of the year
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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
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Common name: Virgin’s bower
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Common name: Mountain laurel
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Common name: Buttonbush
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Common name: Highbush cranberry
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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
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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
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Common name:Blue wood aster
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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
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Common name: Bee balm
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Common name: Spotted cranesbill
Credit: Barbara Bates
Common name: White wood aster
Credit: Missouri Botanical Garden
Common name: False solomon’s seal
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Common name: Marsh marigold
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Common name: New England aster
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Common name: Culver’s root
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Common name: Mountain mint
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Common name: Foxglove beardtongue
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Common name: Red columbine
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Common name: Hairy beardtongue
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Common name: Flowering dogwood
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Common name: Red-twig dogwood
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Common name: Pussy willow
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Common name: St. John’s wort
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Common name: Red chokeberry
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Common name: Northern spicebush
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Common name: Common winterberry
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Common name: New Jersey Tea
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Common name: Summersweet
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Common name: Canada serviceberry
Credit:Missouri Botanical Garden
Common name: Ironwood, Hop hornbeam
Credit: Missouri Botanical Garden
Common name: Redbud
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Common name: Black cherry
Credit: Missouri Botanical Garden
Common name: Swamp white oak
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Common name: Butterfly milkweed
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Common name: Blazing star
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Common name: Spotted Joe-Pye weed
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Common name: Common milkweed
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Common name: Swamp milkweed
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Common name: Willow leaf bluestar
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Common name: New York ironweed
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Common name: Pennsylvania sedge
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Common name: Bird’s foot or common violet
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Common name: Goatsbeard
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Common name: Running foam flower
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Common name: Marsh marigold
Credit: Missouri Botanical Garden
Common name: Woodland phlox
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Common name: Common alum-root
Credit: Missouri Botanical Garden
Common name: Axillary goldenrood
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Common name: Ohio spiderwort
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Common name: Cardinal flower
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Common name: Zigzag goldenrod
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Common name: Wild strawberry
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Common name: Blue vervain
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Common name: Heartleaf alexander
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Common name: Wild bergamot
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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
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