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Hemlock Gorge Then and Now

A horse-drawn carriage crosses the bridge

“Echo Bridge Promenade, Newton Upper Falls, Mass”

“Indian Cave Near Echo Bridge, Charles River Reservation”

“The Rustic Bridge and Pond, Hemlock Gorge”

The stone steps that once led down to the bridge are still there

“Newton Upper Falls from Echo Bridge”

“Echo Bridge by Moonlight”

Photo by Leon Abdalian, Boston Public Library

Photo by Leslie Jones, Boston Public Library

“Newton Upper Falls”

Circular Dam at Worcester Turnpike (now Route 9) Bridge Photo by Leon Abdalian, Boston Public Library

1900 photo from the Library of Congress

More about Hemlock Gorge and Echo Bridge

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Credit: MBG

Actaea racemosa

Common name: Black cohosh

Credit: Missouri Botanical Gardens

Betula papyrifera

Common name: Paper birch

Credit: Missouri Botanical Garden

Vitis labrusca

Common name: Fox grape

Credit: Catherine Heffron Native Plant Trust

Lonicera sempervirens

Common name: Alabama crimson trumpet honeysuckle

Credit: Missouri Botanical Garden

Clematis virginiana

Common name: Virgin’s bower

Credit: Missouri Botanical Garden

Kalmia latifolia

Common name: Mountain laurel

Credit: Missouri Botanical Garden

Cephalanthus occidentalis

Common name: Buttonbush

Credit: Missouri Botanical Garden

Viburnum opulus

Common name: Highbush cranberry

Credit: Missouri Botanical Garden

Parthenocissus quinquefolia

Common name: Virginia creeper

Credit: Gary P. Fleming © Virginia Plant Atlas

Isotrema macrophyllum

Common name: Dutchman’s pipe

Credit: Gary P. Fleming © Virginia Plant Atlas

Diervilla lonicera

Common name: Northern bush honeysuckle

Credit: Gary P. Fleming © Virginia Plant Atlas

Vaccinium angustifolium

Common name: Lowbush blueberry

Credit: Kurt Stüber [1], CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Rosa virginiana

Common name: Virginia rose

Credit: Magnolia1000 from Canada, CC BY 2 via Wikimedia Commons

Morella caroliniensis

Common name: Small bayberry

Credit: Donald Cameron. © 2021. From Native Plant Trust

Actaea rubra

Common name: Red baneberry

Credit: Glen Mittelhauser, Maine Natural History Observatory

Erythronium americanum

Common name: American trout lily

Credit: Barbara Bates

Gillenia trifoliata

Common name: Bowman’s root

Credit: Gary P. Fleming © Virginia Plant Atlas

Anenome virginiana

Common name: Tall thimbleweed

Credit: Gary P. Fleming © Virginia Plant Atlas

Symphyotrichum cordifolium

Common name: Blue wood aster

Credit: R. A. Nonenmacher, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia

Symphyotrichum cordifolium

Common name:Blue wood aster

Credit: R. A. Nonenmacher, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia

Spiraea tomentosa

Common name:Rosy meadowsweet

Credit: Elaine Mills. Master Gardeners of North Virginia

Penstemon hirsutis

Common name: Hairy beardtongue

Credit: Ryan Hodnett, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Polygonatum pubescens

Common name:Downy solomon’s seal

Credit: Paul and Gray Wexelblat

Solidago bicolor

Common name: White goldenrod

Credit: Fritzflohrreynolds via Wikimedia Commons

Monarda didyma

Common name: Bee balm

Credit: Robbihoy/ pixabay.com

Geranium maculatum

Common name: Spotted cranesbill

Credit: Barbara Bates

Eurybia divaricata

Common name: White wood aster

Credit: Missouri Botanical Garden

Maianthemum racemosum

Common name: False solomon’s seal

Credit: Missouri Botanical Garden

Caltha palustris

Common name: Marsh marigold

Credit: Missouri Botanical Garden

Symphyotrichum novae-angliae

Common name: New England aster

Credit: Missouri Botanical Garden

Veronicastrum virginicum

Common name: Culver’s root

Credit: Missouri Botanical Garden

Pycnathemum muticum

Common name: Mountain mint

Credit: Missouri Botanical Garden

Penstemon digitalis

Common name: Foxglove beardtongue

Credit: Missouri Botanical Garden

Aquilegia canadensis

Common name: Red columbine

Credit: Missouri Botanical Garden

Penstemon hirsutis

Common name: Hairy beardtongue

Credit: Missouri Botanical Garden

Benthamidia florida

Common name: Flowering dogwood

Credit: Missouri Botanical Garden

Swida sericea

Common name: Red-twig dogwood

Credit: Missouri Botanical Garden

Salix discolor

Common name: Pussy willow

Credit: Missouri Botanical Garden

Hypericum kalmianum

Common name: St. John’s wort

Credit: Missouri Botanical Garden

Aronia arbutifolia

Common name: Red chokeberry

Credit: Missouri Botanical Garden

Lindera benzoin

Common name: Northern spicebush

Credit: Missouri Botanical Garden

Ilex verticillata

Common name: Common winterberry

Credit: Missouri Botanical Garden

Ceanothus americanus

Common name: New Jersey Tea

Credit: Missouri Botanical Garden

Clethra alnifolia

Common name: Summersweet

Credit: Missouri Botanical Garden

Amelanchier canadensis

Common name: Canada serviceberry

Credit:Missouri Botanical Garden

Ostrya virginiana

Common name: Ironwood, Hop hornbeam

Credit: Missouri Botanical Garden

Cercis canadensis

Common name: Redbud

Credit: Missouri Botanical Garden

Prunus serotina

Common name: Black cherry

Credit: Missouri Botanical Garden

Quercus bicolor

Common name: Swamp white oak

Credit: Missouri Botanical Garden

Asclepias tuberosa

Common name: Butterfly milkweed

Credit: Missouri Botanical Garden

Liatris spicata

Common name: Blazing star

Credit: Missouri Botanical Garden

Eutrochium maculatum

Common name: Spotted Joe-Pye weed

Credit: Missouri Botanical Garden

Asclepias syriaca

Common name: Common milkweed

Credit: Missouri Botanical Garden

Asclepias incarnata

Common name: Swamp milkweed

Credit: Missouri Botanical Garden

Amsonia tabernaemontana

Common name: Willow leaf bluestar

Credit: Missouri Botanical Garden

Vernonia noveboracensis

Common name: New York ironweed

Credit: Missouri Botanical Garden

Carex pensylvanica

Common name: Pennsylvania sedge

Credit: Missouri Botanical Garden

Viola pedata

Common name: Bird’s foot or common violet

Credit: Missouri Botanical Garden

Aruncus doiicus

Common name: Goatsbeard

Credit: Missouri Botanical Garden

Tiarella cordifolia

Common name: Running foam flower

Credit: Missouri Botanical Garden

Caltha palustris

Common name: Marsh marigold

Credit: Missouri Botanical Garden

Phlox divaricata

Common name: Woodland phlox

Credit: Missouri Botanical Garden

Heuchera americana

Common name: Common alum-root

Credit: Missouri Botanical Garden

Solidago caesia

Common name: Axillary goldenrood

Credit: Missouri Botanical Garden

Tradescantia ohiensis

Common name: Ohio spiderwort

Credit: Missouri Botanical Garden

Lobelia cardinalis

Common name: Cardinal flower

Credit: Missouri Botanical Garden

Solidago flexicaulis

Common name: Zigzag goldenrod

Credit: Missouri Botanical Garden

Fragaria virginiana

Common name: Wild strawberry

Credit: Missouri Botanical Garden

Verbena hastata

Common name: Blue vervain

Credit: Missouri Botanical Garden

Zizia aptera

Common name: Heartleaf alexander

Credit: Missouri Botanical Garden

Monarda fistulosa

Common name: Wild bergamot

Credit: Missouri Botanical Garden

Rudbeckia laciniata

Common name: Cutleaf coneflower

Credit: Missouri Botanical Garden

Chelone glabra

Common name: White turtlehead

Credit: Missouri Botanical Garden

Baptisia tinctoria

Common name: Yellow wild indigo

Credit: Missouri Botanical Garden

Agastache foeniculum

Common name: Anise hyssop

Credit: Missouri Botanical Garden

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