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  • About Us
    • Who We Are
    • Annual Meetings and Reports
    • Board of Directors
    • Land We Protect
    • History
    • Grants Program
    • Awards
    • Publications
  • Get Outside
    • Newton Open Space Map and Index
    • Parks and Conservation Lands
    • Maps
    • Walks, Rides and Paddles
    • Parks and Open Spaces Beyond Newton
  • Get Involved
    • How to Get Involved
    • Membership
    • Ways to Donate
    • Protect Land that You Own
    • Volunteer
    • Invasive Plants
  • News & Events
    • News
    • Upcoming Events
    • Newsletter
    • E-Bulletin
    • Annual Nature Calendar
  • Resources
    • Buy Our Trail Guide
    • Buy Our Almanac
    • Guides and Books
    • Invasive Plants
    • Pollinator Toolkit
    • Links
    • Artists Look at Nature in Newton
    • The Environmental Show
  • Contact
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2021 Winter Newsletter

 


 

Individual Articles

Arriving at the Whole Story
2020 Annual Meeting
History of Newton Parks, Playgrounds, and Recreation: the Prequel
Thank You, AnnaMaria Abernathy
President’s Message
Birding Along the Charles River in the Winter of COVID-19

 

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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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