A non-profit citizens' group advocating for Newton's open spaces
By Jean M. Husher The 20-year span from about 1960 to 1980 was a period of such widespread activism in so many social and civic areas that deep historical roots
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
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Common name: Paper birch
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Common name: Ironwood, Hop hornbeam
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Common name: Redbud
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Common name: Black cherry
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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
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Common name: Woodland phlox
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Common name: Common alum-root
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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
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Common name: White turtlehead
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Common name: Yellow wild indigo
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Common name: Anise hyssop
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