May 20, 2010
Learn to Identify Fresh Pond's Wildflowers
Ted Elliman from The New England Wild Flower Society led a walk around the Reservation, identifying native wild flowers, shrubs and trees. In the top photo he is pointing out several fern species for the group: Bracken (Pteridium sp.) and Sensitive fern (Onoclea sensibilis) Among the few naturally growing wild perennials in flower were those of the American red raspberry (Rubus idaeus), bottom left photo and a Yellow avens (Geum aleppicum), bottom right