Plant List for the Fresh Pond Water Treatment Plant,
Kingsley Park, and Weir Meadow
(List of February 2002)

Following is a list of the trees, shrubs, vines, ferns, groundcovers and wildflowers that have been planted at Fresh Pond Reservation in the area around the new Water Treatment Facility, Kingsley Park and the Weir Meadow since the spring of 2002. The list was prepared from records provided to Friends of Fresh Pond Reservation by the Cambridge Water Department.

All of the plants were chosen by the Fresh Pond Master Plan Advisory Committee because they are native to this region and are suitable for the wide variety of habitats that occur in this part of the Reservation.

Evergreen Trees:
American Arborvitae...................................................Thuja occidentalis
White Spruce................................................................Picea glauca
Canada Hemlock ........................................................Tsuga canadensis
Eastern Red Cedar.....................................................Juniperus virginiana
Black Spruce................................................................Picea mariana
Eastern White Pine......................................................Pinus strobus
Larch..............................................................................Larix decidua
Balsam Fir....................................................................Abies balsamea

Deciduous Shade Trees:
American Beech...........................................................Fagus grandifolia
Autumn Purple White Ash............................................Fraxinus Americana 'Atropurpurea'
Black Tupelo..................................................................Nyssa sylvatica
Black Willow..................................................................Salix 'Melanostachys'
Green Mountain Sugar Maple.....................................Acer saccharum 'Green Mountain'
Liberty Elm....................................................................Ulmus "Liberty"
Patmore Green Ash.....................................................Fraxinus pennsylvanica 'Patmore'
Pin Oak..........................................................................Quercus palustrus
Princeton Elm................................................................Ulmus americanus 'Princeton'
Red Maple.....................................................................Acer rubrum 'Red Sunset'
Red OaK........................................................................Quercus rubra
Sassafras.......................................................................Sassafras albidum
Shagbark Hickory.........................................................Carya ovata
Sugar Maple..................................................................Acer saccharum
Swamp White Oak........................................................Quercus bicolor
Black Walnut..................................................................Juglans nigra
Sweet Gum....................................................................Liquidamber styraciflua
European Beech...........................................................Fagus sylvatica

Ornamental/Understorey Trees:
Black Willow...................................................................Salix 'Melanostachys'
Downy Serviceberry......................................................Amelanchier arborea
Flowering Dogwood......................................................Cornus florida
Heritage River Birch......................................................Betula nigra 'Heritage'
Pagoda Dogwood.........................................................Cornus alternifolia
Paper Birch....................................................................Betula papyrifera
Serviceberry..................................................................Amelanchier canadensis
Sweet Bay Magnolia....................................................Magnolia virginiana
Sweet Birch....................................................................Betula lenta
Hawthorn 'Winter King'..................................................Crataegus verides
Ironwood.........................................................................Ostrya virginiana
Sourwood.......................................................................Oxydendron arboreum
Eastern Redbud.............................................................Cercis canadensis
American Hornbeam.....................................................Carpinus caroliniana

Large Deciduous Shrubs (4 feet plus height):
American Filbert............................................................Corylus americanus
Common Witch Hazel...................................................Hamamelis virginiana
Elderberry......................................................................Sambucus canadensis
Highbush Blueberry.......................................................Vaccinium corymbosum
Highbush Cranberry......................................................Vibirnum trilobum
Nannyberry Vibirnum.....................................................Vibirnum lentago
Pink Summersweet.......................................................Clethra alnafolia
Red Chokeberry............................................................Aronia arbutifolia
Red Osier Dogwood.....................................................Cornus sericea
Spicebush......................................................................Lindera benzoin
Swamp Azalea..............................................................Rhododendron viscosum
Virginia Rose.................................................................Rosa virginiana
Winter Red Winterberry................................................Ilex verticullata 'Winter Red'
Red Raspberry..............................................................Rubus intumescens
Bailey's Vibirnum...........................................................Vibirnum trilobum 'Bailey's'

Large Evergreen Shrubs (4 feet plus height):
Inkberry............................................................................Ilex glabra
Mountain Laurel.............................................................Kalmia latifolia
Northern Bayberry.........................................................Myrica pensylvanica (semi-evergreen)
Rosebay Rhododendron..............................................Rhododendron maximum
Nordic Inkberry..............................................................Ilex glabra 'Nordic"

Small Deciduous Shrubs (1-4 feet height):
Black Huckleberry.........................................................Gaylussacia brachysera
Carolina or Pasture Rose............................................Rosa carolina
Compact Highbush Cranberry.....................................Vibirnum trilobum 'Compactum'
Fragrant Sumac.............................................................Rhus aromatica 'Low-gro'
Lowbush Blueberry........................................................Vaccinium ovatum
Maple Leaf Vibirnum.....................................................Vibirnum acerifolium
Mountain Cranberry (Lingonberry)..............................Vaccinium vitus idaea-minor
Sweetfern.......................................................................Comptonia peregrina
Redsprite Winterberry...................................................Ilex 'Red Sprite'
Jim Dandy Winterberry.................................................Ilex 'Jim Dandy'
Goldfinger Potentilla......................................................Potentilla 'Goldfinger'
Abbotswood Potentilla..................................................Potentilla 'Abbotswood'

Small Evergreen Shrubs (1-4 feet height):
Common Juniper...........................................................Juniperis communis
Compact Inkberry..........................................................Ilex glabra 'Compacta'
Sheep Laurel..................................................................Kalmia angustifolia
Bar Harbor Juniper.......................................................Juniperis horizentalis 'Bar Harbor'

Groundcovers (to 12 inches height) and Creeping Vines:
Common Blue Violet.....................................................Viola papilonaceae
Creeping Juniper...........................................................Juniperus horizentalis 'Bar Harbor'
Foam Flower..................................................................Tiarella cordifolia
Massachusetts Bearberry............................................Arctostaphylos uva-ursi 'Massachusetts'
Bunchberry.....................................................................Cornus canadensis
Wintergreen....................................................................Gautheria procumbens

Fern and Fern-like Plants (1-2 feet height
Christmas Fern..............................................................Polystichum acrostichoides
Cinnamon Fern.............................................................Osmunda cinnamomea
Hay-scented Fern.........................................................Dennstaedtia punctilobula
Horsetail.........................................................................Equisetum spp.
Interrupted Fern.............................................................Osmunda claytoniana
Lady Fern.......................................................................Athyrium filix-femina
Goldie's Fern.................................................................Dennstaedtia 'Goldies'

Woodland, Edge Perennials and Wildflowers (6 inches to 4 feet height):
Wild Strawberry.............................................................Fragaria virginiana
Bugbane.........................................................................Cimicifuga racemosa
Canada Anemone.........................................................Anemone canadensis
False Solomon's Seal...................................................Similacina racemosa
Solomon's Seal.............................................................Polygonatum biflorum
White Baneberry...........................................................Actaea pachypoda
Wild Leek.......................................................................Allium tricoccum
Wild Lily of the Valley (Canada Mayflower)................Maianthemum canadense
Dutchman's Breeches...................................................Dicentra cucullaria
Sharp-lobed Hepatica..................................................Hepatica acutiloba
Eastern Columbine.......................................................Aquilegia caerula
Indian Grass...................................................................Sorghastrum nutans
Prairie Dropseed..........................................................Sporobulus heterolepis
Switch Grass..................................................................Panicum virgatum
Weeping Lovegrass......................................................Eragrostis auvula
Little Bluestem...............................................................Schizachyrium scoparius