2012 WOODLANDS PROJECTS REPORT
INDEX

Fresh Pond Reservation's
Woodland Restoration Project

Plants in this area were chosen because they are native (pre-colonial) to the Middlesex County area.

Species List as of December 2012

Canopy Trees
Red Maple, Acer rubrum
Sugar Maple, Acer saccharum
American Chestnut, Castanea dentate
Green Ash, Fraxinus pennsylvanica
Black Gum, Tupelo Nyssa sylvatica
Black Cherry, Prunus serotina
Pin Oak, Quercus palustris
Red Oak, Quercus rubra
American Elm, Ulmus americana

Understory Trees
Juneberry, Amelanchier canadensis
River Birch, Betula nigra
Musclewood, American Hornbeam, Carpinus caroliniana
Common Hackberry, Celtis occidentalis
Redbud, Cercis canadensis

Other Woody Plants
Virgin's Bower, Clematis virginiana
Summersweet, Clethra alnifolia
Bunchberry, Cornus canadensis
Gray Dogwood, Cornus racemosa
Silky Dogwood, Cornus amomum
Northern Bush Honeysuckle, Diervilla lonicera
Leatherwood, Dirca palustris
Wintergreen, Gaultheria procumbens
Witch Hazel, Hamamelis virginiana
Inkberry, Ilex glabra
Sheep Laurel, Kalmia angustifolia
Mountain Laurel, Kalmia latifolia
Spicebush, Lindera benzoin
Partridgeberry, Mitchella repens
Whorled Aster, Oclemena acuminata
Virginia Creeper, Parthenocissus quinquefolia
Rosebay Rhododendron, Rhododendron maximum
Rose Shell Azalea, Rhododendron prinophyllum
Swamp Azalea, Rhododendron viscosum
Pasture Rose, Rosa caroliniana
Purple-flowering Raspberry, Rubus odoratus
Elder, Sambucus canadensis
Sassafras, Sassafras albidum
Meadowsweet, Spirea latifolia
Canada Yew, Taxus canadensis
Poison Ivy, Toxicodendron radicans
Lowbush Blueberry, Vaccinium angustifolium
Highbush Blueberry, Vaccinium corymbosum
Maple-leaved, Viburnum Viburnum acerifolium
Arrowwood, Viburnum Viburnum dentatum
Wild Raisin, Viburnum cassinoides
Riverbank, Grape Vitis riparia

Ferns Etc
Lady Fern, Athyrium filix-femina
Hayscented Fern, Dennstaedtia punctilobula
Male Fern, Dryopteris filix-mas
Evergreen Wood Fern, Dryopteris intermedia
Marginal Wood Fern, Dryopteris marginalis
Ostrich Fern, Matteuccia struthiopteris
Sensitive Fern, Onoclea sensibilis
Christmas Fern, Polystichum acrostichoides
Princess Pine, Lycopodium obscururm

Herbaceous Wildflowers
Dolls' Eyes Actaea pachypoda
Red-fruited Dolls' Eyes, Actaea pachypoda var rubrocarpa
Red Baneberry, Actaea rubra
White Snakeroot, Ageratina altissima
Round-lobed Hepatica, Anemone americana
Canada Anemone, Anemone canadensis
Wood Anemone, Anemone quinquefolia
Wild Columbine, Aquilegia canadensis
Jack-in-the-Pulpit ,Arisaema triphyllum
Wild Ginge,r Asarum canadense
Pennsylvania Sedge, Carex pennsylvanica
White Turtlehead, Chelone glabra
Spotted Wintergreen, Chimaphila maculata
Pipsissewa, Chimaphila umbellata
Enchanter's Nightshade, Circaea lutetiana
Corydalis, Corydalis sempervirens
White Wood Aster, Eurybia divaricata
Large-leaved Aster, Eurybia macrophylla
Closed Gentian, Gentiana clausa
Wild Geranium, Geranium maculatum
Herb Robert ,Geranium robertianum
Yellow Avens, Geum aleppicum
White Avens, Geum canadense
Downy Rattlesnake Plantain, Goodyera pubescens
Woodland Sunflowe,r Helianthus divaricatus
Bluets, Quaker Ladies, Houstonia caerulea
Spotted Jewelweed, Impatiens capensis
Canada Lily, Lilium canadense
Wood Lily, Lilium philadelphicum
Whorled Loosestrife, Lysimachia quadrifolia
Fringed Loosestrife, Lysimachia ciliata
Canada Mayflower, Maianthemum canadense
False Solomon's Seal, Maianthemum racemosum
Indian Cucumber Root, Mediola virginiana
Whorled Aster, Oclemena acuminata
Solomon's Seal, Polygonatum biflorum
Shinleaf, Pyrola elliptica
Bloodroot, Sanguinaria canadensis
Silverrod, Solidago bicolor
Blue-stemmed Goldenrod, Solidago caesia
Rough-stemmed Goldenrod, Solidago rugosa
Heart-leaved Aster, Symphyotrichum cordifolium
Rue Anemone, Thalictrum thalictroides
Tiarella, Running Foamflower, Tiarella cordifolia var. cordifolia
Starflower, Trientalis borealis
Red Trillium, Trillium erectum
Large-flowered Trillium, Trillium grandiflorum
Bellwort, Uvularia perfoliata
Wild Oats, Uvularia sessilifolia
Sweet White Violet,Viola blanda
Labrador Violet, Viola labradorica
Smooth Yellow Violet ,Viola pensylvanica
Downy Yellow Violet, Viola pubescens

Forbs (Grasslike Plants)
Sallow Sedge, Carex lurida
Pennsylvania Sedge, Carex pensylvanica
Path Rush, Juncus tenuis


Stewards: Suzanna Black, Susan Coolidge, Pamela Hart, Betsy Meyer, Elizabeth Wylde
Plant donors: Curtis Adams, Suzanna Black, Sophronia Camp , Bob Gamlin, Don Lubin, Bruce Patterson, Arieh Tal,
Gray Wexelblat, Betty Wright, Elizabeth Wylde, Gwenn Wylde, Cambridge Water Department
Plant suppliers: Boston Natural Areas Network, Bruce Patterson, New England Wild Flower Society, Shemins

Friends of Fresh Pond Reservation, December 2012