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Massachusetts Vascular Plants
Contains a total of 36,208 medium-sized images of 2,095 taxa (2,022 from the flora of Massachusetts)
New: Mass. County Checklist updated March 1, 2023
Photo Search Engine
Search for scientific or common names, towns, reservations, certain months, invasive plants.
Vegetation Types
Most common vegetation types of eastern Massachusetts
Non-Vascular Plants and Lichens
45 species: [standard view] [mobile]
Northeast Pollinator Wildflower Seed Mix Analysis
What's New in the Gallery
Recent additions to the gallery
Index of Latin Names
Index of Common Names

Checklists

Native Plants of Plymouth County (Derived from MA County Checklist 2011)
29 January 2021
Plants of Great South Pond at Cortelli Preserve, Plymouth
2 December 2018
Plants of Boot Pond, Plymouth
Last updated 20 June 2018
Slideshow (PDF)
Plants of Tidmarsh Farms and Vicinity
Last updated 26 March 2018
Plants of Savery Pond, Plymouth
Comparison with other Plymouth ponds
Full list of plants found at Savery Pond
Photo gallery
Plants of D.E. Alper Nature Preserve
Plantlist as of July 2017
Plant descriptions of tagged plants
Plymouth Six Ponds Survey 2015
Six Ponds Gallery
Myles Standish SF Plant List

Blue Hills Reservation Plant List

Cutler Park Plant List 2014

Plymouth Long Beach Plant List 2012

Ellisville (Plymouth) Plant List 2012

Bald Hill Reservation Plant List 2010

Willows
Massachusetts Checklist
kudzu vine (Pueraria lobata) in Needham

Invasive Plants at Salicicola

Introduction
Listing by County
[alphabetical] [taxonomical] [by habit]
Species Notes
Another consequence of global warming? A case of Buddleja davidii regeneration in Massachusetts (Mar 21, 2011)
Japanese shore juniper (Juniperus conferta Parl.) found naturalized in southeastern Massachusetts (Mar 31, 2011)
Norway spruce: Yet another invasive tree in New England (Oct 24, 2010)
Sheep's Bit (Jasione montana): A new invasive? (Aug 9, 2009)
The alien rusty willow Salix atrocinerea: A possibility of hybridization with American willows (Jul 21, 2008)
European rusty willow S. atrocinerea in eastern Massachusetts (Feb 1, 2008)
Reports (archived):
[Lespedeza thunbergii 2007] [Akebia quinata 2009] [Cabomba caroliniana 2010 (Myles Standish SF)] [Cabomba caroliniana 2010 (Weymouth Great Pond)] [Buddleja davidii 2011] [Salix atrocinerea 2011]

Questions and Answers

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This web service provides help with identification of plants found in the wild, mostly in eastern Massachusetts, though occasionally questions come from elsewhere in the world (see map). It may also be used as a tool for reporting plants (such as invasive or rare). Cultivated plants are not discussed here.


April Fool's Day Quizzes


Choose from 14 quizzes!
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Results (Statistics)
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Salicicola Past Events
Presentations, workshops, walks

Winter Walk in Myles Standish SF (December 11, 2016). Interactive maps:
Geotagged photographs taken during the walk around EastHead Reservoir
All plants we found over the years along EastHead Reservoir Trail

Spring Walk in Myles Standish SF (May 8, 2016)

Willow Workshop at NEWFS (April 23, 2016)

The Six Ponds, Plymouth. Plant Survey Presentation (March 6, 2016)

Field trip in Hull (August 31, 2013). Interactive map (ACME GeoRSS Map Viewer)

Translations

Willows of Russia and Adjacent Countries. Skvortsov 1999, Joensuu University. Translation of Willows of the USSR. Skvortsov 1968. (Monograph is out of print.)
Alexey Konstantinovich Skvortsov (Biographic Essay). Vinogradova et al. 2005 and Proskuryakova, Yurtsev 1980
American chestnut (Castanea dentata [Marsh.] Borkh.) in Moscow Skvortsov 2004
Systematics on the threshold of the 21st century. Skvortsov 2002 (abridged translation)
A new system of the genus Betula L. — the birch. Skvortsov 2002
Cultivated black-fruited aronia: place, time, and probable mechanism of formation. Skvortsov, Maitulina, Gorbunov 1983
On distinctions of cultivated black-fruited aronia from its wild ancestors. Skvortsov, Maitulina 1982
Present distribution and probable primary range of brittle willow (Salix fragilis L.). Skvortsov 1973
Examples of close Euro-American connections: Two Mediterranean species of Salix. Skvortsov 1971
On some willows from the Indian Himalaya. Skvortsov. 1966
The willows of Central European Russia and their identification during the wintertime. Skvortsov 1955
Courtesy of Oleg Korsun (http://www.nature.chita.ru)

Articles & Short Notes

  • Willows (hide/show)
    Salix × meyeriana Rostk. found in Winchester, eastern Massachusetts.  A. Zinovjev 2011
    A forgotten willow Salix × meyeriana Rostk.  A. Zinovjev 2011
    Identification of Salix lucida Muhl.  A. Zinovjev 2010
    Salix atrocinerea and related willows in eastern Massachusetts.  A. Zinovjev and I. Kadis 2009
    The alien rusty willow Salix atrocinerea: A possibility of hybridization with American willows.  I. Kadis and A. Zinovjev 2008
    European rusty willow Salix atrocinerea in eastern Massachusetts.  A. Zinovjev and I. Kadis 2008
    Salix atrocinerea identification in winter.  A. Zinovjev and I. Kadis 2007
    Comparison of Salix atrocinerea & S. cinerea.  A. Zinovjev and I. Kadis 2006
  • Chosenia (hide/show)
    Chosenia II: An amazing tree of Northeast Asia.  I. Kadis 2005
    Chosenia I: A long way to the West.  I. Kadis 2003
  • Other (hide/show)
    Pondshore dodder (Cuscuta coryli Engelm.), a watch-listed species in Massachusetts 
    Slender blueflag (Iris prismatica) in Massachusetts 

Salicicola-Lore

The secrets of grape ferns, Botrychium
Flowering when honey is harvested: Hamamelis virginiana
Starflower Puzzles
Exploring Frost Pockets in Myles Standish State Forest
Late-Summer Drought 2007
Phenological Anomaly December 2006

Slide Shows

Are willows really that difficult for identification?
Slide show presented at the New England Botanical Club meeting on 8 Jan 2010 on A.K. Skvortsov's 90th birthday
Invasive Vines: Oriental bittersweet, mile-a-minute, kudzu, and chocolate vine (2012)
Remarkable Trees in and around Boston (2010, 2.5 Mb, 21 photos)
Three days in Colorado (2008)
Found in Boxford Forest (August 2008): [fungi] [herbs] [woody plants] [other]


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Archive

Memorable Dates
Alexey K. Skvortsov
• Obituary (9 February 1920—8 May 2008)
• List of publications (1947—2005)
Carl Linnaeus 300th anniversary (May 2007)
A. N. Zhelochovtsev
• Centennial anniversary (1903-2003) (Sep 22, 2004)
• List of publications
• List of sawflies described by A.N. Zhelochovtsev (1903-1976)
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Salix atrocinerea and related willows in eastern Massachusetts A. Zinovjev and I. Kadis 2009
Willows of Russia and adjacent countries. Alexey K. Skvortsov 1999    Online version (6 Mb PDF)
Willows of Southcentral Alaska. Willows of Interior Alaska Dominique M. Collet 2002 and 2004
Macroevolutionary theory on macroecological patterns Peter W.Price 2003
Sawflies (Hymenoptera, Symphyta) I. Editor Matti Viitasaari 2002
Translations
A.G. Zinovjev 1982. Significance of concealed feeding habits in the evolution of sawflies of the subfamily Nematinae (Sep 22, 2003)
Checklists/Surveys
Boxford State Forest (2008)
Gall-Making Sawflies on Salicaceae: Northeastern US (2006)
Invasive Plants. Reports
Buddleja davidii at Tidmarsh Farms, Plymouth 2011
Salix cinerea (and S. atrocinerea) at Tidmarsh Farms, Plymouth 2011
Salix atrocinerea at Beaver Dam Pond, Tidmarsh Farms, Plymouth 2011
Cabomba caroliniana at Weymouth Great Pond 2010
Akebia quinata in Milton 2009
Lespedeza thunbergii in Myles Standish SF, Plymouth 2007

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