Wildflowers of the Westborough Reservoir

Table of Contents

Introduction

March
Pussy Willow

April
Skunk Cabbage
Marsh Marigold
Common Dandelion
Northern Downy Violet

Early May
Wild Oats
Windflower or Wood Anemone
Common Blue Violet
Common Winter Cress
Celandine

Mid-May
Gay Wings or Fringed Polygala
Starflower
Wild Lily-of-the-Valley
Bluet
Northern White Violet
Eastern Wild Columbine

Late May
Pink Lady's Slipper or Moccasin Flower
Wild Geranium
Lance-leaved Violet

Early June
Bristly Locust or Rose-acacia
Indian Cucumber-root
False Hellebore or Indian Poke
Greenish-flowered Pyrola
Blue Flag Iris
Blue-Eyed Grass
Woodland Jack-in-the-Pulpit

Mid-June
Sheep Laurel
Nodding Trillium
Pasture

Late June
Indian-pipe
Birdfoot Trefoil
Yellow Goat's-beard
Bittersweet Nightshade
Daisy Fleabane
Mortherwort
Common St. Johnswort
Common Milkweed
Spreading Dogbane

Early July
Tall Meadow Rue
Swamp Candles
Canada Lily
Deptford Pink
Pale-spike Lobelia
Shinleaf
Spotted Wintergreen

Mid-July
Swamp-Honeysuckle
Partridgeberry
Heal-all
Jewelweed or Spotted Touch-Me-Not
Pinesap
Checkerberry

Late July
Wild Indigo
Fringed Loosestrife
Cardinal Flower
Marsh St. Johnswort
Purple Loosestrife

Early August
Indian Tobacco
Downy Rattlesnake-plantain
Black Nightshade
Square-stemmed Monkey-flower
Bluecurls
Beaked Hazelnut
Orange Hawkweed
Common Evening-Primrose
Goldenrod
Wild Mint

Mid-August
Swollen Bladderwort
Virginia Meadow-Beauty or Deer Grass
Spotted Joe-Pye-weed
Butter-and-eggs

Late August
Fern-leaved False Foxglove
Boneset
Purple Bladderwort

September
Marsh Speedwell
Turtlehead
Closed Gentian
Nodding Ladies'-tresses
Downy Goldenrod
Stiff Aster
Smooth Aster
New York Aster

October
Common Witch Hazel

References and Links



Other Local Wildflowers
Asiatic Dayflower
Beechdrops
Birdfoot Violet
Bloodroot
Blue Vervain
Crown-Vetch
Dwarf Ginseng
Helleborine
Marsh Blue Violet
Rue-Anemone
Stargrass
Trout-lily or Dog Tooth Violet

More Wildflowers
Fairy-slipper
Marsh Mallow
Round-leaved Yellow Violet
High Mallow
Jone's Columbine
Yellow Lady Slippers
Red Turtlehead
Coneflower
Shrubby St. Johnswort

Reservoir Wildlife

Common Name Sort
Scientific Name Sort
Photo Index


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