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Massachusetts Vascular Plants
Contains a total of 37,657 medium-sized images of 2,244 taxa (2,113 from the flora of Massachusetts).
Mass. County Checklist updated 26 August 2024
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Search for scientific or common names, towns, reservations, certain months, invasive plants, etc.
Vegetation Types
Most common vegetation types of eastern Massachusetts
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Northeast Pollinator Wildflower Seed Mix Analysis
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Index of Latin Names
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Checklists

Beaver Brook Reservation, Middlesex Co. — Mar 2024
Myles Standish State Forest, Plymouth Co. — updated Feb 2024
Blue Hills Reservation, Norfolk & Suffolk Co. — updated Feb 2024
Wilson Mountain Reservation, Dedham — updated Feb 2024
Tidmarsh Farms, Plymouth
updated Feb 2024
Native Plants of Plymouth County (Derived from MA County Checklist 2011) — 29 Jan 2021
Older pages can be found in 'Archive' section
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

April Fool's Day 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)
    Hidden Garden in Wilson Mountain Reservation, Dedham (2021-2023)
    Pondshore dodder (Cuscuta coryli Engelm.), a watch-listed species in Massachusetts  (2018)
    Slender blueflag (Iris prismatica) in Massachusetts  (2013)

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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Archived Checklists

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 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
Cutler Park Plant List 2014
Plymouth Long Beach Plant List 2012
Bald Hill Reservation Plant List 2010

Willows
Massachusetts Checklist

Last updated: 26 August 2024