Oenothera biennis — common evening primrose — distribution by town in Southern New England

Legend
— town in which taxon has been recorded only recently (in or after 1980)
— both recent and historic records
— only historic records (dated prior to 1980)
— doubtful or erroneous record
Sources
Records retrieved from CNH Portal, NHESP town records for rare plants, generic records (e.g., observations listed in the county floras), and salicicola photo records. Click on any town marker to see source(s) of pertaining record(s) coded as [CNH], [generic], [photo], or [NHESP]. In the list below, exclamation sign ('!') appended to years for verified records, and question mark ('?') for unverified.
Records Sorted by Category
Only Historic
  1. MA — Bristol — Norton [ 1865 ]
  2. MA — Hampshire — Ware [ 0 ]
  3. MA — Middlesex — Ayer [ 1904 ]
  4. MA — Essex — Salem [ 1886 ]
  5. MA — Nantucket — Nantucket [ 1962 1961 1911 1892 1891 1911 1911 1926 ]
  6. MA — Berkshire — Becket [ 1942 1942 ]
  7. MA — Essex — Gloucester [ 1956 ]
  8. MA — Essex — Methuen [ 1955 ]
  9. MA — Essex — Groveland [ 1955 ]
  10. MA — Essex — Swampscott [ 1955 ]
  11. MA — Berkshire — Williamstown [ 1930 ]
  12. MA — Worcester — Leominster [ 1939 ]
  13. MA — Middlesex — Winchester [ 1941 ]
  14. MA — Worcester — Southborough [ 1939 ]
  15. MA — Barnstable — Truro [ None ]
  16. MA — Norfolk — Dedham [ 1895 1908 ]
  17. MA — Middlesex — Arlington [ 1906 ]
  18. MA — Essex — Beverly [ 1941 ]
  19. MA — Essex — Danvers [ 1955 ]
  20. MA — Essex — Ipswich [ 1956 ]
  21. MA — Essex — North Andover [ 1885 ]
  22. MA — Essex — Newburyport [ 1940 ]
  23. MA — Middlesex — Bedford [ 1884 ]
  24. MA — Middlesex — Concord [ 0 1857 1977 1977 ]
  25. MA — Middlesex — Lexington [ 1888 1938 ]
  26. MA — Middlesex — Medford [ 1920 ]
  27. MA — Middlesex — Melrose [ 0 ]
  28. MA — Middlesex — Natick [ 1914 ]
  29. MA — Middlesex — Newton [ 0 ]
  30. MA — Middlesex — Wakefield [ 1915 1915 1951 ]
  31. MA — Middlesex — Waltham [ 1906 1903 ]
  32. MA — Middlesex — Weston [ 1903 ]
  33. MA — Middlesex — Westford [ 0 ]
  34. MA — Suffolk — Revere [ 1879 1882 1896 ]
  35. MA — Norfolk — Bellingham [ 1935 ]
  36. MA — Norfolk — Milton [ 1888 ]
  37. MA — Norfolk — Needham [ 1883 ]
  38. MA — Norfolk — Sharon [ 1911 ]
  39. MA — Norfolk — Wellesley [ 1914 ]
  40. MA — Plymouth — Hingham [ 1910 ]
  41. MA — Plymouth — Marshfield [ 1898 1898 ]
  42. MA — Bristol — Dartmouth [ 1923 ]
  43. MA — Bristol — New Bedford [ 1903 0 ]
  44. MA — Barnstable — Chatham [ 1913 ]
  45. MA — Barnstable — Dennis [ 1919 1914 ]
  46. MA — Barnstable — Eastham [ 1915 1911 ]
  47. MA — Barnstable — Bourne [ 1914 ]
  48. MA — Barnstable — Harwich [ 1919 1919 1918 1912 ]
  49. MA — Barnstable — Wellfleet [ 1916 ]
  50. MA — Barnstable — Yarmouth [ 1916 1916 ]
  51. MA — Dukes — Chilmark [ 1898 1898 ]
  52. MA — Dukes — Gosnold [ 1923 ]
  53. MA — Worcester — Barre [ 1931 1931 ]
  54. MA — Worcester — Harvard [ 1935 ]
  55. MA — Worcester — Petersham [ 1931 1947 1934 1957 1931 1931 1929 1931 ]
  56. MA — Worcester — Templeton [ 0 ]
  57. MA — Franklin — Buckland [ 1913 1907 ]
  58. MA — Franklin — Charlemont [ 1935 1935 ]
  59. MA — Hampshire — Worthington [ 1912 ]
  60. MA — Hampden — Holyoke [ 1979 1932 1979 ]
  61. MA — Berkshire — Cheshire [ None 1972 ]
  62. MA — Berkshire — Pittsfield [ 1916 ]
  63. MA — Berkshire — Stockbridge [ 1902 ]
  64. MA — Worcester County — Princeton [ 1870 ]
  65. MA — Suffolk County — Boston [ 1922 ]
  66. MA — Essex — Lynnfield [ 1923 ]
  67. MA — Barnstable — Falmouth [ 1875 ]
  68. MA — Worcester — Berlin [ 1888 ]
  69. MA — Franklin — Orange [ None ]
  70. MA — Hampshire — Petersham [ 1893 ]
  71. MA — Norfolk — Stoughton [ 1967 ]
  72. MA — Franklin — Hawley [ 1931 ]
  73. MA — Middlesex — Lowell [ 1966 ]
  74. MA — Worcester — North Brookfield [ 1928 1928 1928 ]
  75. MA — Worcester — Northborough [ 1927 ]
  76. MA — Hampshire — Huntington [ 1932 ]
  77. MA — Franklin — Montague [ 1931 ]
  78. MA — Franklin — Leverett [ 1928 1916 ]
  79. MA — Hampshire — Belchertown [ 1931 1926 ]
  80. MA — Middlesex — Reading [ 1975 ]
  81. MA — Hampshire — Pelham [ 1928 ]
  82. MA — Plymouth — Plymouth [ 1975 ]
  83. MA — Hampshire — Cummington [ 1930 ]
  84. MA — Norfolk — Walpole [ 1967 ]
  85. MA — Essex — Amesbury [ 1902 ]
  86. MA — Hampshire — Northampton [ 1930 ]
  87. MA — Worcester — Brookfield [ 1928 ]
Historic and Recent
  1. MA — Suffolk — Boston [ 2008 1947 1916 1975 1975 ] Verified: [ ? ? ? ? ? ]
  2. MA — Middlesex — Cambridge [ 1883 1902 2005 2006 1878 0 1886 1973 ] Verified: [ ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ]
  3. MA — Barnstable — Sandwich [ 1919 1993 1920 ] Verified: [ ? ? ? ]
  4. MA — Worcester — Worcester [ 2009 1943 1878 ] Verified: [ ? ? ? ]
  5. MA — Hampshire — Amherst [ 0 1927 2001 1873 1889 None 1949 ] Verified: [ ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ]
  6. MA — Berkshire — Sheffield [ 1919 1919 1913 1991 ] Verified: [ ? ? ? ? ]
  7. MA — Hampden — Westfield [ 1987 1974 1999 1995 1979 ] Verified: [ ? ? ? ? ? ]
  8. MA — Hampden — Springfield [ 2003 2003 2001 1998 1927 ] Verified: [ ? ? ? ? ? ]
  9. MA — Franklin — Deerfield [ 1988 1966 1966 1966 1985 1973 1982 ] Verified: [ ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ]
Only Recent
  1. MA — Berkshire — Savoy [ 1989 ] Verified: [ ? ]
  2. MA — Hampden — Blandford [ 1995 ] Verified: [ ? ]
  3. MA — Hampden — Montgomery [ 1987 ] Verified: [ ? ]
  4. MA — Hampden — West Springfield [ 1989 ] Verified: [ ? ]
  5. MA — Hampden — Southwick [ 1996 ] Verified: [ ? ]
  6. MA — Worcester — Lancaster [ 1991 ] Verified: [ ? ]
  7. MA — Worcester — Lunenburg [ 2005 ] Verified: [ ? ]
  8. MA — Franklin — New Salem [ 2013 ] Verified: [ ? ]
  9. MA — Hampden — Chicopee [ 1994 ] Verified: [ ? ]
  10. MA — Dedham [ 2005 2005 ] Verified: [ ? ? ]
  11. MA — Boston [ 2005 2005 2005 2005 ] Verified: [ ? ? ? ? ]
  12. MA — Wareham [ 2006 2006 2015 ] Verified: [ ? ? ? ]
  13. MA — Needham [ 2009 ] Verified: [ ? ]
  14. MA — Carver [ 2010 2010 2010 ] Verified: [ ? ? ? ]
  15. MA — Plymouth [ 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2012 2012 2012 2012 2012 2012 2014 2014 2015 2016 2016 ] Verified: [ ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ]
  16. MA — Bourne [ 2013 2013 2013 ] Verified: [ ? ? ? ]
  17. MA — Newbury [ 2014 ] Verified: [ ? ]
  18. MA — Hingham [ 2014 ] Verified: [ ? ]
  19. MA — Bridgewater [ 2014 ] Verified: [ ? ]
  20. MA — Waltham [ 2020 ] Verified: [ ? ]
  21. MA — Belmont [ 2020 2020 ] Verified: [ ? ? ]
Unable to Map
(town name missing or non-standard or locality outside New England)

Generated Sept. 22, 2025, 8:13 p.m. (America/New_York)