FRIENDS OF JAMAICA POND 36 Perkins St., PO Box 300040, Jamaica Plain, MA 02130-0030 Gerry Wright, Founder and President Telephone: 617-524-7070 Email: FrederickLawOlmsted@yahoo.com TTY/MA RELAY 800-439-2370 www.FriendsOfJamaicaPond.org

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"Let it be not for present use and delight alone, but let it be of such a work that our descendents will thank us for it." Frederick Law Olmsted

Nature's Class Room: Environmental Education Projects Jamaica Pond's Albino Gray Squirrel Eastern Chipmunk Cottontail Rabbits Great Horned Owls Red Tailed Hawks Butterflies and Dragonflies Emerald Necklace Wildflowers Pink Lady's Slipper Great Blue Herons Emerald Necklace Fungi (Coming Soon)

Emerald Necklace Wildflowers: Resources: Native Plant Trust Go Botany internet search and documentation site: https://gobotany.nativeplanttrust.org/ New England Wildflower Society Garden in the Woods, 180 Hemenway Road, Framingham, MA 01701-2699 http://www.newenglandwild.org Yellow Iris or Yellow Flag - Iris pseudacorus http://plants.ifas.ufl.edu/seagrant/iripse2.html OxEye Daisy - Leucanthemum vulgare http://www.bio.brandeis.edu/fieldbio/Wildflowers_Kimonis_Kramer/PAGES/OXEYEDAISY_PAGE_FINAL.html Periwinkle (Creeping Myrtle) Vinca minor http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=VIMI2 http://www.botanical.com/botanical/mgmh/p/periwi27.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vinca_minor An escaped garden flower that was used in colonial medicines.  We have  purple, blue and white varieties in the Emerald Necklace.  Forms large patches through its creeping stems... Canada Mayflower (False Lily-of-the-valley) Maianthemum canadense Blooms in May. very fragrant and forms large patches in the woodlands http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=MACA4 http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=242101757 http://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=MACA4 Pink Corydalis (Rock Harlequin) Corydalis sempervirens (Capnoides sempervirens) Found in the pudding stone rock ledges of  the Emerald Necklace.  Can thrive in shallow dry soil. Blooms here in May-June. Blue Toadflax, Blue Toadflax (Old-field Toadflax) Nuttallanthus canadensis Very tiny flower on thin stem. Found in sandy soil and rock ledges of Franklin Park Wild Geranium - Geranium maculatum is an herbaceous perennial native to deciduous woodlands of eastern North America found in dense patches. Known by many different common names including alum root, alum bloom, cranesbill, spotted cranesbill, wild cranesbill, spotted geranium, wild geranium, wood geranium, and colloquial names such as old maid's nightcap this clump-forming plant in the geranium family (Geraniaceae) is usually very abundant in dense patches in natural woodland openings. https://gobotany.nativeplanttrust.org/species/geranium/maculatum/ https://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/plant-of-the-week/geranium_maculatum.shtml https://vnps.org/2020-wildflower-of-the-year-wild-geranium-geranium-maculatum/ Solomon's-plume (False Solomon's-seal) - Maianthemum racemosum  False Indigo (Indigobush) - Amorpha fruticosa Mouse-ear Hawkweed - Hieracium pilosella Daisy Fleabane - Erigeron annuus http://www.bio.brandeis.edu/fieldbio/Wildflowers_Kimonis_Kramer/PAGES/DAISYFLEABANE_PAGE_FINAL.html Tansy - Tanacetum vulgare Jerusalem artichoke - Helianthus tuberosus Ohter names include Sunroot, sunchoke, earth apple or topinambour,  North America native sunflower. Cultivated for its root vegetable tuber. Queen Ann's Lace - Daucus carota http://www.bio.brandeis.edu/fieldbio/Wildflowers_Kimonis_Kramer/PAGES/QUEENANNESLACE_PAGE_FINAL.html Chickory - Chichorium intybus http://www.bio.brandeis.edu/fieldbio/Wildflowers_Kimonis_Kramer/PAGES/CHICORY_PAGE_FINAL.html White Wood Aster - Eurybia divaricata (Aster divaricatus) Bull Thistle - Cirsium vulgare http://www.bio.brandeis.edu/fieldbio/Wildflowers_Kimonis_Kramer/PAGES/BULLTHISTLE_PAGE_FINAL.html Indian Pipe - Monotropa uniflora http://www.bio.brandeis.edu/fieldbio/Wildflowers_Kimonis_Kramer/PAGES/INDIANPIPE_PAGE_FINAL.html Fragrant Water-lily (Sweet Water-lily) - Nymphaea odorata Pink Lady's Slipper (Moccasin Flower) - Cypripedium Acaule Detailed web page on this site HERE United States Forestry Service Pink ladies slipper (Cypripedium acaule Ait.) United States Department of Agriculture Plants Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center US National Park Service Nature North (Canada)

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FRIENDS OF JAMAICA POND 36 Perkins St., PO Box 300040, Jamaica Plain, MA 02130-0030 Gerry Wright, Founder and President Telephone: 617-524-7070 Email: FrederickLawOlmsted@yahoo.com TTY/MA RELAY 800-439-2370 www.FriendsOfJamaicaPond.org