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Acer saccharum (sugar maple)
...order to harvest its maple syrup. Trees planted by colonial settlers survive to this day, often with large, gnarly trunks and deeply fissured bark. The silhouette of the sugar maple leaf is the center...
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Betula populifolia (gray birch)
...its easy-to-work wood is still prized for small projects, such as turning bowls. Birds eat the catkins, seeds, and sap, while hares, porcupines, and beaver eat the bark and twigs. Thickets of young tr...
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Carya ovata (shagbark hickory)
...is easy to see why its common name is shagbark hickory. The wood is long- and steady-burning, providing excellent fuel, while the wood smoke imparts the characteristic hickory-smoked flavor to bacon, ...
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Penstemon hirsutus (northeastern beardtongue)
...relatively easy to identify in the field due to the palate on the lower corolla lip (unique for New England Penstemon). However, on herbarium specimens this feature can be distorted, and separa...
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Amelanchier sanguinea (round-leaved serviceberry, round-leaved shadbush)
...coarsely-toothed leaves, which have veins that extend all the way to the margins. This species inhabits a range of environments, from rocky crevices in cliffs to river floodplain terraces. It also has...
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Viola pedata (bird-foot violet)
...is easy to identify because of its deeply and narrowly lobed leaves, looking slightly like birds' feet. This species has effective ballistic (explosive) dispersal of its seeds, frequently sending...
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Thalictrum dioicum (early meadow-rue)
...relatively easy to recognize. It is favored as a native garden plant for its delicate foliage and distinctive fruits. Habitat: floodplain (river or stream floodplains), forests, shores of rivers or ...
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Trifolium incarnatum (crimson clover)
...native to Europe and widely introduced as a forage and cover crop. It has escaped and become naturalized in much of North America, including throughout New England. It is a striking species and easy t...
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Anemone canadensis (Canada windflower, Canadian anemone)
...more ways to evenly divide the calyx (the calyx is radially symmetrical). Sepal and petal color: NA. Sepals fused only to se...
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Ficaria verna (fig-crowfoot, lesser celandine)
...native to Europe and introduced in New England, where it inhabits riparian forests, river banks, and disturbed areas. Its range appears to be expanding rapidly. In addition to producing showy, yello...