Highly adaptable tree that can live in cool densely forested wetlands/bottomlands to much drier upland white pine forests. Certain trees take on a...
Plants
Abies balsamea, Balsam Fir
Highly adaptable tree that can live in cool densely forested wetlands/bottomlands to much drier upland white pine forests. Certain trees take on a...
Acer rubrum-Red Maple
There are those plants that you see everyday, and thus, maybe take them for granted. In the last few years I have been paying closer attention to...
Acer spicatum, Mountain Maple
Mountain maple, as implied by it’s namesake, is quite common in mountainous areas, like the White Mountains of New Hampshire. But, it can also be...
Achillea millefolium-Common Yarrow
Wait! Before you go zipping by this plant that we see all the time, spend just a moment here. Every plant has a story and this one is more rich than...
Adiantum pedatum-Maidenhair fern
1 gallon pot size
Agerantina altissima-White snakeroot
This plant was recently considered a Eupatorium, but it has since been moved to its own genus due to several distinctions. It likes to grow in moist...
Amelanchier canadensis – Canada shadbush
Small tree/large shrub that takes on a vase like appearance. Produces a flush of bright white flowers in the early spring before much else is going...
Amsonia tabernaemontana-Willowleaf blue star
In its native haunts, eastern bluestar can be found growing in moist to wet woods and along lake shores in Massachusetts, where it's at the northern...
Aquilegia candensis-Wild columbine
One of our showiest spring flowers; bright red sepals with yellow petals and stamens and an irregular flower shape; hard to believe it's in the...
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi – Bearberry
An outstanding little shrub that will grow in some really tough situations. I have seen it growing at the base of Mount Kineo, Moosehead Lake in...
Arisaema triphyllum-Jack in the pulpit
This is a decidedly spooky looking plant. Whenever I stumble across one or a group of them I startle just a bit; similar to that little jump you...
Aronia melanocarpa-Black chokeberry
Highly adaptable shrub, growing in a broad spectrum of habitats from saturated wetlands to bone dry sandy soils. Tends to remain more compact in the...
Asclepias incarnata-Rose milkweed
Sensuous and showy purple flowers attractive to a variety of wonderful pollinators including fritillary and crescent butterflies and the...
Asclepias incarnata-Rose milkweed (bare root)
Sensuous and showy purple flowers attractive to a variety of wonderful pollinators including fritillary and crescent butterflies and the...
Asclepias syriaca-Common milkweed
As the name implies, this is the most common milkweed that we encounter in dry open fields and roadsides. It is the posterchild for teaching about...
Asclepias tuberosa-Butterfly weed
Can you believe that this species used to be found growing wild in Maine? Used to be is the operative term here; the Maine Natural Areas program...
Betula nigra-River birch
In the wild this lovely species of birch can be found growing along rivers banks, in riparian forests, and lake shores. It taps out just south of...
Betula papyrifera-Paper birch
This is the quintessential white birch of northern New England. Not a terribly long lived species, especially when compared to maples and birches,...
Betula populifolia-Gray birch
This is one of the first woody plants (besides invasive honeysuckles, barberry, multiflora rose, and bittersweet) to appear in abandoned fields and...