Conservation
Study by:
Ivas Environmental
Environmental Sciences
Wetlands and Planning Services
Tilden Road property conservation and common maintenance boundaries:
The following are excerpts describing the conservation area vegetation from Steve Ivas's study of the wetland that was deeded to the Scituate Conservation Commission by William and Linda Kochman, as well as native plants that were incorporated in the wet meadow by landscape architect and artist Tim Barner.
The wetland is primarily a red maple swamp adjacent to Granny's Brook, an intermittent stream that becomes tidal before it flows into Scituate Harbor.
The botanical links are to the New England Wildflower Society web-site Go Botany.
The images where not local are annonymous from google image search.
Shrub Story
chokeberry
chokeberry
serviceberry
serviceberry
amer filbert
amer filbert
amer filbert
sweet-pepperbush
sweet-pepperbush
buttonbush
buttonbush
witchhazel
witchhazel
inkberry
inkberry
winterberry
winterberry
northern spicebush
northern spicebush
linden viburnum
linden viburnum
cranberrybush viburnum
cranberrybush viburnum
cranberrybush viburnum
northern arrowwood
northern arrowwood
European privet
European orivit
highbush blueberry
highbush blueberry
Herbaceous Story
fox sedge
fox sedge
pointed broom sedge
pointed broom sedge
sensitive fern
sensitive fern
blue vervain
blue vervain
blue vervain
hop sedge
hop sedge
green bulrush
green bulrush
nodding bur marigold
nodding bur marigold
bristly sedge
bristly sedge
american mannagrass
american mannagrass
american mannagrass
fringed sedge
fringed sedge
fringed sedge
wool grass
wool grass
soft rush
soft rush
spotted joe pye weed
spotted joe pye weed
boneset
boneset
mud plantain
mud plantain
mud plantain
New England aster
New England aster
rattlesnake grass
rattlesnake grass
rattlesnake grass
purplestem aster
purplestem aster
purplestem aster
soft stem bulrush
soft stem bulrush
soft stem bulrush
blueflag
blueflag
swamp milkweed
swamp milkweed
monkey flower
monkey flower
golden rod
golden rod
Over story:
red maple
red maple
red maple
red maple
tupelo
tupelo
tupelo
tupelo
northern red oak
northern red oak
northern red oak
northern red oak
green ash
green ash
green ash
green ash
black cherry
black cherry
black cherry
black cherry
Miscellaneous:
raspberries
raspberries
cinnamon fern
cinnamon fern
gteenbrier
greenbrier
climbing euonymus grapevines
climbing euonymus grapevines
black or sweet birch
black or sweet birch
black or sweet birch

