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