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Category Archives: Charles River Peninsula, Needham MA
Morrow’s Honeysuckle
Japanese Silverberry
This is a large shrub native to eastern Asia, considered an invasive species here. The leaves are silvery in spring, but turn greener throughout the summer. The flowers are lightly fragrant. They’ll have red fruit that is edible (works well as a dried fruit) and has loads more antioxidant lycopene than tomatoes!
Japanese silverberry, Autumn-olive, Spreading oleaster (Elaeagnus umbellata)
Cypress Spurge
The blooms aren’t quite open. An invasive plant common in the West. Toxic! I only see it at Red Wing Bay. A cloudy afternoon full of the sound of redwing blackbirds.
Cypress Spurge (Euphorbia cyparissias)