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Eli's Native Plants
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Trying to stop the 6th global extinction event. Encouraging others to garden for wildlife and for themselves, to identify plants, and forage, and improve their connection to the wild world.
Joining the Ash Graveyard.

A brittle White Ash (Fraxinus americana) that shattered in the wind shattered again as it hit the trail. I cleared the debris from the tail, in #BoxboroughMA, in Beaver Brook Meadow / Steele Farm, but there is some chainsaw work needed.
December 20, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Hey #BoxboroughMA, Beaver Brook Meadow / Steele Farm has tree lines completely given over to Asiatic Bittersweet (Celastrus orbiculatus). It spreads from the highway (I495) and destroys advancing forest and edges faster than overpopulated deer, then works that edge back.

#invasivespecies #parks
December 20, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Check out who voted yes to strip searching immigrant children (H.R. 4371). The pedophile party all voted yes, of course, but 7 Democrats joined them, including representatives from CA, ME, NC, NY, TX, and WA. Traitors.

#immigrantsrights #humanrights #pedophiles

www.govtrack.us/congress/vot...
H.R. 4371: To amend the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection … -- House Vote #340 -- Dec. 16, 2025
House Vote #340 in 2025, in the United States Congress.
www.govtrack.us
December 17, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Marcescence:
The leaves that intend to #fall have fallen. Some trees, like White and Red oak, retain leaves throughout the winter, especially when they are young. Is it to protect buds from frost or deer? To shelter the soil? It seems that we have more to learn.

#nativeplants #ecoregion59
November 25, 2025 at 2:01 PM
We got our first Aronia berries this year. I learned that each Common Milkweed seed pod comes from one of the 120-200 flowers in an inflorescence. Our lonely northern mallow species, Hibiscus moscheutos proliferated, as did H. sawflies, Elderberry sawflies, and birds. #nativeplants
#ecoregion59
November 22, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Our house will be listed today. I'm going to miss the gardens that I poured my heart and soul into for the past three years. I will definitely consider who will keep the birds and the bees safe and fed when considering offers.

#nativeplants #ecoregion59 #actonMA #houseforsale
November 19, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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Trump’s Not Fighting Corruption. He’s Perfecting It.
What’s happening in Washington isn’t democracy. It’s cartel politics.
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November 12, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Witchhazel is blooming! Hamamelis virginiana is easy to miss. Look up and you might look right past these arching understory trees, but look closely and you may be rewarded with our latest bloom of the fall.

#nativeplants #forests #newengland #ecoregion59 #bloomscrolling #flowers #trees
November 5, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Oaks are in full fall regalia, here in Acton, MA. They took their time, then changed fast over this rainy Tuesday-Wednesday. They are just in time to join the maples and birches before the maples go bare. Look at the colors on these three saplings!

#quercus #nativeplants #ecoregion59 #fall
October 23, 2025 at 2:35 PM
First frost here in Middlesex Cty, MA. This is probably the end of the Touch-me-nots and Tomatoes. The Calendula may pull through. Our lovely sugar maple will probably drop its bright orange leaves quickly now.

#nativeplants #fall #firstfrost #ecoregiin59 #frost
October 10, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Wouldn't it be cool to scroll your local ecosystem - seasonal #nativeplants info? I started #ecoregion59 with @jp0610.bsky.social so you can see at least our perspectives on the Northeastern Coastal Zone.

Find your ecoregion:
bplant.org/ecoregion_lo...

Ecoregion 59:
archive.epa.gov/esd/archive-...
Ecoregion Locator
Pin a point on a map and find which ecoregions it is in.
bplant.org
October 8, 2025 at 2:26 PM
It's Aster season! American asters (genus Symphyotrichum) are diverse and ubiquitous. Take a closer look and I bet you'll find some new-to-you species you've been walking by. My favorite Disney quote: "Look harder" -Rafiki

#nativeplants #bloomscrolling #fallflowers #ecoregion59
October 8, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Reposted by Eli's Native Plants
After the Trump regime’s invasion of an apartment building in Chicago earlier this week, all Americans should brush up on their 4th Amendment rights.
October 4, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Some Purplestem Asters volunteered? I probably dropped seed uphill, and they wound up right by the road. I'll move them somewhere with moist soil where they won't block the view of incoming traffic, but I couldn't bring myself to move them in the growing season.

#nativeplants #ecoregion59
October 3, 2025 at 12:17 AM
In the lower courts, should I say 'the people's courts?' the Republican-appointed judges as well as the Democrat-appointed ones are upholding limits on executive power and protecting the constitution. Our supreme court is, however, supremely corrupt.
This rules - @raskin.house.gov straight up called out Roberts to his face.

democrats-judiciary.house.gov/media-center...
September 28, 2025 at 1:38 PM
What could be more wonderful than a tiny capsule that is ready to create life if left in the right place? I love seeds. Here are some that I'm particularly excited about. My favorite right now is American Hog-peanut, partially because I love a native legume.

#nativeplants #ecoregion59 #seedsaving
September 27, 2025 at 8:57 PM
If we want to prevent the precipitous slide into authoritarianism that degrades all the values that made this country great, we need to flip seats in this midterm election. If we want to make the United States decent again,
we need to win overwhelming.

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September 25, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Sharp-toothed Nodding-aster (Oclemena acuminata), can be one whorl of leaves, and an inflorescence. Images and descriptions typically show it taller, with leaves spread along a stem.

gobotany.nativeplanttrust.org/species/ocle...

#nativeplants #ecoregion59.
September 21, 2025 at 3:12 AM
This is a true champion of democracy and freedom, fighting for the rights and the freedoms of the downtrodden, pushing through pain and abuse to do what is right. A real hero.
A woman protesting outside the ICE facility in Broadview, Illinois, was brutally assaulted by goons who used mace and sting balls on her.
September 20, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Yarrow is a great filler for a garden bed, a native host and nectar plant. But did you know that many Roman soldiers carried it to stop their bleeding? Instant stopped a welling cut on my finger just now. It is antibacterial and speeds wound healing.

#yarrow #herbalism #nativeplants #gardening
September 17, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Put your Pawpaws on the North side of your garden beds, with taller plants. Young pawpaws need shade. A fully-grown pawpaw produces best in full sun. This accomplishes both, and lets them grow without relocation and damage to their big taproot.

#nativeplants #foodforest #ecoregion59
September 15, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Goldenrods are powerhouse plants. First, edible shoots for humans and deer in the spring. Next, a host for more species of caterpillar than any other North American genus of herbs. Then, as an incredible pollinator plant, as you see here. Finally for the finches who feast on seeds.

#nativeplants
September 11, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Angel-winged Katydid (genus Microcentrum, sp?) on our Common Evening Primrose. I was thrilled and curious, and the poor thing tolerated my many photographs, then flew over and landed on my shirt. Whoops!

#nativeplants #insects #ecoregion59
September 10, 2025 at 9:58 PM
This Calico Paint Caterpillar would like to remind you that Solidago (goldenrods) are powerhouse herbs for lepidopterans, hosting more butterfly and moth caterpillars than any other. The bumblebees, Halictid bees and an array of wasps visit every day for nectar now. Birds will feast on seeds soon.
September 7, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Closed Bottle Gentians (Gentiana clausa) have slits at the top. Only bumblebees are strong enough to break in to get the good stuff.

Please don't pick/dig them. This population in a popular park is down to one last individual, hiding under the alders.

#nativeplants #conservation #ecoregion59
September 2, 2025 at 4:42 PM