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    • About the Commission
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  • Open Space
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      • Deep Brook Preserve
      • Halfway River
      • High Meadow
      • Pole Bridge Preserve
      • Stone Bridge Preserve
  • Native Plants
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    • What Are Invasive Plants?
    • Common Invasive Plants
    • Connecticut Invasive Plant Ban
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High Meadow Vegetation Plots

* = Vegetative grass that was not identifiable. It's percent cover was added to other European agricultural grasses as a combined value.
'combined' = value of all European agricultural grasses in the plot. Includes species indicated with asterisk (*).
Plot 1
Common Name
Scientific Name
Percent Cover
Image
Smooth Brome
Bromus inermis
50
Value
Arrowwood
Viburnum dentatum
2
Cow Vetch
Vicia cracca
2
Whorled Bedstraw
Galium mollugo
2
Blackberry
Rubus allegheniensis
10
Invasive Honeysuckle
Lonicera x bella
2
Asian Bittersweet
Celastrus orbiculatus
1

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The Newtown Conservation Commission is dedicated to the acquisition, preservation and protection of 2,000 acres of town-owned open space. In addition, the Commission is actively working to encourage healthy habitats and increase the diversity of our native wildlife and vegetation.

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Newtown, CT 06470
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