Watch out for this plant! As you can see, it is not always red. You should try to remember the shape of the leaves, they are usually shiny. You can even identify this in the winter months. The vines have brown fuzzy hairs all over them. If you find yourself touching this by accident, wash right away with laundry soap. It is the oil on the plant that causes an awful skin reaction. Believe or not, birds eat the berries of this nasty plant!

This beautiful plant grows in woods and fields. It escaped gardens and can be found to grow wild. It is also known as Wild Sweet William.

This delicate blue flowers grew right on the river's edge.

This large green leafy plant gives a good hiding place for baby bunnies!

Juniper makes blue berries. They were first used in the early seventeenth century by a son of Henry II of France to flavor a wine which was later distilled to make gin. Later, these berries were thought to cure snake bites, cure cramps, coughs, and convulsions. Modern science experiments do not support this, however!

So O.K., if you do get Poison Ivy, this could be the cure. This plant has a bright orange sap that was used by the Native Americans to ease the rash from Poison Ivy. Many people still use this even today. In Autumn, the seeds from this plant are really cool! If you carefully pick them and give them a gentle squeeze, they literally EXPLODE with little springs and shoot little seeds all over.

This vine grows all over New England!

In late Fall, ferns make seeds on the bottom of their leaves.