The Newton Conservators will host their next BioBlitz on Sunday, June 23, 3PM-5PM, to help people of all ages to explore the plants of Edmands Park and improve plant identification skills. This event is FREE. Register here.
Surrounded by stone walls and bordered by BC Law School on one side, Edmands Park contains woods, small clearings, wetlands, Edmands Brook, and a glacial esker. Its open oak forest contains beeches, locusts, maples, birches, and pines. Edmands Brook is an intermittent stream that empties into a large wetland filled with frogs and tadpoles.
These BioBlitz events are part of a larger effort by the Newton Conservators to document and raise awareness about the great diversity of plants and animals that inhabit Newton’s open spaces. At the beginning of the event, will be a brief tutorial on the iNaturalist app, which is used to document species and as an identification aid. Download this free and useful identification app to your phone or tablet beforehand from the Apple App Store for iOS or the Google Play Store for Android. The current iNaturalist project for Edmands Park includes previous observations.
The leader for this event will be naturalist Zach Schein. For questions, email Jonathan Regosin at jonathan.regosin@gmail.com.
Edmands Parks is located on Blake Street in Newtonville. Parking is available along Blake Street near the North entrance to the park. Registrants will be notified by email in case the event is canceled due to rain.
There will be additional BioBlitzes this summer at Flowed Meadow / Auburndale Park on Sunday, August 4, and at Crystal Lake / Levingston Cove on Sunday, August 11.
