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Great Meadows Report Index
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Natural Resource Inventory & Stewardship Plan
of Arlington's Great Meadows in Lexington, Massachusetts

Produced for the Arlington Conservation Commission
by Frances Clark of Carex Associates, July 2001.


Printed Copies

Printed copies of the report are available from the Arlington Conservation Commission Office. Call 781-316-3012 for ordering information. Full copies of the report are also available at the Arlington and Lexington town libraries.

Summary
Document
Description
Natural Resource Inventory & Stewardship Plan of Arlington's Great Meadows in Lexington
July 2001, Frances Clark for the Arlington Conservation Commission.
(400K PDF)
Maps
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Locus
Open Space
Plant Communities
Access Points
Photos
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Great Meadow marsh.
Successional grassland northeast of marsh.
Grassland successional forest mosaic and trails NW & W of marsh.
Peat Pond. Infinity Pond (vernal pool). Successional forest north of marsh. Mature oak forest west of Infinity Pond.
Infinity Pond April and October of 1991.
Munroe Brook and adjacent successional forest near NW boundary of GM.
Large oaks and successional growth northeast and north of marsh.
Black Oak/Pitch Pine woodland north/northeast of marsh.
Minuteman Bikeway.  Black Oaks near entrance from bikeway.  Entrance from Emerson Gardens.  Entrance from Nursing Center.
Entrance from Lexington Christian Academy.  Entrance from Sheila Road.  Entrance from Brandon St. by bikeway.
Exotic honeysuckle overwhelming successional forest.  Damage to trails and wetlands from bicycles.  Unmaintained trail erosion from heavy use. 
Appendices
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Description
Vascular Plant List by Name and Site
Vascular Plant List by Site and Genus with Invasive Status
Vascular Plant List by by Family
Macroinvertebrates in Infinity Vernal Pond - Ruth Ladd
Walking the Great Meadows - CLC
GM Bird List - John Andrews
Hydrology and Land Use Study (1970)
Biodiversity Day 2001 Preliminary Summary - Harsten Hartel
Biodiversity Day 2001 Plants - Betsy Wright
 
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