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Fresh Pond Up Close! Native Plants of the Reservation

These photographs are samples of my native plant photographs. They were taken with a macro lens and are all close-ups. They are available as downloads and can be printed to up to 12”x12” without losing details.

Fothergilla gardenii
(coastal witch-alder)

Coastal witch alder flower bud
Fresh Pond, Cambridge, MA, USA, April 2025
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Asclepias syriaca
(common milkweed)

Common Milkweed Flowers
Fresh Pond, Cambridge, MA, USA, June 2025
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Carpinus caroliniana
(American hornbeam)

American hornbeam seeds
Fresh Pond, Cambridge, MA, USA, June 2025
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Erigeron strigosus
(daisy fleabane)

Bug on a daisy fleabane flower
Fresh Pond, Cambridge, MA, USA, July 2025
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Amelanchier laevis
(smooth shadbush) OR Amelanchier arborea (common serviceberry)

Common Serviceberry Flowers
Fresh Pond, Cambridge, MA, USA, April 2025
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Amelanchier laevis
(smooth shadbush) OR Amelanchier arborea (common serviceberry)

Common Serviceberry Flowers
Fresh Pond, Cambridge, MA, USA, April 2025
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Erigeron strigosus
(daisy fleabane)

Bug on a daisy fleabane flower
Fresh Pond, Cambridge, MA, USA, July 2025
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Amelanchier laevis
(smooth shadbush) OR Amelanchier arborea (common serviceberry)

Common Serviceberry Flowers
Fresh Pond, Cambridge, MA, USA, April 2025
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Amelanchier laevis
(smooth shadbush) OR Amelanchier arborea (common serviceberry)

Common Serviceberry Flowers
Fresh Pond, Cambridge, MA, USA, April 2025
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Sambucus racemosa
(red elderberry)

Red Elderberry Flower bud
Fresh Pond, Cambridge, MA, USA, April 2025
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Amelanchier laevis
(smooth shadbush) OR Amelanchier arborea (common serviceberry)

Common Serviceberry Flowers
Fresh Pond, Cambridge, MA, USA, April 2025
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Salix
(willow)

Ladybug on a willow
Fresh Pond, Cambridge, MA, USA, May 2025
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Acer rubrum (red maple) - blooms

Acer rubrum
(red maple)

Red Maple Tree Blooms
Fresh Pond, Cambridge, MA, USA, April 2025
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Magnolia virginiana (sweet-bay magnolia) - seed pod

Magnolia virginiana
(sweet-bay magnolia)

Sweet-Bay Magnolia Dried Seed Pod
Fresh Pond, Cambridge, MA, USA, April 2025
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Lindera benzoin (northen spicebush) - flower or leave buds

Lindera benzoin
(northern spicebush)

Northern Spicebush Flowers
Fresh Pond, Cambridge, MA, USA, April 2025
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Email me with any questions on these photographs or if you are interested in looking at more of my photography. stephanie@stephanieressel.com

Fresh Pond 2022-2024

These are some of the photographs I took while first walking around Fresh Pond with our dog Charlie.

A pine cone hanging from the branch of a pine tree, with green needles and a clear blue sky in the background.

Pinus strobus
(eastern white pine)

PH-1001
Fresh Pond, Cambridge, MA, USA, December 2023
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Red berries on leafless branches against a snowy background.

Ilex verticillata
(winterberry holly) 1

PH-1002
Fresh Pond, Cambridge, MA, USA, December 2023
8”x8”, 10”x10”, 12”x12”; Digital Photography
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A shrub with red berries in front of tall dry yellow grass against a clear blue sky.

Ilex verticillata
(winterberry holly) 2

PH-1003
Fresh Pond, Cambridge, MA, USA, January 2024
8”x8”, 10”x10”, 12”x12”; Digital Photography
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Close-up of a branch of a coniferous tree with small blue cones, set against a blurry background of sky and ground.

Juniperus virginiana
(eastern red cedar)

PH-1004
Fresh Pond, Cambridge, MA, USA, December 2023
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PH-1008
Fresh Pond, Cambridge, MA, USA, October 2022
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Fraxinus americana

Close-up of autumn leaves of poison ivy in red, orange, and yellow colors on a tree.

Toxicodendron radicans
(poison ivy) 01

PH-1009
Fresh Pond, Cambridge, MA, USA, October 2022
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Close-up of autumn leaves of a musclewood tree in shades of red, orange, yellow, and green on a tree branch.

Carpinus Caroliniana
(musclewood)

PH-1011
Fresh Pond, Cambridge, MA, USA, October 2022
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Frozen bubbles in the ice on the ground.

Frozen Puddle 01

PH-1012
Fresh Pond, Cambridge, MA, USA, February 2023
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Dry, beige wild grasses near a body of water, with some seed heads, illuminated by sunlight.

Little Fresh Pond 01

PH-1019
Fresh Pond, Cambridge, MA, USA, December 2023
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Bare tree branches over a calm lake with reflections of the branches on the water.

Fresh Pond 01 - Early Spring

PH-1015
Fresh Pond, Cambridge, MA, USA, April 2023
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A peaceful lakeside scene viewed through trees, with clear blue water and a distant shoreline covered in green trees.

Fresh Pond 02 - Late Spring

PH-1016
Fresh Pond, Cambridge, MA, May 2023
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Acorns

PH-10XX
Fresh Pond, Cambridge, MA, USA 202X
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Little Fresh Pond 05

PH-1036
Fresh Pond, Cambridge, MA, USA, October 2024
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Ilex verticillata
(winterberry holly) 3

PH-1058
Fresh Pond, Cambridge, MA, USA, October 2024
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Little Fresh Pond 02

PH-1059
Fresh Pond, Cambridge, MA, USA, October 2024
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Dry, brown wildflowers in the foreground with a blurred lake and autumn trees in the background.

Little Fresh Pond 03

PH-1060
Fresh Pond, Cambridge, MA, USA, October 2024
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Little Fresh Pond 04

PH-1061
Fresh Pond, Cambridge, MA, USA, October 2024
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Photography 2020-2024

These are some of my photographs over the first years when I started occasionally photographing landscapes and landscape details

Rocks in the sand at Seapoint Beach, Kittery, Maine

Rocks in the Sand

Seapoint Beach, Maine, USA, 2024
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Rock in the sand at Seapoint Beach, Kittery, Maine

Rock in the Sand

Seapoint Beach, Maine, USA, 2024
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Little Pleasant Bay, Orleans, Cape Cod

Orleans, Massachusetts, USA, 2024
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Little Pleasant Bay 02

Little Pleasant Bay, Orleans, Cape Cod

Orleans, Massachusetts, USA, 2024
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Little Pleasant Bay 03

Clear blue ocean water meeting sandy shoreline with gentle waves

Orleans, Massachusetts, USA, 2020
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Atlantic Ocean 02

Clear blue ocean water with gentle waves washing onto a sandy beach, with more waves visible in the distance at the horizon.

Orleans, Massachusetts, USA, 2020
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Atlantic Ocean 01

Email me with any questions on these photographs or if you are interested in looking at more of my photography. stephanie@stephanieressel.com