Town Brook Corridor

Since 2002, dozens of projects and five dam removals have occurred to assist in diadromous fish migration. As part of these projects, impoundments created by dams are drained and planted with native species. Multiple locations along Town Brook including the Patuxet Preserve, Holmes Park, and walking areas along the Brook have received attention and plantings with native seed-mixes, plugs, and shrubs such as Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta), Blue Vervain (Verbena hestata), Buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis), Joe-Pye Weed (Eutrochium spp.), Milkweed Species (Asclepias spp.), Nannyberry (Viburnum lentago), New England Aster (Symphyotrichum novae-angliae), Pink Azalea (Rhododendron periclymenoides), White Meadowsweet (Spiraea alba), and Wild Bergamot (Monarda fistulosa).