Smith Park (Middletown, Connecticut)
Smith Park is a park in Middletown, Connecticut, United States, which was acquired by the town in 1974. It is located on the north side of Country Club Road in Middletown. Comprising of land, it includes ball fields, a playground, hiking trails, horseshoe pits, shuffleboards, and a pavilion. Permission can be obtained from the Middletown Park and Recreation Commission to host a family outing or company picnic at the pavilion, though wheelchair access is limited. The park is closed at sunset and the gates are locked. There is a wetland meadow that has shrubs like silky dogwood, winterberry, buttonbush, and Northern highbush blueberry Northern may refer to the following: Geography * North, a point in direction * Northern Europe, the northern part or region of Europe * Northern Highland, a region of Wisconsin, United States * Northern Province, Sri Lanka * Northern Range, a ra .... In the center of the woodland there is a small pond. Resources Middletown Conservation Commissi ...
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Middletown, Connecticut
Middletown is a city located in Middlesex County, Connecticut, United States, Located along the Connecticut River, in the central part of the state, it is south of Hartford, Connecticut, Hartford. In 1650, it was incorporated by English settlers as a town under its original Native American name, Mattabeseck, after the local indigenous people, also known as the Mattabesett. They were among the many tribes along the Atlantic coast who spoke Algonquian languages. The colonists renamed the settlement in 1653. When Hartford County, Connecticut, Hartford County was organized on May 10, 1666, Middletown was included within its boundaries. In 1784, the central settlement was incorporated as a city distinct from the town. Both were included within newly formed Middlesex County in May 1785. In 1923, the City of Middletown was consolidated with the Town, making the city limits extensive. Originally developed as a sailing port and then an industrial center on the Connecticut River, it is ...
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Silky Dogwood
Silky dogwood is a common name for two species of shrubs, formerly treated as a single species: * ''Cornus amomum'', a more southerly species found in the eastern U.S. * ''Cornus obliqua ''Cornus obliqua'', the blue-fruited dogwood, silky dogwood, or pale dogwood, is a flowering shrub of eastern North America in the dogwood family, Cornaceae. It is sometimes considered a subspecies of ''Cornus amomum'', which is also known as sil ...

Winterberry
''Ilex verticillata'', the winterberry, is a species of holly native to eastern North America in the United States and southeast Canada, from Newfoundland (island), Newfoundland west to Ontario and Minnesota, and south to Alabama. Other names that have been used include black alder, Canada holly, coralberry, fever bush, Michigan holly, or winterberry holly. The species occurs particularly in wetland habitats, but also on dry sand dunes and grassland. The berries are an important food resource for some species of bird, among them the American robin. Description ''Ilex verticillata'' is a shrub growing to tall. It is one of a number of hollies which are deciduous, losing their leaves in the fall. In wet sites, it will spread to form a dense thicket, while in dry soil it remains a tight shrub. The leaves are glossy green, long, broad, with a serrated margin and an acute apex. The flowers are small, in diameter, with five to eight white petals. The fruit is a globose red drupe ...
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Cephalanthus
''Cephalanthus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. There are about six species that are commonly known as buttonbush. Description They are shrubs or small trees growing to tall. The leaves are simple, arranged in opposite pairs or whorls of three. The flowers form a dense globular inflorescence. Distribution and habitat ''Cephalanthus occidentalis'' is native to the eastern United States and Canada. The others occur in tropical regions of the Americas, Africa and Asia. Two species are known in cultivation.Huxley AJ et al. (eds.) ''The New Royal Horticultural Society Dictionary of Gardening.'' The Macmillan Press Limited, London; The Stockton Press, New York. 1992. Systematics ''Cephalanthus'' was named by Linnaeus in ''Species Plantarum'' in 1753.Linnaeus, C''Cephalanthus'' ''Species Plantarum''. 1753. 1: 95 The generic name is derived from the Ancient Greek words κέφαλη (''kephale''), meaning "head", and ἄνθος (''anthos''), meaning "flowe ...
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Northern Highbush Blueberry
Northern may refer to the following: Geography * North, a point in direction * Northern Europe, the northern part or region of Europe * Northern Highland, a region of Wisconsin, United States * Northern Province, Sri Lanka * Northern Range, a range of hills in Trinidad Schools * Northern Collegiate Institute and Vocational School (NCIVS), a school in Sarnia, Canada * Northern Secondary School, Toronto, Canada * Northern Secondary School (Sturgeon Falls), Ontario, Canada * Northern University (other), various institutions * Northern Guilford High School, a public high school in Greensboro, North Carolina Companies * Arriva Rail North, a former train operating company in northern England * Northern Bank, commercial bank in Northern Ireland * Northern Foods, based in Leeds, England * Northern Pictures, an Australian-based television production company * Northern Rail, a former train operating company in northern England * Northern Railway of Canada, a defunct railway in On ...
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