Ball Pond Boat Access 

Ball Pond Road East, New Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut

Open only to those people boating and/or fishing. 

Directions:

US 84 east to exit 5; turn left onto Route 39;  turn right onto Giollatti Road (still Rt. 39); turn left onto Ball Pond Road East; in a short distance turn left into the boat access area.    

Trails:

7/20/2005.  On a warm day, Ceferino Santana, dog Sonar and I parked at the parking area for the boat launch.  No real trails here.  It is a small area, primarily for boat launches and fishing.  There is a small piece of woods around the parking lot.  Spent a short period of time walking around the parking area and entrance road.  Dr. Patrick L. Cooney.

PLANT LIST:
Dr. Patrick L. Cooney

* = plants blooming on date of field trip, 7/20/2005.  

Trees:
Acer platanoides (Norway maple)
Acer rubrum (red maple)
Acer saccharum (sugar maple)
Alnus glutinosa (black alder)
Carya sp. (hickory)
Fraxinus americana (white ash)
Liriodendron tulipifera (tulip tree)
Morus alba (white mulberry)
Picea pungens (spruce)
Populus deltoides (cottonwood)
Quercus rubra (red oak)  
Robinia pseudoacacia (black locust)
Salix sp. (willow)
Ulmus americana (American elm)

Shrubs and sub-shrubs:
Cephalanthus occidentalis (buttonbush)     *
Cornus amomum (swamp dogwood)
Decodon verticillatus (swamp loosestrife)
Elaeagnus umbellata (autumn olive)
Ilex verticillata (winterberry holly)
Rhamnus frangula (European  buckthorn) 
Rhus typhina (staghorn sumac)
Rosa multiflora (multiflora rose)
Rosa palustris (swamp rose)     *
Rubus occidentalis (black raspberry)
Salix sp. (willow)
Viburnum dentatum (smooth arrowwood viburnum)

Vines:
Apios americana (hog peanut)
Calystegia sepium (hedge bindweed)     *
Celastrus orbiculatus (Asiatic bittersweet) lots and lots
Parthenocissus quinquefolia (Virginia creeper)
Smilax rotundifolia (round-leaved greenbrier)
Toxicodendron radicans (poison ivy)
Vincetoxicum nigrum (black swallowwort)     *
Vitis labrusca (fox grape)
Wisteria sp. (wisteria)

Herbs:
Achillea millefolium (common yarrow)     *
Alliaria petiolata (garlic mustard)     *
Arctium sp. (burdock)
Asclepias incarnata (swamp milkweed)     *
Aster spp. (asters)
Bidens connata (swamp beggar ticks)    
Bidens sp. (beggar ticks) 
Cichorium intybus (chicory)     *
Daucus carota (Queen Anne's lace)     *
Erigeron annuus (daisy fleabane)     *
Glechoma hederacea (gill lover the ground) 
Hypericum punctatum (spotted St. Johnswort)     *
Impatiens sp. (jewelweed)    
Lemna sp. (duckweed) 
Lotus corniculatus (birdfoot trefoil)     *
Ludwigia palustris (water purslane) 
Lysimachia ciliata (fringed loosestrife)     *
Lysimachia nummularia (moneywort)     *
Lythrum salicaria (purple loosestrife)
Matricaria matricarioides (pineapple weed)     * 
Medicago lupulina (black medick)     *
Melilotus alba (white sweet clover)     *
Myosotis scorpioides (forget-me-not)     *
Nuphar advena (southern pond lily)     * 
Oxalis sp. (yellow sweet clover)     *
Peltandra virginica (arrow arum)
Pilea pumila (clearweed)
Plantago major (common plantain)
Prunella vulgaris (self-heal)      *
Ranunculus acris (tall buttercup)     *
Rumex acetosella (sheep sorrel)     *
Rumex crispus (curled dock)
Rumex obtusifolius (broad dock)
Sagittaria sp. (arrowhead)     *
Solanum dulcamara (bittersweet nightshade)     * 
Symplocarpus foetidus (skunk cabbage)
Thalictrum pubescens (tall meadowrue)     *
Trifolium repens (white clover)     *
Typha latifolia (broad-leaved cattail) 
Verbena urticifolia (white vervain)     *

Rushes:
Juncus tenuis (path rush)

Sedges:
Carex stricta (tussock sedge)
Cyperus strigosus (umbrella sedge) 
Scirpus atrovirens (dark green bulrush)

Grasses:
Dactylis glomerata (orchard grass)
Echinochloa sp. (barnyard grass)
Phalaris arundinacea (reed canary grass)
Phleum pratense (Timothy grass)
Phragmites australis (giant reed grass)

Ferns and Fern Allies:
Equisetum arvense (field horsetail) 
Onoclea sensibilis (sensitive fern)

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