SCUDIERE PRESERVE (DUTCHER AVENUE MARSH)
Pawling, Dutchess County, NY

Directions:

get off of Rt. 22 at exit for Rt. 55
left turn at stop sign
drive .6 mile and turn right onto Dutcher Avenue; immediately park along the road pull off areas

History:

John B. Dutcher was one of Pawling's biggest boosters. He was born in Dover in 1830. He became a successful businessman and politician in Dover.

In Pawling, he invested in building local business, partly because he foresaw the coming of the railroad to the area.

Ghee, Joyce C. And Joan Spence. 1998. Image of America: Harlem Valley Pathways: Through Pawling, Dover, Amenia, North East, and Pine Plains. Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing.

Trails:

This is a very open area along semi-busy roads near a fire department house.

Across the R5 55 is supposed to be a big nature preserve, but I don't know how to access it.

PLANT LIST:
Dr. Patrick L. Cooney

Trees:
Acer rubrum (red maple)
Betula populifolia (gray birch)
Fraxinus americana (white ash)
Fraxinus sp. (ash)
Juniperus virginiana (red cedar)
Populus deltoides (cottonwood)
Pyrus sp. (crab apple)
Robinia pseudoacacia (black locust)
Salix discolor (pussy willow)
Salix nigra (black willow)
Salix sp. (willow shrub)

Shrubs:
Berberis thunbergii (Japanese barberry) 5/15/01
Cornus amomum (swamp dogwood) 6/22/00 8/02/00
Cornus racemosa (gray dogwood) 6/22/00
Elaeagnus umbellata (autumn olive) 5/15/01
Lonicera morrowii (Morrow's honeysuckle) 5/15/01 6/22/00
Rhamnus cathartica (common buckthorn)
Rhus glabra (smooth sumac)
Rosa sp. (Carolina or Virginia)? 6/22/00
Rubus occidentalis (black raspberry)
Rubus phoenicolasius (wineberry)
Rubus sp. (blackberry)
Sambucus canadensis (common elderberry) 6/22/00
Viburnum dentatum (arrowwood viburnum) 6/22/00

Vines:
Calystegia sepium (hedge bindweed)
Lonicera japonica (Japanese honeysuckle)
Toxicodendron radicans (poison ivy)
Vitis riparia (riverbank grape)
Vitis sp. (grape)


Herbs:
Achillea millefolium (yarrow) 5/15/01 6/22/00 8/02/00
Alliaria petiolata (garlic mustard) 5/15/01 6/22/00
Anemone canadensis (Canada anemone) 6/22/00
Angelica atropurpurea (great angelica)
Asclepias syriaca (common milkweed) 6/22/00 soon
Asparagus officinalis (asparagus ) 6/22/00
Barbarea vulgaris (common wintercress) 5/15/01
Callitriche palustris? (water starwort)
Cerastium vulgatum (common chickweed) 5/15/01
Chrysanthemum leucanthemum (ox-eye daisy) 6/22/00 8/02/00
Cichorium intybus (chicory) 8/02/00
Cirsium arvense (Canada thistle)
Cirsium vulgare (bull thistle) 8/02/00
Coronilla varia (crown vetch?)
Daucus carota (Queen Anne's lace) 8/02/00
Echinocystis lobata (wild cucumber)
Erigeron annuus (daisy fleabane) 5/15/01
Erigeron pulchellus (robin's fleabane) 6/22/00
Erysimum cheiranthoides (wormseed mustard)
Eupatorium maculatum (spotted joe-pye-weed) 8/02/00
Eupatorium perforatum (boneset) 8/02/00
Eupatorium purpureum (sweet-scented joe-pye-weed) 8/02/00
Eupatorium spp. (joe-pye-weed)
Euthamia graminifolia (grass-leaved goldenrod) 8/02/00
Gallium mollugo (wild madder) 5/15/01 6/22/00
Geranium maculatum (wild geranium) 5/15/01 6/22/00
Geum canadense (white avens) 6/22/00
Glechoma hederacea (gill over the ground)
Hieracium caespitosum (field hawkweed) 6/22/00
Hieracium sp. (hawkweed) 8/02/00
Hypericum perforatum (common St. Johnswort) 8/02/00
Impatiens capensis (orange jewelweed) 8/02/00
Iris versicolor (blue iris) 6/22/00
Linaria vulgaris (butter and eggs)
Lotus corniculatus (birdfoot trefoil) 6/22/00
Ludwigia palustris (water purslane)
Lysimachia ciliata (fringed loosestrife) 8/02/00
Lythrum salicaria (purple loosestrife) 6/22/00 one in bloom; 8/02/00
Matricaria matricarioides (pineapple weed) 6/22/00
Medicago lupulina (black medick ) 6/22/00 8/02/00
Melilotus alba (white sweet clover) 6/22/00
Melilotus officinalis (yellow sweet clover) 6/22/00
Mentha arvensis (wild mint) 8/02/00
Monarda fistulosa (wild bergamot) 8/02/00
Origanum vulgare (wild marjoram) 8/02/00
Oxalis sp. (yellow wood sorrel) 6/22/00 8/02/00
Pastinaca sativa (wild parsnip) 6/22/00
Penstemmon digitalis (foxglove beardtongue) 6/22/00
Phytolacca americana (pokeweed) 8/02/00
Pilea pumila (clearweed)
Plantago lanceolata (English plantain) 5/15/01 6/22/00 8/02/00
Plantago rugellii (American plantain) red stems
Polygonum arenastrum or aviculare (green with white margin petals) 8/02/00
Prunella vulgaris (self heal) 6/22/00
Ranunculus acris (tall butter cup) 6/22/00
Ranunculus abortivus (kidney-leaf buttercup) 5/15/01
Rudbeckia hirta var. pulcherrima (black -eyed Susan) 6/22/00 8/02/00
Rumex acetosella (sheep sorrel)
Rumex crispus (curled dock)
Sagittaria latifolia (broad-leaved arrowhead) 8/02/00
Saponaria officinalis (bouncing bet) 8/02/00
Silene latifolia (white campion) 5/15/01 6/22/00
Sisyrinchium angustifolium (blue-eyed grass) 6/24/00
Solanum carolinense (horse nettle nightshade) 6/22/00 lots; 8/02/00
Solanum dulcamara (bittersweet nightshade) 6/22/00 8/02/00
Solidago juncea (early goldenrod)
Solidago odorata (sweet goldenrod) 8/02/00
Spirodela polyrhiza (greater duckweed)
Taraxacum officinale (common dandelion) 5/15/01 6/22/00
Teucrium canadense (American germander) 8/02/00
Thalictrum dioicum (early meadowrue)
Thalictrum pubescens (tall meadowrue)
Trifolium pratense (red clover) 6/22/00 8/02/00
Trifolium repens (white clover) 6/22/00 8/02/00
Trifolium sp. (alsike clover)?
Tussilago farfara (colts foot)
Typha angustifolia (narrow-leaved cattail)
Typha latifolia (broad-leaved cattail)
Verbascum thapsus (common mullein) 8/02/00
Verbena hastata (blue vervain) 8/02/00
Verbena urticifolia (white vervain) 8/02/00
Veronica americana (American brooklime) 6/24/00
Veronica serpyllifolia (thyme-leaved speedwell) 6/22/00
Vicia cracca (cow vetch) 6/22/00 8/02/00
Zizia aurea (golden Alexanders) 5/15/01

Rushes:
Juncus effusus (soft rush)

Sedges:
Carex lurida (sedge) 5/15/01
Carex stricta (tussock sedge) 5/15/01
Cyperus esculentus or strigosus (nut or umbrella sedge)
Eleocharis sp. (a tall spikerush)
Scirpus atrovirens (dark green bulrush)

Grasses:
Anthoxanthum odoratum (sweet vernal grass) 5/15/01
Bromus inermis (smooth brome grass)
Dactylis glomerata (orchard grass)
Holcus lanatus (velvet grass) 6/22/00
Leersia oryzoides (rice cut grass)
Lolium perenne (perennial rye grass)
Phleum pratense (timothy grass)
Phalaris arundinacea (canary reed grass) 6/22/00
Poa pratensis (Kentucky bluegrass) 5/15/01
Phragmites australis (giant reed grass)

Ferns and Fern Allies:
Equisetum arvense (field horsetail)
Equisetum hyemale (scouring rush)
Onoclea sensibilis (sensitive fern)
Thelypteris palustris (marsh fern)