Empire Tract

Empire Road, Little Ferry, Bergen County, New Jersey

PLANT LIST:
Dr. Erik Kiviat and Torrey Botanical Society
* = plant blooming on date of field trip, 7/09/2005

Trees:
Acer negundo (box elder)
Acer saccharinum (silver maple)
Ailanthus altissima (tree-of-heaven)
Catalpa sp. (catalpa)
Gleditsia triacanthos (honey locust) 
Juglans nigra (black locust)
Morus alba (white mulberry)
Populus deltoides (eastern cottonwood)
Populus tremuloides (quaking aspen)
Prunus serotina (black cherry) 
Robinia pseudoacacia (black locust)

Shrubs and sub-shrubs:
Lonicera morrowii (Morrow's honeysuckle)  
Rhus copallina (winged sumac)
Rhus glabra (smooth sumac)
Rubus occidentalis (black raspberry)  
Rubus sp. (blackberry)
Sambucus canadensis (common elder)
Viburnum dentatum (smooth arrowwood viburnum)

Vines:
Ampelopsis brevipedunculata (porcelainberry)
Lonicera japonica (Japanese honeysuckle)
Parthenocissus quinquefolia (Virginia creeper)
Rhus copallina (smooth sumac)
Vitis labrusca (fox grape)

Broad-leaved Herbs:
Achillea millefolium (common yarrow)     *
Alliaria petiolata (garlic mustard)     *
Allium vineale (common St. Johnswort)     *
Apocynum cannabinum (Indian hemp)    *
Arctium sp. (burdock)
Artemisia vulgaris (common mugwort)
Asclepias syriaca (common milkweed)     *
Centaurea maculosa (spotted knapweed)     *
Chenopodium album (pigweed)
Chenopodium ambrosioides (Mexican tea)
Cichorium intybus (chicory)     *
Cirsium arvense (Canada thistle)      *
Coronilla varia (crown vetch)     *
Daucus carota (wild carrot)     *
Erigeron annuus (daisy fleabane)     *
Hypericum perforatum (common St. Johnswort)    *
Impatiens capensis (spotted touch-me-not)      *
Lepidium virginicum (poor man's pepper)     *
Lythrum salicaria (purple loosestrife)     *
Melilotus alba (white sweet clover)     *
Oxalis sp. (yellow wood sorrel)     *
Phytolacca americana (pokeweed)     *
Plantago lanceolata (English plantain)     *
Plantago major (common plantain)
Polygonum cuspidatum (Japanese knotweed)     *
Polygonum lapathifolium (nodding smartweed)     *
Polygonum pensylvanicum (Pennsylvania smartweed)     *
Potentilla norvegica (rough cinquefoil)     *
Rumex crispus (curled dock)
Solanum dulcamara (bittersweet nightshade)      *
Solidago rugosa (rough-stemmed goldenrod)
Tradescantia sp. (spiderwort) 
Verbena urticifolia (white vervain)     *
Xanthium strumarium (clotbur) 

Grasses:
Calamagrostis canadensis (bluejoint grass)
Dactylis glomerata (orchard grass)
Echinochloa crus-galli (barnyard grass)
Elytrigia repens (quack grass)
Panicum dichotomiflorum (fall panic grass)
Phragmites australis (giant reed grass)

Rushes:
Juncus tenuis (path rush)

Sedges:
Carex spp. (sedge)

Ferns and Fern Allies:
Thelypteris palustris (marsh fern)