Gypsy Springs
Acquired:  1966
Acreage: 2.5 acres
Uses: wetland protection, wildlife conservation  
Access:  north end of Grace Street; south end of Beaver Street

Directions:

Merritt Parkway north to exit 44; turn left and at the light turn right onto Black Rock Turnpike; pass by Fairfield Woods Road, Stillson Road, Tunix Hill Road to make a left turn onto Jennings Road; the fifth road on the left is Grace Street; turn left onto Grace Street and follow it to its end.

Trails:

12/01/2005.  This is a small piece of land sandwiched between homes.  It has a stream and accompanying wetlands.  It did not take long to explore the area.  Dr. Patrick L. Cooney. 

PLANT LIST:
Dr. Patrick L. Cooney
* = plant blooming on date of field trip, 12/01/2005

Trees:
Acer saccharum (sugar maple)
Betula lenta (black birch)
Pinus strobus (white pine)
Prunus serotina (black cherry)
Pyrus sp. (crab apple)
Robinia pseudoacacia (black locust)
Thuja occidentalis (arbor-vitae)

Shrubs and sub-shrubs:
Euonymus alatus (winged euonymus)
Rosa multiflora (multiflora rose)
Rubus sp. (blackberry)

Vines:
Celastrus orbiculatus (Asiatic bittersweet)
Euonymus fortunii (Fortune's euonymus)
Hedera helix (English ivy)
Lonicera japonica (Japanese honeysuckle)
Smilax rotundifolia (round-leaved greenbrier)
Toxicodendron radicans (poison ivy)
Vitis sp. (grape)

Herbs:
Alliaria petiolata (garlic mustard)
Allium vineale (field garlic)
Chelidonium majus (celandine)
Polygonum cuspidatum (Japanese knotweed)
Rumex sp. (dock)
Solidago sp. (goldenrod)

Grasses::
Phragmites australis (giant reed grass)
(bamboo)