Hattertown Pond Preserve
Castle Meadow Road, Newtown, Fairfield County, Connecticut
117 acres
Directions:
Saw Mill River Parkway north to US 684 north to US 84 east; get off at Exit 9; turn right onto Hawleyville Road; turn right onto Mt. Pleasant Road (Route 6); turn left onto Taunton Lane; turn right onto Taunton Hill Road; turn right onto Birch Hill Road; turn right onto Dodgingtown Road that heads into Hattertown Road; reaching the Hattertown Historic District; and turn left onto Castle Meadow Road; head east on Castle Meadow Road for 0.5 and turn left into the small parking area.
History:
1960 -- Anna Lord donated the land.
Trails:
9/03/2005. On a beautiful day, Rosemary Cooney, Ceferino Santana, dog Sonar, Sarah-David Rosenbaum and I botanized along the little marsh along the shores of Hattertown Pond. Bush-whacking was involved because there was no trail through the marsh. It looked as though there might be a trail on the eastern side of Hattertown Pond (hard to get to because of the concrete dam structure in the way). I wanted to jump down and then up to get to what I thought was a trail, but the gang did not want to use their time walking in the woods. I'll have to investigate more on another day. The area was nice because there were quite a few species still in bloom in the small marsh area. Dr. Patrick L. Cooney.
PLANT LIST:
Dr. Patrick L. Cooney, Rosemary Cooney and Sarah-David Rosenbaum
* = plants blooming on field trip, 9/03/2005
Trees:
Acer rubrum (red maple)
Acer saccharum (sugar maple)
Amelanchier arborea (shadbush)
Betula lenta (black birch)
Carya sp. (hickory)
Fagus grandifolia (American beech)
Fraxinus pensylvanica (green ash)
Liriodendron tulipifera (tulip tree)
Picea pungens var. glauca (blue spruce)
Populus deltoides (cottonwood)
Prunus serotina (black cherry)
Quercus alba (white oak)
Quercus rubra (red oak)
Sassafras albidum (sassafras)
Shrubs:
Berberis thunbergii (Japanese barberry)
Chimaphila maculata (spotted wintergreen)
Clethra alnifolia (sweet pepperbush)
Corylus sp. (hazel)
Elaeagnus umbellata (autumn olive)
Ilex verticillata (winterberry holly)
Kalmia latifolia (mountain laurel)
Lindera benzoin (spicebush)
Lyonia ligustrina (maleberry)
Mitchella repens (partridgeberry)
Rosa multiflora (multiflora rose)
Rubus sp. (dewberry)
Sambucus canadensis (common elderberry)
Vaccinium corymbosum (highbush blueberry)
Viburnum acerifolium (maple-leaf viburnum)
Viburnum dentatum (smooth arrowwood viburnum)
Viburnum dentatum (hairy arrowwood viburnum)
Vines:
Calystegia sepium (hedge bindweed)
Celastrus orbiculatus (Asiatic bittersweet)
Cuscuta sp. (dodder) *
Mikania scandens (climbing hempweed) *
Parthenocissus quinquefolia (Virginia creeper)
Toxicodendron radicans (poison ivy)
Vitis labrusca (fox grape)
Herbs:
Achillea millefolium (common yarrow)
Agrimonia gryposepala (common agrimony)
Alliaria petiolata (garlic mustard)
Ambrosia artemisiifolia (common ragweed) *
Arisaema triphyllum (Jack in the pulpit)
Artemisia vulgaris (common mugwort)
Asclepias syriaca (common milkweed)
Aster divaricatus (white wood aster) *
Bidens cernua (nodding bur marigold) *
Bidens connata (swamp beggar tick) *
Bidens sp. (beggar tick)
Boehmeria cylindrica (false nettle)
Conyza canadensis (horseweed)
Daucus carota (Queen Anne's lace) *
Desmodium paniculatum (panicled tick-trefoil) *
Dianthus armeria (Deptford pink) *
Epilobium coloratum (purple-leaved willowherb) *
Erigeron annuus (daisy fleabane) *
Eupatorium maculatum (spotted Joe-Pye weed) *
Euthamia graminifolia (grass-leaved goldenrod) *
Galium mollugo (wild madder) *
Galium sp. (bedstraw)
Hieracium sp. (hawkweed)
Hypericum perforatum (common St. Johnswort) *
Impatiens capensis (orange jewelweed) *
Lemna sp. (duckweed)
Lindernia dubia (false pimpernel) *
Lobelia cardinalis (cardinal flower) *
Lobelia inflata (Indian tobacco) *
Ludwigia palustris (water purslane)
Lysimachia nummularia (moneywort)
Lythrum salicaria (purple loosestrife) *
Lycopus sp. (bugleweed) *
Maianthemum canadense (Canada mayflower)
Medeola virginiana (Indian cucumberroot)
Oxalis sp. (yellow wood sorrel) *
Pilea pumila (clearweed)
Plantago major (common plantain)
Polygonatum pubescens (hairy true Solomon's seal)
Polygonum arifolium (halberd-leaved tearthumb) *
Polygonum cespitosum (cespitose smartweed) *
Polygonum lapathifolium (nodding smartweed) *
Polygonum sagittatum (arrow-leaved tearthumb) *
Prunella vulgaris (self-heal) *
Pilea pumila (clearweed)
Plantago major (common plantain)
Ranunculus acris (tall buttercup) *
Rudbeckia hirta var. pulcherrima (black-eyed Susan)
Sedum telephioides (garden sedum)
Scutellaria lateriflora (maddog skullcap) *
Solanum carolinense (horse nettle)
Solidago spp. (goldenrod)
Sparganium sp. (burreed)
Symplocarpus foetidus (skunk cabbage)
Thalictrum pubescens (tall meadowrue)
Triadenum virginicum (marsh St. Johnswort) *soon
Trifolium pratense (red clover) *
Trifolium repens (white clover) *
Verbena hastata (blue vervain) *
Viola spp. (violet)
(water meal)
Rushes:
Juncus effusus (soft rush)
Juncus tenuis (path rush)
Sedges:
Carex intumescens (bladder sedge)
Carex laxiflora type (loose-flowered type sedge)
Carex lurida (sallow sedge)
Cladium mariscoides (twig rush)
Cyperus strigosus (umbrella sedge)
Dulichium arundinaceum (three-way sedge)
Scirpus cyperinus (woolly grass bulrush)
Grasses:
Alopecurus sp. (bristle grass)
Brachyelytrum erectum (long-awned wood grass)
Dactylis glomerata (orchard grass)
Digitaria sp. (crab grass)
Leersia oryzoides (rice cut grass)
Microstegium vimineum (Japanese stilt grass)
Panicum clandestinum (deer-tongue grass)
Phalaris arundinacea (reed canary grass)
Poa annua (annual bluegrass)
Poa sp. (bluegrass)
Ferns:
Lycopodium clavatum (running pine)
Lycopodium obscurum (ground pine)
Onoclea sensibilis (sensitive fern)
Osmunda cinnamomea (cinnamon fern)
Osmunda regalis (royal fern)
Polystichum acrostichoides (Christmas fern)
Thelypteris noveboracensis (New York fern)
Thelypteris palustris (marsh fern)
Others:
Sphagnum sp. (sphagnum moss)
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