Iron Bridge north
Salisbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut

Trails:

8/06/2005.  This was the afternoon of our second day of a three day vacation in the town of Salisbury.  We had visited the Falls Village Canoe Access on the Housatonic River and now we picked up the Appalachian Trail to visit the river vegetation on the north side of Iron bridge.  There is a series of small falls here.  The water goes over a series of ledges with the last ledge being the highest (five feet or so I guess).  The group had fun with the dog and the water while I walked up and down looking at the vegetation (with some help from my wife).

We were amazed that we were the only ones by these small, but pretty, falls.  Dr. Patrick L. Cooney. 

PLANT LIST:
Dr. Patrick L. Cooney

* =  plant(s) blooming on date of field trip, 8/06/2005

Trees:
Acer negundo (box elder maple)
Betula papyrifera (white birch)
Fraxinus pensylvanica (green ash)
Juglans nigra (black walnut)
Pinus strobus (white pine)
Platanus occidentalis (American sycamore)
Populus deltoides (cottonwood)
Salix sp. (willow)
Tilia americana (American basswood)
Ulmus rubra (slippery elm)

Shrubs and Subshrubs:
Alnus serrulata (smooth alder) 
Cornus amomum (swamp dogwood)
Elaeagnus umbellata (autumn olive)
Hamamelis virginiana (witch hazel)
Lonicera morrowii (Morrow honeysuckle)
Rhus sp. (sumac)
Salix sp. (willow)

 Vines:
Apios americana (groundnut)
Parthenocissus quinquefolia (Virginia creeper)
Vitis riparia (riverbank grape)

Herbs:
Anemone virginiana (thimbleweed)
Apocynum sp. (dogbane)
Aquilegia canadensis (columbine)
Asarum canadense (wild ginger)
Bidens sp. (beggar tick)
Cardamine impatiens (narrow-leaved bittercress)
Chrysanthemum leucanthemum (ox-eye daisy)     *
Cryptotaenia canadensis (honewort)
Daucus carota (Queen Anne's lace)     *
Desmodium canadense (showy tick trefoil)    *
Eupatorium maculatum (spotted Joe-Pye-weed)      *
Eupatorium perfoliatum (boneset)     *
Eupatorium rugosum (white snakeroot)
Geum canadense (white avens)          *
Hackelia virginiana (Virginia stickseed)
Hesperis matronalis (dame's rocket)
Hypericum punctatum (spotted St. Johnswort)     *
Impatiens sp. (jewelweed)   
Lysimachia ciliata (fringed loosestrife)     *
Lysimachia vulgaris (garden loosestrife)    *
Lythrum salicaria (purple loosestrife)      *
Melilotus alba (white sweet clover)     *
Monarda fistulosa (wild bergamot)     *
Pastinaca sativa (wild parsnip)
Polygonum lapathifolium (nodding smartweed)     *
Rudbeckia hirta var. pulcherrima (black-eyed Susan)    *
Smilacina racemosa (false Solomon's seal)
Solidago canadensis var. scabra (tall goldenrod)     *
Solidago flexicaulis (zig-zag goldenrod)
Solidago juncea (early goldenrod)     *
Stellaria pubera (star chickweed)     *
Trifolium pratense (red clover)    *
Tussilago farfara (coltsfoot)
 Xanthium strumarium (clotbur)

Rushes:
Juncus sp. (rush)

Sedges:
Carex vulpinoidea (fox sedge)
Cyperus strigosus (umbrella sedge)

Grasses:
Elymus sp. (wild rye grass)
Phalaris arundinacea (reed canary grass)
Phleum pratense (Timothy grass)
Poa compressa (Canada bluegrass)

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

Other:
liverworts 

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