NINHAM MOUNTAIN: AROUND HEADQUARTERS
Putnam County, NY

Directions:

Taconic Parkway to Peekskill Hollow Road. Right turn on Route 301 and travel to mileage marker 11:86; just before crossing a bridge over the big lake, take a left turn on Gypsy Trail Road. Drive two miles and turn right into the parking lot.

Here is a nice lake with lots of aquatic plants, fields, and woods around the lake, but, boy, oh boy, has that Japanese barberry taken over the place. What a great illustration of what is going wrong with our natural areas.

PLANT LIST:

Dr. Patrick L. Cooney

Trees:
Acer pensylvanicum (goosefoot maple) 5/11/01
Acer platanoides (Norway maple)
Acer rubrum (red maple)
Acer saccharum (sugar maple)
Ailanthus altissima (tree of heaven)
Betula alleghaniensis (yellow birch)
Betula lenta (black birch)
Carpinus caroliniana (musclewood)
Crataegus sp. (hawthorn)
Fagus grandifolia (American beech)
Fraxinus americana (white ash)
Fraxinus nigra (black ash)
Juglans cinera? (butternut walnut)
Larix decidua (European larch)
Liriodendron tulipifera (tulip tree)
Picea abies (Norway spruce) -- an entire grove
Pinus strobus (white pine)
Pinus sylvestris (scotch pine)
Prunus serotina (black cherry) 5/11/01
Quercus rubra (red oak)
Quercus velutina (black oak)
Robinia pseudoacacia (black locust)
Salix nigra (black willow)
Tsuga canadensis (eastern hemlock)
Ulmus americana (American elm)
Ulmus rubra (slippery elm)

Shrubs:
Berberis thunbergii (Japanese barberry) 5/11/01 -- taking over the place
Cornus alternifolia (alternate leaved dogwood)
Cornus amomum (swamp dogwood)
Cornus racemosa (gray dogwood)
Elaeagnus umbellata (autumn olive)
Euonymus alatus (winged euonymus)
Hamamelis virginiana (witch hazel)
Ilex verticillata (winterberry holly)
Kalmia latifolia (mountain laurel)
Lindera benzoin (spicebush)
Lonicera morrowii (Morrow's honeysuckle) 5/11/01
Rhus copallina (smooth sumac)
Rosa multiflora (multiflora rose)
Rosa palustris (swamp rose)
Rubus hispidus (swamp dewberry)
Rubus occidentalis (black raspberry)
Rubus sp. (blackberry)
Sambucus canadensis (common elderberry)
Spiraea alba var. latifolia (meadowsweet) 8/04/00
Spiraea tomentosa (steeplebush) 8/04/00
Vaccinium corymbosum (highbush blueberry) 5/11/01
Viburnum acerifolium (maple-leaf viburnum)
Viburnum dentatum (arrowwood viburnum)
Viburnum lentago (nannyberry viburnum) 5/11/01 soon

Vines:
Celastrus orbiculatus (Asiatic bittersweet)
Clematis virginiana (virgin's bower) 8/04/00
Parthenocissus quinquefolia (Virginia creeper)
Toxicodendron radicans (poison ivy)
Vitis labrusca (fox grape)

Herbs:
Achillea millefolium (yarrow) 8/04/00
Actaea alba (baneberry)
Agrimonia sp. (agrimony --pubescens?) 8/04/00
Ajuga reptans (ajuga) 5/11/01
Alliaria petiolata (garlic mustard) 5/11/01 8/04/00
Apocynum cannabinum (Indian hemp dogwood)
Aralia nudicaulis (wild sarsaparilla)
Arctium sp. (burdock)
Arisaema triphyllum (jack in the pulpit) 5/11/01
Artemisia vulgaris (common mugwort)
Asclepias syriacus (common milkweed) 8/04/00
Barbarea vulgaris (common wintercress) 5/11/01
Boehmeria cylindrica (false nettle)
Callitriche palustris? (water starwort)
Ceratophyllum demersum (coontail)
Cerastium vulgatum (mouse-ear chickweed) 5/11/01
Chelidonium majus (celandine) 5/11/01 8/04/00
Chelone glabra (turtlehead)?
Chimaphila maculata (spotted wintergreen)
Chrysanthemum leucanthemum (ox-eye daisy) 8/04/00
Cichorium intybus (chicory) 8/04/00
Circaea lutetiana (enchanter's nightshade)
Cirsium vulgare (bull thistle)
Conyza canadensis (horseweed)
Daucus carota (Queen Anne's lace) 8/04/00
Dianthus armeria (Deptford pink) 8/04/00
Erechtites hieraciifolia (pileweed)
Erigeron strigosus (lesser daisy fleabane) 8/04/00
Eupatorium maculatum (eastern joe-pye-weed) 8/04/00
Euthamia graminifolia (grass-leaved goldenrod) 8/04/00
Fragaria vesca (wood strawberry)
Galium aparine (cleavers)
Galium mollugo (wild madder) 8/04/00
Galium triflorum (sweet-scented bedstraw)
Galium sp. (3 lobed galium 4-5 leaved) 8/04/00
Geranium maculatum (wild geranium) 5/11/01
Geum canadense (white avens)
Glechoma hederacea (gill over the ground) 5/11/01
Hackelia virginiana (Virginia stickseed) 8/04/00
Hieracium spp. (hawkweed) 8/04/00
Hypericum mutilum (dwarf St. Johnswort) 8/04/00
Hypericum perforatum (common St. Johnswort) 8/04/00
Impatiens capensis (jewelweed) 8/04/00
Lepidium campestre (field peppergrass) 5/11/01
Linaria vulgaris (butter and eggs) 8/04/00
Lobelia inflata (Indian tobacco) 8/04/00
Lotus corniculatus (birdfoot trefoil) 8/04/00
Ludwigia palustris (water purslane)
Lycopus americanus (American bugleweed)
Lythrum salicaria (purple loosestrife) 8/04/00
Maianthemum canadense (Canada mayflower) 5/11/01
Mitchella repens (partridge berry)
Nuphar variegata (spatterdock) 5/11/01 8/04/00
Oxalis sp. (yellow wood sorrel) 8/04/00
Penthorum sedoides (ditch stonecrop)
Phytolacca americana (pokeweed) 8/04/00
Pilea pumila (clearweed)
Plantago major (common plantain)
Polygonatum pubescens (hairy true Solomon's seal) 5/11/01 soon
Polygonum arifolium (halberd-leaved tearthumb)
Polygonum cespitosum (cespitose smartweed)
Polygonum hydropiperoides (false water pepper smartweed) 8/04/00
Polygonum sagittatum (arrow-leaved tearthumb) 8/04/00
Polygonum virginianum (jumpseed) 8/04/00
Potamogeton crispus? (pondweed) 8/04/00
Potentilla canadensis (dwarf cinquefoil) 5/11/01
Potentilla recta (rough-fruited cinquefoil)
Potentilla simplex (common cinquefoil) 5/11/01
Prenanthes sp. (lettuce)
Prunella vulgaris (self-heal) 8/04/00
Ranunculus acris (tall buttercup) 8/04/00
Ranunculus bulbosus (bulbous buttercup) 5/11/01
Ranunculus hispidus var. nitidus (swamp butter cup)
Rudbeckia hirta var. pulcherrima (black-eyed Susan) 8/04/00
Rumex crispus (curled dock)
Rumex obtusifolius (broad-leaved dock)
Satureja vulgaris (wild basil) 8/04/00
Scutellaria lateriflora (maddog skullcap) 8/04/00
Silene vulgaris (bladder campion) 8/04/00
Smilacina racemosa (false Solomon's seal)
Solanum carolinense (horse nettle) 8/04/00
Solidago juncea (early goldenrod) 8/04/00
Sparganium sp. (bur reed)
Symplocarpus foetidus (skunk cabbage)
Taraxacum officinale (common dandelion) 5/11/01 8/04/00
Triadenum virginicum (marsh St. Johnswort) 8/04/00 soon
Trientalis borealis (star flower) 5/11/01
Trifolium pratense (red clover) 8/04/00
Trifolium repens (white clover) 8/04/00
Typhus angustifolia (narrow-leaved cattail)
Verbascum blattaria (moth mullein) 8/04/00
Verbena urticifolia (white vervain) 8/04/00
Vernonia noveboracensis (New York ironweed) 8/04/00
Veronica scutellata (marsh speedwell) 8/04/00
Veronica officinalis (common speedwell) 8/04/00
Viola conspersa (dog violet) 5/11/01
Viola sororia (common blue violet) 5/11/01

Rushes and Sedges:
Carex laxiflora type (sedge) 5/11/01
Carex pensylvanica (Pennsylvania sedge) 5/11/01 waning
Carex stricta (tussock sedge) 5/11/01
Eleocharis acicularis (spike rush)
Eleocharis ovata (spike rush)
Juncus tenuis (path rush)
Scirpus atrovirens (dark green bulrush)
Scirpus cyperinus (wooly grass bulrush)
Scirpus sp. (soft stem bulrush?)

Grasses:
Anthoxanthum odoratum (sweet vernal grass) 5/11/01
Bromus inermis (smooth brome grass)
Dactylis glomeratus (orchard grass)
Leersia alba (white grass)
Leersia oryzoides (rice cut grass)
Panicum clandestinum (deer-tongue grass)
Phalaris arundinacea (canary reed grass)
Phleum pratense (timothy grass)
Poa annua (annual bluegrass) 5/11/01 8/04/00
Poa compressa (Canada bluegrass)
Setaria sp. (foxtail grass)

Ferns and Fern Allies:
Lycopodium sp. (ground pine appressed leaves)
Athyrium filix-femina (lady fern)
Dennstaedtia punctilobula (hay-scented fern)
Onoclea sensibilis (sensitive fern)
Osmunda cinnamomea (cinnamon fern)
Osmunda claytoniana (interrupted fern)
Osmunda regalis (royal fern)
Polystichum acrostichoides (Christmas fern)
Thelypteris noveboracensis (New York fern)
Thelypteris palustris (marsh fern)