Pootatuck State Forest southwest
Beaver Bog Road, New Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut
Directions:
US 84 east to exit 5; turn left onto Route 39; turn right onto Giollatti Road (still Rt. 39) and travel to the junction with Route 37; turn left onto Route 37 north; drive 1.7 miles and turn right onto Swamp Bog Road. Drive 0.9 of a mile and park at a small pull-off at a chained off path opposite house #42.
PLANT LIST:
Dr. Patrick L. Cooney
* = plants blooming on date of field trip, 7/20/2005.
Trees:
Acer saccharum (sugar maple)
Amelanchier arborea (shadbush)
Betula lenta (black birch)
Carpinus caroliniana (musclewood)
Carya glabra (pignut hickory)
Carya tomentosa (mockernut hickory)
Castanea dentata (American chestnut)
Fagus grandifolia (American beech)
Liriodendron tulipifera (tulip tree)
Ostrya virginiana (American hop hornbeam)
Quercus alba (white oak)
Quercus prinus (chestnut oak)
Quercus rubra (red oak)
Sassafras albidum (sassafras)
Tilia americana (American basswood)
Shrubs and sub-shrubs:
Berberis thunbergii (Japanese barberry) lots and lots
Corylus sp. (hazel)
Gaylussacia baccata (black huckleberry)
Hamamelis virginiana (witch hazel)
Lindera benzoin (spicebush)
Lonicera morrowii (Morrow's honeysuckle)
Mitchella repens (partridgeberry)
Rubus flagellaris (northern dewberry)
Rubus occidentalis (black raspberry)
Rubus sp. (blackberry)
Viburnum acerifolium (maple-leaf viburnum)
Vines:
Celastrus orbiculatus (Asiatic bittersweet)
Parthenocissus quinquefolia (Virginia creeper)
Toxicodendron radicans (poison ivy)
Vitis sp. (grape)
Herbs:
Achillea millefolium (common yarrow) *
Alliaria petiolata (garlic mustard) *
Ambrosia artemisiifolia (common ragweed)
Amphicarpaea bracteata (hog peanut)
Aralia nudicaulis (wild sarsaparilla)
Artemisia vulgaris (common mugwort)
Aster spp. (asters)
Chrysanthemum leucanthemum (ox-eye daisy) *
Cichorium intybus (chicory) *
Daucus carota (Queen Anne's lace) *
Dianthus armeria (Deptford pink) *
Erigeron annuus (daisy fleabane) *
Eupatorium rugosum (white snakeroot)
Euthamia graminifolia (grass-leaved goldenrod)
Galium circaezens (wild licorice)
Geranium maculatum (wild geranium)
Hieracium paniculatum (panicled hawkweed) *
Hypericum mutilum (dwarf St. Johnswort) *
Lobelia sp. (lobelia) *
Lotus corniculatus (birdfoot trefoil) *
Lycopus sp. (bugleweed)
Maianthemum canadense (Canada mayflower)
Medeola virginiana (Indian cucumberroot)
Medicago lupulina (black medick) *
Melilotus officinalis (yellow sweet clover) *
Monotropa uniflora (Indian pipe)
Oxalis sp. (yellow sweet clover) *
Pilea pumila (clearweed)
Plantago major (common plantain)
Polygonatum biflorum (smooth Solomon's seal)
Polygonum cespitosum (cespitose smartweed) *
Potentilla simplex (common cinquefoil)
Prunella vulgaris (self-heal) *
Satureja vulgaris (wild basil) *
Smilacina racemosa (false Solomon's seal)
Stellaria pubera (giant chickweed) *
Symplocarpus foetidus (skunk cabbage)
Trientalis borealis (starflower)
Trifolium pratense (red clover) *
Trifolium repens (white clover) *
Tussilago farfara (coltsfoot)
Uvularia perfoliata (perfoliate-leaved bellwort)
Verbascum thapsus (common mullein)
Veronica officinalis (common speedwell)
Viola spp. (violet)
Rushes:
Juncus tenuis (path rush)
Sedges:
Carex laxiflora type (loose-flowered type sedge)
Scirpus atrovirens (dark green bulrush)
Grasses:
Microstegium vimineum (Japanese stilt grass)
Panicum clandestinum (deer-tongue grass)
Phalaris arundinacea (reed canary grass)
Phleum pratense (Timothy grass)
Poa compressa (Canada bluegrass)
Ferns and Fern Allies:
Lycopodium clavatum (running pine)
Athyrium filix-femina (lady fern)
Dennstaedtia punctilobula (hay-scented fern)
Dryopteris marginalis (marginal woodfern)
Onoclea sensibilis (sensitive fern)
Osmunda cinnamomea (cinnamon fern)
Osmunda claytoniana (interrupted fern)
Osmunda regalis (royal fern)
Polystichum acrostichoides (Christmas fern)
Pteridium aquilinum (bracken fern)
Thelypteris noveboracensis (New York fern)
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