Sasco Creek - Kirik Open Space
Acquired:  1972
Acreage:  5.1 acres
Uses:  wildlife conservation, wetland protection  
Access:  north side of Wakeman Lane adjacent to Sasco Creek

Directions:

US 95 north to exit 19; turn left onto Center Street; turn left onto US 1 (Post Road East); turn right onto Hulls Highway; turn left onto Wakeman Lane; park on the right after crossing the bridge; the property is at the corner of Wakeman Lane and Gristmill Lane, across from house #148. 

History:

The land donated by Edward Kirik.

Trails:

11/14/2005.  There is a very short trail here through a small woods because the way is blocked by Sasco Creek, which is pretty wide, at least at this time of year.  We went in and quickly came back out.  Dr. Patrick L. Cooney. 

PLANT LIST:
Dr. Patrick L. Cooney, 11/14/2005

Trees:
Fagus grandifolia (American beech)
Liriodendron tulipifera (tulip tree)
Prunus serotina (black cherry)
Quercus alba (white oak)
Quercus rubra (red oak)

Shrubs:
Berberis thunbergii (Japanese barberry)
Euonymus alatus (winged euonymus)
Lindera benzoin (spicebush)
Pachysandra terminalis (pachysandra)
Rosa multiflora (multiflora rose)
Rubus occidentalis (wineberry)
Vinca minor (periwinkle)

Vines:
Celastrus orbiculatus (Asiatic bittersweet)
Smilax rotundifolia (round-leaved greenbrier)
Toxicodendron radicans (poison ivy)
Vitis sp. (grape)

Herbs:
Alliaria petiolata (garlic mustard)
Epifagus virginiana (beech drops)
Phytolacca americana (pokeweed)

Sedges:
Carex laxiflora type (loose-flowered type sedge)

Ferns:
Polystichum acrostichoides (Christmas fern)

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