Andrew Gaylord Barnes Park
Boardman's Bridge, New Milford, Litchfield County, Connecticut
Directions:
Route 7 north to Boardman's Bridge; the park is along the Housatonic River on the southeast corner of the intersection of Route 7 and Boardman Road. (Boardman Road is a short ways south of the intersection of Route 7 and Route 37.) Pass by Boardman Road and turn immediately right into a parking area located by an old bridge (which is next to the newer bridge). There is a restaurant called something like Tapajoz just north of the parking area. Walk back to cross over Boardman Road and enter the park.
Small passive area along the Housatonic River.
Source:
Town of New Milford, Connecticut; New Milford Parks & Recreation; Town Parks
http://newmilford.qscend.com/content/57/89/101/128.aspx
PLANT LIST:
Dr. Patrick L. Cooney
* = plant blooming on date of field trips, 7/05/2005
Trees:
Acer negundo (box elder)
Acer saccharum (sugar maple)
Platanus occidentalis (American sycamore)
Salix sp. (willow)
Ulmus pumila (Siberian elm) ?
Shrubs and Subshrubs:
Berberis thunbergii (Japanese barberry)
Cornus alternifolia (alternate-leaved dogwood)
Lonicera morrowii (Morrow's honeysuckle)
Rosa multiflora (multiflora rose)
Rubus occidentalis (black raspberry)
Vines:
Calystegia sepium (hedge bindweed)
Celastrus orbiculatus (Asiatic bittersweet)
Parthenocissus quinquefolia (Virginia creeper)
Toxicodendron radicans (poison ivy)
Herbs:
Anemone virginiana (thimbleweed) *
Cichorium intybus (chicory) *
Circaea lutetiana (enchanter's nightshade) *
Dianthus armeria (Deptford pink) *
Galium mollugo (wild madder) *
Geranium maculatum (wild geranium)
Geranium sp. (sibiricum?) (Siberian geranium) ?
Geum canadense (white avens) *
Hemerocallis fulva (tawny day lily) *
Hesperis matronalis (dame's rocket)
Impatiens sp. (jewelweed) *
Iris sp. (iris)
Leonurus cardiaca (motherwort) *
Lotus corniculatus (birdfoot trefoil) *
Lythrum salicaria (purple loosestrife) *
Medicago lupulina (black medick) *
Oenothera biennis (common evening primrose)
Oxalis sp. (yellow wood sorrel) *
Pastinaca sativa (wild parsnip) *
Plantago lanceolata (English plantain) *
Ranunculus acris (tall buttercup)
Rudbeckia hirta var. pulcherrima (black-eyed Susan) *
Rumex obtusifolius (broad dock)
Silene latifolia (white campion) *
Solanum dulcamara (bittersweet nightshade) *
Solidago gigantea (late goldenrod)
Taraxacum officinale (common dandelion)
Trifolium repens (white clover) *
Verbascum thapsus (common mullein) *
Grasses:
Bromus inermis (smooth brome grass)
Dactylis glomerata (orchard grass)
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