Tarrytown Lakes/Butternut Ridge Park
Greenburgh/Tarrytown, Westchester County, NY
122 acres

Directions:

Saw Mill River Parkway north to the Eastview exit. Turn left onto Neperan/Saw Mill River Road. In a short ways turn right into the parking area by the dam on the other side of the street.

Habitats:

lake, woodland

Facilities:

Hiking, walking, and nature study.

Trails:

One mile pathway from County House Road in Eastview (also called Saw Mill River Road). Paved pathway approximately 1.2 miles long along southern boundary of Tarrytown Lakes provides access to North County Trail connecting Eastview with Sunnyside Lane.

9/19/03. Parked by the dam at Tarrytown Lake. Walked along the paved bike path on the southern side of the Upper Reservoir of Tarrytown Lakes. Walked as far as Neperan Road that goes between the two reservoirs. There were no bikes this day, but quite a few joggers and walkers. From parts of the Tarrytown Lakes, the golden dome at Mary mount College of Fordham University can be seen.

PLANT LIST:
Dr. Patrick Cooney
* = plant found in bloom, 9/19/03

Trees:
Acer platanoides (Norway maple)
Acer rubrum (red maple)
Acer saccharum (sugar maple)
Ailanthus altissima (tree-of-heaven)
Aralia spinosa (Hercules's club)
Betula lenta (black birch)
Betula populifolia (gray birch)
Fagus grandifolia (American beech)
Fraxinus americana (white ash)
Gleditsia triacanthos (honey locust)
Liriodendron tulipifera (tulip tree)
Morus alba (white mulberry)
Nyssa sylvatica (tupelo)
Pinus strobus (white pine) planted
Pinus sylvestris (Scots pine)
Platanus occidentalis (American sycamore)
Prunus serotina (black cherry)
Quercus alba (white oak)
Quercus palustris (pin oak)
Quercus rubra (red oak)
Robinia pseudoacacia (black locust)
Sassafras albidum (sassafras)
Ulmus americana (American elm)

Shrubs and sub-shrubs:
Alnus serrulata (smooth alder)
Berberis thunbergii (Japanese barberry)
Corylus sp. (hazel)
Euonymus alatus (winged euonymus)
Hamamelis virginiana (witch hazel)
Lindera benzoin (spicebush)
Lonicera morrowii (Morrow's honeysuckle)
Myrica pensylvanica (bayberry)
Rhododendron periclymenoides (pinkster flower)
Rosa multiflora (multiflora rose)
Rubus occidentalis (black raspberry)
Rubus phoenicolasius (wineberry)
Rubus sp. (blackberry)
Salix discolor (pussy willow)
Salix sp. (willow shrub)
Vaccinium corymbosum (highbush blueberry)
Viburnum acerifolium (maple-leaf viburnum)
Viburnum prunifolium (blackhaw viburnum)

Vines:
Ampelopsis brevipedunculata (porcelain berry)
Celastrus orbiculatus (Asiatic bittersweet)
Cuscuta sp. (dodder)
Lonicera japonica (Japanese honeysuckle)
Parthenocissus quinquefolia (Virginia creeper)
Polygonum scandens (climbing false hempweed)
Solanum dulcamara (bittersweet nightshade)
Toxicodendron radicans (poison ivy)
Vitis sp. (grape)
Wisteria sp. (wisteria)

Herbs:
Acalypha sp. (three-seeded mercury)
Achillea millefolium (yarrow) *
Alliaria petiolata (garlic mustard)
Ambrosia artemisiifolia (common ragweed)
Antennaria sp. (pussytoes)
Aralia nudicaulis (wild sarsaparilla)
Arctium sp. (burdock)
Artemisia vulgaris (common mugwort)
Aster divaricatus (white wood aster) *
Aster sp. (heath aster type) *
Bidens comosa (beggar ticks) *
Bidens frondosa (beggar ticks) *
Boehmeria cylindrica (false nettle)
Chelone glabra (white turtlehead) *
Chenopodium album (pigweed)
Cichorium intybus (chicory) *
Cirsium vulgare (bull thistle) *
Commelina communis (Asiatic dayflower) *
Conyza canadensis (horseweed)
Cryptotaenia canadensis (honewort)
Daucus carota (Queen Anne's lace) *
Erechtites hieraciifolia (pileweed)
Eupatorium rugosum (white snakeroot) *
Euphorbia maculata (spotted spurge)
Euthamia graminifolia (grass-leaved goldenrod) *
Fragaria virginiana (wild strawberry)
Hemerocallis fulva (tawny day lily)
Impatiens capensis (orange jewelweed) *
Lemna sp. (duckweed)
Lepidium virginicum (poor man's pepper)
Linaria vulgaris (butter and eggs) *
Lobelia inflata (Indian tobacco)
Lobelia syphilitica (great blue lobelia) *
Lycopus virginicus (Virginia bugleweed) *
Lythrum salicaria (purple loosestrife) *
Melilotus sp. (sweet clover)
Mentha x piperita (peppermint) *
Oenothera biennis (common evening primrose) *
Oxalis sp. (yellow wood sorrel) *
Pilea pumila (clearweed)
Plantago lanceolata (English plantain) *
Plantago major (common plantain)
Polygonum cespitosum (cespitose smartweed) *
Polygonum cuspidatum (Japanese knotweed) *
Polygonum lapathifolium (nodding smartweed) *
Polygonum sagittatum (arrow-leaved tearthumb)
Polygonum virginianum (jumpseed)
Potentilla canadensis (dwarf cinquefoil)
Prunella vulgaris (self-heal) *
Rorippa nasturtium-aquaticum (watercress)
Rumex crispus (curled dock)
Silene vulgaris (bladder campion) *
Solidago canadensis var. scabra (tall goldenrod) *
Solidago rugosa (rough-leaved goldenrod) *
Taraxacum officinale (common dandelion) *
Trifolium pratense (red clover)
Tussilago farfara (coltsfoot)
Typha latifolia (cattail)
Verbena urticifolia (white vervain) *
Viola sp. (violet)

Sedges:
Cyprus sp. (nut or umbrella sedge)

Grasses:
Digitaria sp. (crab grass)
Echinochloa crus-galli (barnyard grass)
Microstegium vimineum (Japanese stilt grass)
Phragmites australis (giant reedgrass)
Schizachyrium scoparium (little blue stem grass)
Setaria glauca (yellow foxtail grass)
Setaria viridis (green foxtail grass)
Tridens flavus (purple top grass)

Ferns:
Equisetum hyemale (scouring rush)
Dennstaedtia punctilobula (hay-scented fern)
Onoclea sensibilis (sensitive fern)
Osmunda cinnamomea (cinnamon fern)
Thelypteris noveboracensis (New York fern)