Jean Van Pelt Park
Washington Avenue, Glenham, Dutchess County, NY

A triangular piece of land on the way to the parking lot for the Fishkill Conservation Area.

Directions:

From intersection of Route 9 and Route 52, take Route 52 west through Town of Fishkill for 1.3 miles; turn left onto Old Glenham Road; drive for 0.8 of a mile and turn left onto Maple Street. Drive across a bridge and immediately turn left into the Jean Van Pelt Park.

PLANT LIST:
Dr. Patrick L. Cooney
7/20/03 = date plant found in bloom

Trees:
Acer saccharinum (silver maple)
Acer saccharum (sugar maple)
Betula populifolia (gray birch)
Fraxinus americana (white ash)
Morus alba (white mulberry)
Platanus occidentalis (American sycamore)
Populus deltoides (cottonwood)
Prunus serotina (black cherry)
Quercus rubra (red oak)
Robinia pseudoacacia (black locust)
Salix sp. (willow)
Tilia americana (American basswood)
Ulmus americana (American elm)

Shrubs:
Cornus amomum (swamp dogwood)
Lonicera morrowii (Morrow's honeysuckle)
Rosa multiflora (multiflora rose)
Rubus sp. (blackberry)
Rubus occidentalis (black raspberry)

Vines:
Ampelopsis brevipedunculata (porcelain berry)
Calystegia sepium (hedge bindweed)
Parthenocissus quinquefolia (Virginia creeper)
Toxicodendron radicans (poison ivy)
Vincetoxicum nigrum (black swallowwort) 7/20/03

Herbs:
Acalypha sp. (three-seeded mercury)
Aethusa cynapium (fool's parsley) 7/20/03
Alliaria petiolata (garlic mustard) 7/20/03
Ambrosia artemisiifolia (giant ragweed)
Ambrosia trifida (common ragweed)
Arctium minus (lesser burdock)
Artemisia vulgaris (common mugwort))
Asclepias syriaca (common milkweed)
Boehmeria cylindrica (false nettle)
Chenopodium album (pigweed)
Cirsium vulgaris (bull thistle)
Daucus carota (Queen Anne's lace) 7/20/03
Dianthus armeria (Deptford pink) 7/20/03
Duchesnea indica (Indian strawberry) 7/20/03
Erigeron annuus (daisy fleabane) 7/20/03
Eupatorium sp. (Joe-Pye-weed) 7/20/03
Galium mollugo (wild madder) 7/20/03
Geranium robertianum (herb Robert) 7/20/03
Geum canadense (white avens) 7/20/03
Glechoma hederacea (gill over the ground)
Hesperis matronalis (dame's rocket) 7/20/03
Impatiens capensis (jewelweed) 7/20/03
Lemna sp. (duckweed)
Lepidium virginicum (poor man's pepper)
Lobelia sp. (Lobelia) 7/20/03
Lysimachia nummularia (moneywort)
Lythrum salicaria (purple loosestrife) 7/20/03
Melilotus officinalis (yellow sweet clover) 7/20/03
Melilotus alba (white sweet clover) 7/20/03
Oxalis sp. (yellow wood sorrel) 7/20/03
Peltandra virginica (arrow arum)
Plantago lanceolata (English plantain) 7/20/03
Polygonum cespitosum (cespitose smartweed) 7/20/03
Polygonum virginianum (jumpseed)
Potentilla argentea (silvery cinquefoil) 7/20/03
Prunella vulgaris (self-heal) 7/20/03
Rumex obtusifolius (broad dock)
Satureja vulgaris (wild basil) 7/20/03
Silene vulgaris (bladder campion) 7/20/03
Solidago sp. (goldenrod)
Sonchus asper (prickly sow thistle) 7/20/03
Trifolium pratense (red clover) 7/20/03
Tussilago farfara (coltsfoot)
Verbascum thapsus (common mullein)
Verbena urticifolia (white vervain) l7/20/03
Viola sp. (violet)

Rushes:
Juncus tenuis (path rush)

Sedges:
Carex vulpinoidea (fox sedge)

Grasses:
Dactylis glomerata (orchard grass)
Microstegium vimineum (Japanese stilt grass)
Panicum clandestinum (deer tongue grass)

Ferns:
Onoclea sensibilis (sensitive fern)