FLAT BROOK CREEK
Walpack, Sussex County, NJ

Directions:

US 80 west to Exit 1 and Old Mine Road north. 2.7 miles north of the signal light at the one lane part of Old Mine Road is the southern boundary of Worthington State Forest.  11.1  miles north of the signal light is the entrance to Millbrook Village.

Make a left turn at the village.  Drive 2.1 miles north for the area at the Flatbrook Bridge.

Geology:

The Flat Brook Watershed Group and its tributaries include the most northwestern townships in Sussex and Warren Counties. It drains an area of about 130 square miles and includes the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area; High Point State Park; Stokes State Forest; Hainesville Wildlife Management Area; Flat Brook-Roy Wildlife Management Area; and Walpack Wildlife Management Area. There are four sub-watersheds: Shimers Brook & Clove Brook, Big Flat Brook, Flat Brook below Tillman’s Brook and Van Campens Brook & Dunnfield Creek.

(Source: http://216.239.37.104/search?q=cache:C53oyhIhQC4J:www.upperdelaware.org/
Documents/tech_rep/recreation/Recreation.pdf+%22Hainesville+Wildlife+Management+Area%22&hl=en&ie=UTF-8)

History:

The first settlement in Sussex County was along the Old Mine Road.  In 1738 the only grist mill in the county was on Flat Brook near the Delaware River. (Hine 1985:153)

Sections of the Flat Brook around Flatbrookville are contaminated by fecal coliform. (Source: http://www.njwaters.com/watershed/04.htm)

Trails:

8/14/04.  Not far from the bridge, we saw a black bear cross the road. Attendees were Rosemary Cooney, Sarah-David Rosenbaum, and Ceferino Santana.  Dr. Patrick L. Cooney

4/22/2005.  Ceferino Santana, dog Sonar and I made a brief stop.  There were a lot of wild flowers in bloom.  Great site and sight. Dr. Patrick L. Cooney.

PLANT LIST:
Dr. Patrick L. Cooney

Trees:
Acer negundo (box elder)
Acer rubrum (red maple)
Acer saccharum (sugar maple)
Ailanthus altissima (tree of heaven)
Betula nigra (river birch)
Carpinus caroliniana (musclewood)
Carya cordiformis (bitternut hickory)
Carya ovata (shagbark hickory)
Fagus grandifolia (American beech)
Fraxinus americana (white ash)
Juniperus virginiana (red cedar)
Platanus occidentalis (American sycamore)
Pyrus malus (apple) 5/12/97
Salix sp. (willow)
Tilia americana (American basswood)
Tsuga canadensis (eastern hemlock)
Ulmus rubra (slippery elm)

Shrubs:
Alnus serrulata (smooth alder)
Aronia sp. (chokeberry)
Berberis thunbergii (Japanese barberry) 5/12/97
Chimaphila maculata (striped wintergreen)
Cornus amomum (swamp dogwood)
Elaeagnus umbellata (autumn olive)
Forsythia sp. (golden bells) 4/22/05
Lindera benzoin (spicebush)
Lonicera morrowii (Morrow's honeysuckle)
Rhododendron maximum (rosebay rhododendron)
Rosa multiflora (multiflora rose)
Rubus occidentalis (black raspberry)
Rubus sp. (blackberry)
Staphylea trifolia (bladdernut)
Viburnum dentatum (smooth arrowwood viburnum)
Viburnum prunifolium (blackhaw viburnum)
Vinca minor (periwinkle) 4/22/05

Vines:
Apios americana (groundnut) 8/14/04 soon
Celastrus orbiculatus (Asiatic bittersweet)
Dioscorea villosa (wild yam root)
Parthenocissus quinquefolia (Virginia creeper)
Toxicodendron radicans (poison ivy) 6/05/96
Vitis spp. (grape)

Herbs:
Achillea millefolium (yarrow) 6/28/96
Agrimonia gryposepala (agrimony) 8/14/04
Alisma sp. (water plantain)
Alliaria petiolata (garlic mustard) 5/12/97 6/05/96
Allium vineale (field garlic)
Ambrosia artemisiifolia (common ragweed) 8/14/04
Amphicarpaea bracteata (hog peanut) 8/14/04
Anemone quinquefolia (wood anemone) 4/22/05
Anemone virginiana (thimbleweed)
Angelica atropurpurea (great angelica)
Apocynum cannabinum (Indian hemp)
Aralia nudicaulis (wild sarsaparilla)
Arctium lappa (great burdock) 8/14/04
Arctium minus (common burdock) 8/14/04
Arisaema triphyllum (Jack in the pulpit)
Artemisia vulgaris (common mugwort)
Asarum canadense (wild ginger)
Asclepias syriaca (common milkweed)
Aster divaricatus (white wood aster) 8/14/04
Barbarea vulgaris (common wintercress) 5/12/97 6/05/96
Bidens frondosa (beggar ticks)
Boehmeria cylindrica (false nettle)
Cardamine diphylla (large toothwort) 4/22/05
Centaurea maculosa (spotted knapweed) 8/14/04
Ceratophyllum demersum (coontail)
Cichorium intybus (chicory) 8/14/04
Cirsium vulgaris (bull thistle) 8/14/04
Claytonia virginica (spring beauty) 4/22/05  5/12/97
Collinsonia canadensis (horsebalm)
Daucus carota (Queen Anne's lace) 8/14/04
Desmodium canadense (show tick trefoil) 8/14/04
Desmodium glabellum (Dillen's tick trefoil) ? 8/14/04
Desmodium glutinosum (pointed-leaved tick trefoil) 8/14/04
Dipsacus sylvestris (teasel) 8/14/04
Epilobium coloratum (purple willowherb) 8/14/04
Erigeron annuus (daisy fleabane) 8/14/04 8/26/96
Erigeron sp. (fleabane) 6/05/96
Erythronium americanum (trout lily) 4/22/05
Eupatorium fistulosum (trumpetweed) 8/14/04
Eupatorium perfoliatum (boneset) 8/14/04
Eupatorium rugosum (white snakeroot) 8/14/04
Euphorbia cyparissias (cypress spurge) 4/22/05
Fragaria virginiana (wild strawberry) 5/12/97
Galium aparine (cleavers)
Geranium maculatum (wild geranium)
Glechoma hederacea (gill-over-the-ground) 6/05/96
Helianthus tuberosus (Jerusalem artichoke) 8/14/04
Hemerocallis fulva (tawny day lily) 8/26/96
Hieracium spp. (hawkweeds) 6/05/96
Hypericum sp. (common or spotted St. Johnswort) 8/14/04
Impatiens capensis (orange jewelweed) 8/14/04
Iris pseudacorus (yellow flag) 6/05/96
Iris versicolor (blue flag) 6/05/96
Lactuca canadensis (wild lettuce)
Linaria vulgaris (butter and eggs)
Lobelia cardinalis (cardinal flower) 8/14/04
Lotus corniculatus (birdfoot trefoil) 8/14/04
Lycopus uniflorus (northern bugleweed) 8/14/04
Lycopus virginicus (Virginia bugleweed) 8/14/04
Lysimachia ciliata (fringed loosestrife) 8/14/04 one flower in bloom
Lysimachia nummularia (moneywort) 6/28/96
Lythrum salicaria (purple loosestrife) 8/14/04
Maianthemum canadense (Canada mayflower)
Medicago lupulina (black medick) 8/14/04
Melilotus alba (white sweet clover) 8/14/04
Monarda fistulosa (wild bergamot) 8/14/04
Myosotis scorpioides (larger forget-me-nots) 6/05/96 6/28/96 8/12/04
Oenothera biennis (common evening primrose) 8/14/04
Osmorhiza longistylis (aniseroot)
Penstemon digitalis (white beardtongue) 8/26/96
Penthorum sedoides (ditch stonecrop))
Physalis longifolia var. subglabrata (smooth ground cherry)
Pilea pumila (clearweed)
Plantago major (common plantain)
Polygonatum pubescens (hairy true Solomon's seal) 5/12/97
Polygonum arifolium (halberd-leaved tearthumb)
Polygonum cespitosum (cespitose smartweed) 8/14/04
Polygonum hydropiper (water pepper) 8/14/04
Polygonum sagittatum (arrow-leaved tearthumb) 8/14/04
Prunella vulgaris (self-heal) 8/14/04
Pycnanthemum virginianum (Virginia mountain mint) 8/14/04
Ranunculus abortivus (kidney-leaf crowfoot) 5/12/97
Ranunculus acris (tall buttercup) 8/26/96
Ranunculus bulbosus (bulbous buttercup) 6/05/96
Ranunculus longirostris (white water buttercup)
Rudbeckia laciniata (green-headed coneflower) 8/14/04
Rumex crispus (curled dock)
Sagittaria latifolia (broad-leaved arrowhead)
Sanguinaria canadensis (bloodroot)   4/22/05
Saponaria officinalis (bouncing bet) 8/14/04
Satureja vulgaris (wild basil) 8/14/04
Scutellaria lateriflora (mad-dog skullcap) 8/14/04
Sisyrinchium angustifolium (stout blue-eyed grass) 8/26/96
Smilacina racemosa (Solomon's plume) 5/12/97
Solidago flexicaulis (zig-zag goldenrod) 8/14/04
Solidago gigantea (late goldenrod) 8/14/04
Solidago juncea (early goldenrod) 8/14/04
Spirodella sp. (spirodella)
Stellaria pubera (giant chickweed) 8/14/04
Symplocarpus foetidus (skunk cabbage)
Taraxacum officinale (dandelion) 4/22/05 5/12/97
Thalictrum dioicum (early meadowrue) 4/22/05soon
Thalictrum pubescens (tall meadowrue)
Triadenum virginicum (marsh St. Johnswort)
Trifolium pratense (red clover) 6/28/96
Trifolium sp. (hop clover) 8/26/96
Tussilago farfara (coltsfoot) 5/12/97
Urtica dioica var. dioica (stinging nettle) 8/14/04
Veratrum viride (false hellebore)
Verbascum thapsus (common mullein) 8/14/04
Verbena urticifolia (white vervain) 8/14/04
Veronica officinalis (common speedwell)
Viola pubescens (yellow forest violet) 4/22/05
Viola sororia (common blue violet) 4/22/05 5/12/97
chickweed 6/28/96
unknown mint

Rushes:
Juncus tenuis (path rush)

Sedges:
Carex comosa? (sedge)
Carex crinita (sedge)
Carex pensylvanica (Pennsylvania sedge)
Carex stricta (tussock sedge)
Carex vulpinoidea var. ambigua  (fox sedge)
Cyperus sp. (nut or umbrella sedge)
Eleocharis sp. (spikerush)
Scirpus atrovirens (dark green bulrush)
Scirpus cyperinus (woolly grass bulrush)

Grasses:
Anthoxanthum odoratum (sweet vernal grass)
Bromus inermis (smooth brome grass)
Dactylis glomerata (orchard grass)
Elymus canadensis (Canada wild rye grass)
Elymus hystrix (bottle-brush grass)
Glyceria striata (meadow mannagrass)
Microstegium vimineum (Japanese stilt grass)
Panicum clandestinum (deer-tongue grass)
Phalaris arundinacea (reed canary grass)
Phleum pratense (Timothy grass)
Poa palustris (fowl meadow bluegrass)
Setaria faberi (nodding foxtail grass)
Setaria glauca (yellow foxtail grass)
Tridens flavus (purple top grass)

Ferns and Fern Allies:
Equisetum arvense (field horsetail)
Equisetum hyemale (river horsetail)
Lycopodium (ground pine)
Dennstaedtia punctilobula (hay-scented fern)
Onoclea sensibilis (sensitive fern)
Osmunda cinnamomea (cinnamon fern)
Polystichum acrostichoides (Christmas fern)
Thelypteris noveboracensis (New York fern)
Thelypteris palustris (marsh fern)

Others:
Riccia sp. (alga)