Hainesville Wildlife Management Area
Route 675,
Sandyton and Montaque Townships,
Sussex County, NJ
607 acres
Located north of Hainesville and east of Route 206 at Shaytown.
Directions:
US 87 north across the Tappan Zee Bridge; get off at Exit 15 for US 287 south into New Jersey; drive 16 miles south and get off at Exit 52 A-B; keep right onto Route 23 north; drive to just before green mileage marker 41 and turn left onto Route 650; this route takes the drive west over the Kittatinny Mountains; just after green mileage marker 2 turn left onto Route 675; drive 2.0 miles and turn left into the entrance at a sign for the Hainesville Wildlife Management Area. Park.
(For maps see: www.state.nj.us/dep/fgw/wmaland.htm)
Geology:
Part of the Flat Brook Watershed Group that includes High Point State Park, Stokes State Forest, Flat Brook-Roy WMA, Walpack WMA, and Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area. The sub-watersheds include Shimmers Brook, Clove Brook, Big Flat Brook, Flat Brook below Tillman's Brook and Van Campens Brook, and Dunnfield Creek.
History:
The name Hainesville comes from Daniel Haines, Gov. 1843-4,1845-8.
The tract was acquired by the state in 1933. The management program involves plantings, hedgerows and cover crops that provide food and cover for the upland game species.
Habitats:
fields, hedgerows, marsh, swampy areas, woodlands and a 30-acre pond
Trails:
8/07/04. Rosemary, dog Sonar and I actually parked next to the lake (turning left about 0.1 of a mile before the official entrance to the Wildlife Management Area). We walked along the good-sized pond with its massive number of water lilies. We wanted to see if we could walk all the way around the lake. We found out that there is no formal or informal path around the lake. We investigated the large field areas and the wood's edge. Then we walked back to Route 675 but this time heading out through the entrance area to the WMA. Then we walked along the road back toward our car. We also walked along the road at the lake/marsh edge. Part of the WMA is on the west side of Route 675, but we did not investigate it. We were very happy with the number of blooms we were able to see in such a small area. Dr. Patrick L. Cooney.
PLANT LIST:
Dr. Patrick Cooney
Trees:
Acer rubrum (red maple) 4/29/97
Acer saccharum (sugar maple)
Amelanchier arborea (shadbush) 4/29/97
Betula populifolia (gray birch)
Carya ovata (shagbark hickory)
Carya sp. (hickory)
Cornus florida (flowering dogwood)
Fagus grandifolia (American beech)
Fraxinus americana (white ash)
Juglans nigra (black walnut)
Juniperus virginiana (red cedar)
Picea abies (Norway spruce)
Pinus strobus (white pine)
Populus deltoides (cottonwood)
Prunus serotina (black cherry)
Quercus alba (white oak)
Quercus bicolor (swamp white oak)
Quercus rubra (red oak)
Sassafras albidum (sassafras)
Ulmus americana (American elm)
Shrubs and sub-shrubs:
Alnus serrulata (smooth alder)
Berberis thunbergii (Japanese barberry) 4/29/97
Cephalanthus occidentalis (buttonbush)
Chimaphila maculata (striped wintergreen)
Clethra alnifolia (sweet pepperbush)
Cornus amomum (swamp dogwood)
Cornus racemosa (gray dogwood)
Corylus comuta (beaked hazel)
Elaeagnus umbellata (autumn olive)
Eubotrys racemosa (fetterbush)
Ilex verticillata (winterberry holly)
Lindera benzoin (spicebush)
Lonicera morrowii (Morrow's honeysuckle)
Mitchella repens (partridgeberry)
Rhus typhina (staghorn sumac)
Rosa multiflora (multiflora rose)
Rosa palustris (swamp rose)
Rubus occidentalis (black raspberry)
Rubus sp. (blackberry)
Salix discolor (pussy willow)
Sambucus canadensis (common elderberry)
Spiraea alba var. latifolia (meadowsweet) 8/07/04
Vaccinium corymbosum (black highbush blueberry)
Viburnum dentatum (smooth arrowwood viburnum)
Viburnum lentago (nannyberry viburnum)
Viburnum opulus var. americanum (cranberry viburnum)
Viburnum prunifolium (blackhaw viburnum)
Vines:
Apios americana (groundnut) 8/07/04
Celastrus orbiculatus (Asiatic bittersweet)
Clematis virginiana (virgin's bower) 8/07/04
Parthenocissus quinquefolia (Virginia creeper)
Toxicodendron radicans (poison ivy)
Vitis labrusca (fox grape)
Herbs:
Acalypha sp. (three-seeded mercury)
Achillea millefolium (yarrow)
Agrimonia gryposepala (agrimony) 8/07/04
Alisma sp. (water plantain)
Alliaria petiolata (garlic mustard)
Ambrosia artemisiifolia (common ragweed) 8/07/04
Anagallis arvensis (scarlet pimpernel) 8/07/04
Anemone virginiana (thimbleweed)
Apocynum androsaemifolium (spreading dogbane)
Arabis glabra (tower mustard)
Aralia nudicaulis (wild sarsaparilla)
Arctium lappa (great burdock) 8/07/04
Arctium minus (common burdock) 8/07/04
Artemisia vulgaris (common mugwort)
Asclepias incarnata (swamp milkweed) 8/07/04
Asclepias syriaca (common milkweed)
Asclepias tuberosa (butterfly weed) 8/07/04
Bidens sp. (beggar tick)
Boehmeria cylindrica (false nettle)
Centaurea maculosa (spotted knapweed) 8/07/04
Chrysanthemum leucanthemum (ox-eye daisy) 8/07/04
Cichorium intybus (chicory) 8/07/04
Circaea lutetiana (enchanter's nightshade)
Cirsium arvense (Canada thistle) 8/07/04 one in bloom
Cirsium discolor (field thistle) 8/07/04
Cirsium vulgaris (bull thistle) 8/07/04
Commelina communis (Asiatic dayflower)
Conyza canadensis (horseweed) 8/07/04
Coronilla varia (crown vetch) 8/07/04
Daucus carota (Queen Anne's lace) 8/07/04
Desmodium paniculatum (panicled tick trefoil) 8/07/04
Dianthus armeria (Deptford pink) 8/07/04
Dipsacus sylvestris (teasel) 8/07/04
Erechtites hieraciifolia (pileweed)
Erigeron annuus (daisy fleabane) 8/07/044
Eupatorium maculatum (spotted Joe-Pye-weed) 8/07/04
Eupatorium rugosum (white snakeroot) 8/07/04
Euthamia graminifolia (grass-leaved goldenrod) 8/07/04
Fragaria sp. (strawberry)
Galium mollugo (wild madder) 8/07/044
Galium sp. (bedstraw)
Geranium spp. (geranium)
Geum canadense (white avens) 8/07/04
Hieracium sp. (hawkweed)
Hypericum perforatum (common St. Johnswort) 8/07/04
Impatiens capensis (orange jewelweed) 8/07/04
Iris sp. (yellow or blue flag)
Lemna sp. (duckweed)
Lepidium virginicum (poor man's pepper)
Linaria vulgaris (butter and eggs) 8/07/04
Lobelia cardinalis (cardinal flower) 8/07/04
Lobelia inflata (Indian tobacco) 8/07/04
Lotus corniculatus (birdfoot trefoil) 8/07/04
Lycopus sp. (water horehound) 8/07/04
Lycopus virginicus (Virginia bugleweed) 8/07/04
Lythrum salicaria (purple loosestrife) 8/07/04
Maianthemum canadense (Canada mayflower)
Medicago lupulina (black medick) 8/07/04
Melilotus alba (white sweet clover) 8/07/04
Melilotus urticifolia (yellow sweet clover) 8/07/04
Mentha piperita (peppermint) 8/07/04
Mimulus ringens (monkey flower) 8/07/04
Monarda fistulosa (wild bergamot) 8/07/04
Oenothera biennis (common evening primrose) 8/07/04
Oxalis sp. (yellow wood sorrel) 8/07/04
Pastinaca sativa (wild parsnip)
Pedicularis canadensis (wood betony)
Penthorum sedoides (ditch stonecrop) 8/07/04soon
Pilea pumila (clearweed)
Plantago lanceolata (English plantain) 8/07/04
Plantago major (common plantain)
Polygonum amphibium var. stipulaceum (water smartweed) 8/07/04
Polygonum cespitosum (cespitose smartweed) 8/07/04
Polygonum hydropiper (water pepper) 8/07/04
Polygonum lapathifolium (nodding smartweed) 8/07/04
Polygonum sagittatum (arrow-leaved tearthumb) 7/08/04
Polygonum virginianum (jumpseed) 8/07/04
Potentilla canadensis (dwarf cinquefoil)
Potentilla simplex (common cinquefoil)
Prunella vulgaris (self-heal) 8/07/04
Ranunculus acris (tall buttercup) 8/07/04
Rudbeckia hirta var. pulcherrima (black-eyed Susan) 8/07/04
Rumex crispus (curled dock)
Rumex obtusifolius (broad dock)
Saponaria officinalis (bouncing bet) 8/07/04
Satureja vulgaris (wild basil) 8/07/04
Silene vulgaris (bladder campion) 8/07/04
Solanum carolinense (horse nettle) 8/07/04
Solanum dulcamara (bittersweet nightshade) 8/07/04
Solidago canadensis (Canada goldenrod) 8/07/04
Solidago gigantea (late goldenrod) 8/07/04
Solidago juncea (early goldenrod) 8/07/04
Solidago rugosa (rough-stemmed goldenrod) 8/07/04
Sonchus asper (prickly sow thistle) 8/07/04
Sparganium sp. (burreed) 8/07/04
Symplocarpus foetidus (skunk cabbage)
Taraxacum officinale (dandelion) 4/29/97 8/07/04
Thalictrum pubescens (tall meadowrue)
Triadenum virginicum (marsh St. Johnswort) 8/07/04
Trientalis borealis (starflower)
Trifolium aureum (yellow clover) 8/07/04
Trifolium pratense (red clover) 8/07/04
Trifolium repens (white clover) 8/07/04
Typha latifolia (broad-leaved cattail)
Verbascum blattaria (moth mullein) 8/07/04
Verbena hastata (blue vervain) 8/07/04
Verbena urticifolia (white vervain) 8/07/04
Veronica officinalis (common speedwell)
Vicia cracca (cow vetch) 8/07/04
Rushes:
Juncus effusus (soft rush)
Juncus tenuis (path rush)
Sedges:
Carex lurida (sallow sedge)
Carex stricta (tussock sedge)
Cyperus sp. (nut or umbrella sedge)
Scirpus atrovirens (dark green bulrush)
Grasses:
Bromus inermis (smooth brome grass)
Cinna arundinacea (wood reedgrass)
Dactylis glomerata (orchard grass)
Digitaria sanguinalis (hairy crabgrass)
Echinochloa sp. (barnyard grass)
Eragrostis spectabilis (purple love grass)
Microstegium vimineum (Japanese stilt grass)
Phalaris arundinacea (reed canary grass)
Phleum pratense (Timothy grass)
Poa annua (annual bluegrass)
Schizachyrium scoparium (little blue grass)
Setaria faberi (nodding foxtail grass)
Setaria glauca (yellow foxtail grass)
Setaria viridis (green foxtail grass)
Sorghastrum nutans (Indian nut grass)
Tridens flavus (purple top grass)
Ferns and Fern Allies:
Equisetum arvense (field horsetail))
Athyrium filix-femina (lady fern)
Dennstaedtia punctilobula (hay-scented fern)
Onoclea sensibilis (sensitive fern)
Osmunda cinnamomea (cinnamon fern)
Osmunda claytoniana (interrupted fern)
Osmunda regalis (royal fern)
Pteridium aquilinum (bracken fern)
Thelypteris noveboracensis (New York fern)
Thelypteris palustris (marsh fern)
Other:
Sphagnum sp. (sphagnum moss)