Walpack Wildlife Management Area
Route 615 (between mile 3 and mile 4 on green mileage markers), Walpack Township, Sussex County, NJ
388 acres

(For maps see: www.state.nj.us/dep/fgw/wmaland.htm)

Destination:

3.5 and 3.7 miles north of Millbrook Village. ?

We approached the area from Millbrook Village.  Went north from here and went over a Flat Brook bridge and turned right (after visiting the area around the bridge) to head farther north. 

There is a north and south entrance off Route 615 that both meet at the bridge over Flat Brook.  From there one can drive over the bridge if so desired and go deeper into the interior of the Wildlife Management Area.

Geology:

Part of the Flat Brook Watershed Group that includes High Point State Park, Stokes State Forest, Flat Brook-Roy WMA, Flat Brook-Roy 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: 

According to Hine(1985:153-154), at the mouth of Flat Brook with the Delaware River, there was a remarkable whirlpool, the Indian name of which, Wahlpack, meant whirlpool.  Another possible origin is Walpekat, "very deep water."

Wildlife:

cerulean warblers

Trails:

8/14/04.  After visiting the bridge over Flat Brook, we (Rosemary Cooney, Sarah-David Rosenbaum, Ceferino Santana and I) searched around the bridge area at the Walpack Wildlife Management Area. We also visited a field off of Route 615. The weather was pleasant, just a little warm.  Dr. Patrick L. Cooney.

PLANT LIST:
Dr. Patrick L. Cooney

Trees:
Acer saccharum (sugar maple)
Betula nigra (river birch)
Carpinus caroliniana (musclewood)
Carya tomentosa (mockernut hickory)
Cornus florida (flowering dogwood)
Fraxinus americana (white ash)
Juglans nigra (black walnut)
Nyssa sylvatica (tupelo)
Picea abies (Norway spruce)
Pinus sp. (a long needled pine)
Platanus occidentalis (American sycamore)
Pyrus malus (apple) 5/12/97
Quercus rubra (red oak)
Tilia americana (American basswood)
Ulmus americana (American elm)
 

Shrubs:
Alnus sp. (alder)
Berberis thunbergii (Japanese barberry) 5/12/97
Cornus amomum (swamp dogwood)
Elaeagnus umbellata (autumn olive)
Lonicera morrowii (Morrow's honeysuckle)
Rhododendron maximum (rosebay rhododendron)
Rosa multiflora (multiflora rose)
Rubus occidentalis (black raspberry)
Staphylea trifolia (bladdernut)

Vines:
Celastrus orbiculatus (Asiatic bittersweet)
Dioscorea villosa (wild yamroot)
Parthenocissus quinquefolia (Virginia creeper)
Toxicodendron radicans (poison ivy)
Vitis labrusca (fox grape)

Herbs:
Acalypha sp. (three-seeded mercury)
Achillea millefolium (yarrow) 8/14/04
Agrimonia gryposepala (common agrimony) 8/14/04
Alisma sp. (water plantain)
Alliaria petiolata (garlic mustard) 5/12/97
Allium vineale (field garlic)
Ambrosia artemisiifolia (common ragweed) 8/14/04
Amphicarpaea bracteata (hog peanut) 8/14/04
Anemone virginiana (thimbleweed)
Angelica atropurpurea (purple-stemmed angelica)
Apocynum cannabinum (Indian hemp) 8/14/04
Arabis glabra (tower mustard)
Arctium lappa (greater burdock) 8/14/04
Arctium minus (common burdock) 8/14/04
Asarum canadense (wild ginger)
Aster divaricatus (white wood aster) 8/14/04
Barbarea vulgaris (common wintercress)5/12/97
Boehmeria cylindrica (false nettle)
Centaurea maculosa (spotted knapweed) 8/14/04
Chelone glabra (white turtlehead)
Chrysanthemum leucanthemum (ox-eye daisy) 8/14/04
Cirsium arvense (Canada thistle)
Cirsium discolor (field thistle) 8/14/04
Claytonia virginica (spring beauty) 5/12/97
Conyza canadensis (horseweed) 8/14/04
Cryptotaenia canadensis (honewort)
Daucus carota (Queen Anne's lace) 8/14/04
Desmodium canadense (showy tick trefoil) 8/14/04
Desmodium glutinosum (pointed leaved tick trefoil) 8/14/04
Dianthus armeria (Deptford pink) 8/14/04
Eupatorium fistulosum (trumpetweed) 8/14/04
Eupatorium rugosum (white snakeroot) 8/14/04
Euthamia graminifolia (grass-leaved goldenrod) 8/14/04
Fragaria sp. (wild strawberry) 5/12/97
Geranium maculata (wild geranium)
Geum canadense (white avens) 8/14/04
Gnaphalium obtusifolium (sweet everlasting) 8/14/04
Hackelia virginiana (Virginia stickseed)
Helenium sp. (sneezeweed) 8/14/04 on an island in brook
Hosta sp. (hosta)
Hypericum punctatum (spotted St. Johnswort) 8/14/04
Impatiens capensis (orange jewelweed) 8/14/04
Impatiens pallida (yellow jewelweed) 8/14/04
Iris sp. (blue or yellow flag)
Lactuca biennis (tall blue lettuce) 8/14/04
Lapsana communis (nipplewort) 8/14/04
Lemna sp. (duckweed)
Leonurus cardiaca (motherwort) 8/14/04
Lepidium virginicum (poor man's pepper)
Lespedeza cuneata (Chinese bush clover) lots
Lobelia cardinalis (cardinal flower) 8/14/04
Lobelia inflata (Indian tobacco) 8/14/04
Lotus corniculatus (birdfoot trefoil) 8/14/04
Lysimachia ciliata (fringed loosestrife) 8/14/04
Lysimachia nummularia (moneywort)
Lythrum salicaria (purple loosestrife) 8/14/04
Medicago lupulina (black medick) 8/14/04
Myosotis scorpioides (larger forget-me-not) 8/14/04
Osmorhiza claytonii (sweet cicely)
Oxalis sp. (yellow wood sorrel) 8/14/04
Pastinaca sativa (wild parsnip)
Penstemmon sp. (beardtongue)
Pilea pumila (clearweed)
Plantago major (common plantain)
Polygonatum pubescens (hairy true Solomon's seal) 5/12/97
Polygonum cespitosum (cespitose smartweed) 8/14/04
Polygonum sagittatum (arrow-leaved tearthumb) 8/14/04
Polygonum virginianum (jumpseed)
Polymnia uvedalia (large-flowered leafcup) 8/14/04
Prunella vulgaris (self-heal) 8/14/04
Pycnanthemum tenuifolium (narrow-leaved mountain mint) 8/14/04
Ranunculus abortivus (kidney-leaf crowfoot) 5/12/97
Rorippa sp. (yellow cress)
Rudbeckia hirta var. pulcherrima (black-eyed Susan) 8/14/04
Rudbeckia laciniata (green-headed coneflower) 8/14/04
Sagittaria latifolia (broad-leaved arrowhead) 8/14/04
Saponaria officinalis (bouncing bet) 8/14/04
Satureja vulgaris (wild basil) 8/14/04
Scutellaria lateriflora (mad-dog skullcap) 8/14/04
Smilacina racemosa (false Solomon's seal) 5/12/97
Solidago gigantea (late goldenrod) 8/14/04
Stellaria pubera (giant chickweed) 8/14/04
Symplocarpus foetidus (skunk cabbage)
Taraxacum officinale (common dandelion) 5/12/97
Thalictrum dioicum (early meadowrue)
Thalictrum pubescens (tall meadowrue)
Trifolium pratense (red clover) 8/14/04
Tussilago farfara (coltsfoot) 5/12/97
Urtica dioica var. dioica (stinging nettle) 8/14/04
Veratrum viride (swamp hellebore)
Verbascum blattaria (moth mullein)
Verbascum thapsus (common mullein) 8/14/04
Verbena urticifolia (white vervain) 8/14/04
Vernonia noveboracensis (New York ironweed) 8/14/04 soon
Viola sororia (common blue violet) 5/12/97

Rushes:
Juncus effusus (soft rush)
Juncus tenuis (path rush)

Sedges:
Carex crinita (fringed sedge)
Carex lurida (sallow sedge)
Carex stricta (tussock sedge) 5/12/97
Carex pensylvanica (Pennsylvania sedge)
Scirpus atrovirens (dark green bulrush)
Scirpus cyperinus (woolly grass bulrush)

Grasses:
Anthoxanthum odoratum (sweet vernal grass)
Bromus inermis (smooth brome grass)
Cinna arundinacea (wood reed grass)
Dactylis glomerata (orchard grass)
Echinochloa sp. (barnyard grass)
Elymus canadense (Canada wild rye grass)
Elymus virginicus (wild rye grass)
Microstegium vimineum (Japanese stilt grass)
Panicum clandestinum (deer-tongue grass)
Phleum pratense (Timothy grass)
Setaria glauca (yellow foxtail grass)
Tridens flavus (purple top grass)

Ferns and Fern Allies:
Equisetum arvense (field horsetail)
Equisetum hyemale (common scouring rush)
Onoclea sensibilis (sensitive fern)
Polystichum acrostichoides (Christmas fern)