NORTHERN COMMUNITY PARK
Bordentown, Burlington County, NJ
Directions:
From Waterfront Park in downtown Trenton; turn right onto Lamberton Road; turn left onto Laylor Street; take Laylor Stret to the end, and turn right onto South Broad Street. Continue roughly two miles on South Broad Street; after a cemetary on the right, turn right onto Rt. 206 south. Continue roughly 1.5 miles on Rt 206; exit Rt 206 at Maple Avenue and make u-turn. Take Rt. W06 horth for about 0.3 miles. Turn right onto Groveville Road. After about 0.3 miles turn left into Northern Community Park parking lot.
PLANT LIST:
Drs. Mary and Charles Leck
Trees:
Acer rubrum (red maple) some
Betula alleghaniensis (yellow birch) 1
Carpinus caroliniana var. virginiana (musclewood)
Carya glabra (pignut hickory) 1
Carya ovata (shagbark hickory)1
Carya tomentosa (mockernut) few
Carya cordiformis (bitternut hickory) 1
Castanea dentata (American chestnut) few
Cornus florida (flowering dogwood) few
Fagus grandifolia var. ... (beech) some
Fraxinus americana (white ash) some
Liquidambar styraciflua (sweet gum) some
Liriodendron tulipifera (tulip tree) common
Magnolia virginiana (sweet bay magnolia) 2
Nyssa sylvatica var. sylvatica (black gum) some
Pinus strobus (white pine) few, parking area
Pinus thunbergii (Japanese black pine) 2, parking area
Quercus alba (white oak) few
Quercus palustris (pin oak) few
Quercus rubra (red oak) some
Quercus stellata (post oak) 1
Sassafras albidum (sassafras) some
Shrubs:
Clethra alnifolia (sweet pepperbush) common
Corylus cornuta (beaked hazel) 2, one site
Epigaea repens (trailing arbutus) few, 1 site
Ilex verticillata var. ... (winterberry holly )some
Kalmia latifolia (mountain laurel) few
Lindera benzoin (spicebush) common
Rhododendron periclymenoides (Pinxter-flower) (Seen by Mark Leck
& others) 2
Rubus hispidus (swamp dewberry) common
Rubus sp. (black berry) some
Vaccinium pallidum (low blueberry) few
Vaccinium corymbosum (highbush blueberry) few
Viburnum acerifolium (maple-leaved viburnum) some
Viburnum dentatum var. lucidum (arrowwood viburnum) some
Viburnum prunifolium (blackhaw viburnum) few
Vines:
Amphicarpaea bracteata (hog peanut) 1
Cuscuta gronovii (dodder) 9/09/00 1 patch
Cuscuta compacta (dodder) 1 patch
Dioscorea villosa (wild yamroot)
Lonicera japonica (Japanese honeysuckle) common
Parthenocissus quinquefolia (Virginia creeper) some
Smilax rotundifolia (green brier) few
Toxicodendron radicans (poison ivy) common
Vitis sp. (labrusca?) (grape) few
Herbs:
Ambrosia artemisiifolia (common ragweed) 9/09/00few
Arisaema triphyllum (Jack-in-the-pulpit) few
Bartonia paniculata (screw stem) 9/09/00 1
Bartonia virginica (bartonia) 9/09/00 2
Bidens bipinnata (Spanish-needles) 9/09/00 some, edge of field
Bidens laevis (showy bur-marigold) some
Boehmeria cylindrica (false nettle) few
Chamaecrista fasciculata (partridge pea) 9/09/00 some, field
Circaea lutetiana var. canadensis (enchanter's-nightshade) few
Commelina communis (Asiatic dayflower) 9/09/00 1
Desmodium glabellum (tick trefoil) 1
Egeria densa (Brazilian waterweed) 9/09/00common in pond
Epipactis helleborine (helleborine orchid) 1
Eupatorium rugosum (white snakeroot) 9/09/00 some
Galium sp. (bedstraw) 1
Impatiens capensis (orange jewelweed) 9/09/00 common
Lemna sp. (duckweed) few, pond
Lindernia dubia (false pimpernel) 9/09/00 few, pond shore
Lycopus virginicus (bugleweed) some
Maianthemum canadense var. ... (Canada mayflower) some
Medeola virginiana (Indian Cucumber-root) few
Mitchella repens (partridge berry) some
Monotropa uniflora (Indian Pipe 9/09/00 few
Oenothera biennis (common evening primrose) 9/09/00 few
Oxalis stricta (yellow wood sorrel) 9/09/900 few
Peltandra virginica (arrow arum) few
Pilea pumila var. pumila (clearweed) some
Polygonum arifolium (halberd-leaved tearthumb) 9/09/00 few
Polygonum cespitosum (cespitose smartweed) 9/09/00 common
Polygonum punctatum (dotted smartweed) 9/09/00 some
Polygonum virginianum (jumpseed) common
Sanicula canadensis (sanicle) 2, one site
Smilacina racemosa (false Solomon's seal) some
Solanum carolinense (horse nettle) 2
Symplocarpus foetidus (skunk cabbage) few
Uvularia sessilifolia (sessile-leaved bellwort) few?
Viola sp. (sororia?) (dooryard violet?)1
Rushes and Sedges:
Carex lurida (sedge) 1
Carex squarrosa (Sedge) 1 clump?
Carex stricta (tussock sedge) few clumps?
Cyperus strigosus (false flat sedge) 1, pond shore
Eleocharis acicularis (spike-rush) 1 patch?
Scirpus fluviatilis (river bulrush) few
Grasses:
Agrostis perennans var. .. (autumn bentgrass) few?
Cinna arundinacea (woodreed) some
Echinochloa crus-galli var. crus-galli (barnyard grass) few, pond
shore
Microstegium vimineum (Japanese stilt grass) common
Zizania aquatica var. aquatica (wild-rice) 9/09/00 few
Ferns and Fern Allies:
Athyrium filix-femina var. michauxii (northern lady fern) some
Botrychium dissectum (dissected grapefern) 2, one site
Dryopteris carthusiana (spinulose wood fern) some
Dryopteris intermedia (evergreen wood fern) locally common
Lycopodium obscurum (flat-branched tree clubmoss) locally common
Onoclea sensibilis (sensitive fern) some
Osmunda cinnamomea (cinnamon fern) some
Woodwardia areolata (netted chain fern) some, 1 site