Berry's Creek Marsh: Oritani Marsh
Bergen County, NJ

Located in the triangle bordered by the Hackensack River, the New Jersey Transit railroad (Bergen County line), and Berry’s Creek Canal.

Habitats:

tidal giant reed grass marsh, saltmeadow cordgrass stands (uncommon), non-tidal common reed stands, and upland meadows and shrubland.

Tidal areas are drained by mosquito control ditches.

PLANTS:

Trees:
Ailanthus altissima (tree-of-heaven)
Morus alba (white mulberry)
Paulownia tomentosa (princess tree)
Populus tremuloides (quaking aspen)
Prunus serotina (wild cherry)

Shrubs:
Baccharis halimifolia (groundsel-tree)
Rhus copallina (shining sumac)
Rhus typhina (staghorn sumac)
Sambucus canadensis (common elderberry)

Herbs:
Alisma sp. (water-plantain)
Artemisia sp. (wormwood)
Artemisia vulgaris (common mugwort)
Asteraceae (aster family plants)
Atriplex patula (orache)
Caltha palustris (marsh-marigold)
Helianthus sp. (sunflower)
Impatiens capensis (orange jewelweed)
Salicornia sp. (glasswort)
Typha sp. (cattail)

Rushes:
Juncus sp. (rush)

Sedges:
Eleocharis sp. (spikerush)

Grasses:
Phragmites australis (giant reed grass)
Spartina alterniflora (salt marsh hay cordgrass)
Spartina patens (salt meadow cordgrass)

Ferns:
Onoclea sensibilis (sensitive fern)
Thelypteris palustris (marsh fern)

Source:

Hackensack Meadowlands, New Jersey, Biodiversity: A Review and Synthesis; Erik Kiviat and Kristi MacDonald.

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