Terhune Park
River Road, Teaneck, Bergen County, NJ

Along the Hackensack River, River Road between Lynn Ct. on the south and Kipp Street on the north.   Just north of the Bogota/Teaneck border.  On the other side of the Hackensack River is Foschini Park. 

A small wooded and open area. 

History:

1745-1962  --  Terhune (French Huguenot) homestead and farm.  The estate of Jacob Terhune is where Terhune Park is today from Oritani Place to Hillcrest Street.  . 

c. 1860  -- main addition to the house. 

PLANT LIST:
Patrick L. Cooney, Ph. D.; *  =  plant blooming on date of field trip, 8/05/2006

Trees: 
Acer platanoides (Norway maple)
Acer rubrum (red maple)
Acer saccharinum (silver maple)
Albizia julibrissin (silk tree)
Amelanchier arborea (shadbush)
Catalpa sp. (catalpa)
Fraxinus americana (white ash)
Morus alba (white mulberry)
Picea abies (Norway spruce)
Populus deltoides (cottonwood)
Prunus serotina (black cherry)
Quercus alba (white oak)
Quercus palustris (pin oak)
Sassafras albidum (sassafras)
Taxus sp. (yew)  planted
Tilia americana (American basswood)
Ulmus americana (American elm) 

Shrubs and sub-shrubs:
Buddleja davidii (butterfly bush)  *
Ligustrum sp. (privet)
Rosa multiflora (multiflora rose) 
Rosa rugosa (wrinkled rose)  planted
Viburnum dentatum (smooth arrowwood viburnum)

Vines:
Ampelopsis brevipedunculata (porcelain berry)
Calystegia sepium (hedge bindweed)  *
Hedera helix (English ivy)
Lonicera japonica (Japanese honeysuckle)
Parthenocissus quinquefolia (Virginia creeper)
Toxicodendron radicans (poison ivy)

Herbs:
Artemisia vulgaris (common mugwort) 
Chenopodium ambrosioides (Mexican tea)  *
Cirsium vulgare (bull thistle)  *
Commelina communis (Asiatic day flower)  *
Daucus carota (Queen Anne's lace)  *
Impatiens capensis (orange jewelweed) 
Iris sp. (iris)
Leonurus cardiaca (motherwort)
Lythrum salicaria (purple loosestrife)  *
Phytolacca americana (pokeweed)  *
Plantago lanceolata (English plantain)  *
Polygonum cuspidatum (Japanese knotweed)
Polygonum sp. (knotweed)  *
Solanum dulcamara (bittersweet nightshade)  *
Solidago sp. (goldenrod)  *
Taraxacum officinale (common dandellion)  *
Trifolium repens (white clover)  *

Grasses:
Dactylis glomerata (orchard grass)
Digitaria sp. (crab grass)
Paspalum sp. (bead grass)

Ferns and fern allies:
Panicum clandestinum (deer-tongue grass)