Brick Township Open Space
Mantoloking Road, Brick Township, Ocean County, NJ

Directions:

Located on the left side of Mantoloking Road, heading east of #544 Chandler's house and across from Pine Rest Motel. (Located west of Vanada Road.)

History:

Brick refers to Joseph W. Brick, resident.

A sign by the water says Green Acres funding was used.

Trails:

There are some unmarked paths that head north to the Metedeconk River where there is a salt marsh. You can make a circular walk of the unmarked paths by heading north to the salt marsh and then west and south to bring you back to Manotoloking Road; head east along the road back to the parking area.

PLANT LIST:
Linda Kelly and Dr. Patrick L. Cooney, 11/15/2002

Trees:
Acer platanoides (Norway maple)
Acer rubrum (red maple)
Albizia julibrissin (silk tree)
Ilex opaca (American holly)
Juniperus virginiana (red cedar)
Magnolia virginiana (sweetbay magnolia)
Morus alba (white mulberry)
Nyssa sylvatica (tupelo)
Pinus rigida (pitch pine)
Prunus serotina (black cherry)
Quercus alba (white oak)
Quercus falcata (Spanish oak)
Quercus prinus (chestnut oak)
Quercus rubra (red oak)
Quercus velutina (black oak)
Robinia pseudoacacia (black locust)
Sassafras albidum (sassafras)
Ulmus (Japanese elm)

Shrubs:
Baccharis halimifolia (groundsel bush)
Clethra alnifolia (sweet pepperbush)
Gaultheria procumbens (checkerberry)
Ilex verticillata (winterberry holly)
Iva frutescens (marsh elder)
Kalmia latifolia (mountain laurel)
Myrica pensylvanica (bayberry)
Rhododendron viscosum (swamp azalea)
Rhus copallina (winged sumac)
Rosa multiflora (multiflora rose)
Rubus hispidus (swamp dewberry)
Vaccinium corymbosum (highbush blueberry)

Vines:
Hedera helix (English ivy)
Lonicera japonica (Japanese honeysuckle)
Smilax rotundifolia (round-leaved greenbrier)

Herbs:
Ambrosia artemisiifolia (common ragweed)
Aster pilosus (aster)
Aster sp. (aster)
Atriplex hastata (halberd-leaved orache)
Centaurea maculosa (spotted knapweed) * one in bloom
Euthamia tenuifolia (narrow-leaved goldenrod)
Gnaphalium obtusifolium (sweet everlasting)
Hypochaeris radicata (cat's ear) *
Oenothera biennis (common evening primrose)
Polygonum cuspidatum (Japanese knotweed)
Salicornia europaea (European glasswort)
Solidago sempervirens (seaside goldenrod)
Solidago odora (sweet goldenrod)
Tussilago farfara (coltsfoot)
Yucca filamentosa (Adam's needle)

Rushes:
Juncus effusus (soft rush)

Sedges:
Scirpus cyperinus (woolly grass bulrush)

Grasses:
Distichlis spicata (spike grass)
Eragrostis spectabilis (purple love grass)
Leptoloma cognatum (fall witch grass)
Panicum virgatum (switch grass)
Phragmites australis (giant reed grass)
Schizachyrium scoparium (little blue stem grass)
Spartina alterniflora (salt marsh cord grass)

Ferns and Fern Allies:
Equisetum arvense (field horsetail)
Osmunda regalis (royal fern)
Onoclea sensibilis (sensitive fern)