East Point Lighthouse
Heislerville State W.M.A., Cumberland County, NJ

Directions:

Heading south out of Millville, take Route 47 south and turn right onto Glade Road; Glade Road changes names to Eat Point Road (follow it to the end at the light house -- a right turn before getting to the small piece of beach for the public).

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

PLANT LIST:
Dr. Patrick L. Cooney, 9/20/02

Trees:
Celtis occidentalis (hackberry)
Diospyros virginiana (persimmon)
Juniperus virginiana (red cedar)
Prunus serotina (black cherry)

Shrubs:
Baccharis halimifolia (groundsel bush)
Iva frutescens (marsh elder)
Myrica pensylvanica (bayberry)
Rhus copallina (winged sumac)
Rosa multiflora (multiflora rose)
Rubus cuneifolius (sand dewberry)

Vines:
Calystegia sepium (hedge bindweed)
Toxicodendron radicans (poison ivy)

Herbs:
Amaranthus cannabinus (salt marsh water hemp)
Ambrosia artemisiifolia (common ragweed)
Aster subulatus (small salt marsh aster) *
Atriplex hastata (haste-leaved orache)
Cakile edentula (sea rocket)
Cenchrus sp. (sandbur)
Chenopodium album (pigweed)
Conyza canadensis (horseweed)
Diodia teres (buttonweed) *
Kochia scoparia (summer cypress)
Lepidium virginicum (poor man's pepper) *
Oenothera biennis (common evening primrose) *
Phytolacca americana (pokeweed)
Polygonum sp. (ramosissimum)? (knotweed)
Solidago sempervirens (seaside goldenrod) *

Rushes:
Juncus gerardii (black grass)

Grasses:
Digitaria ischaemum (smooth crab grass)
Distichlis spicata (spike grass)
Echinochloa sp. (barnyard grass)
Eragrostis spectabilis (purple love grass)
Panicum dichotomiflorum (fall panicgrass)
Phragmites australis (giant reedgrass)
Spartina alterniflora (salt meadow cordgrass)
Spartina patens (salt hay cordgrass)