HEISLERVILLE STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA
Whitney Point Road and Route 47 (site close to Heislerville State WMA), Maurice River Township, Cumberland County

Directions:

Route 55 south out of Millville to the end of that Route and then south on Route 47 to its intersection with Whitney Point Road.

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

PLANT LIST:
Dr. Gerry Moore

Trees:
Acer rubrum (red maple)
Juniperus virginiana (red cedar)
Liquidambar styraciflua (sweetgum)
Magnolia virginiana (sweetbay magnolia)
Nyssa sylvatica (tupelo)
Prunus serotina (black cherry)
Quercus michauxii (swamp chestnut oak)
Quercus phellos (willow oak)

Shrubs:
Baccharis halimifolia (groundsel bush) 9/29/01
Cephalanthus occidentalis (buttonbush)
Elaeagnus umbellata (autumn olive)
Myrica cerifera (wax myrtle bayberry)
Myrica pensylvanica (bayberry)
Rhus copallina (winged sumac)
Rosa multiflora (multiflora rose)
Sambucus canadensis (common elderberry)
Vaccinium corymbosum (high bush blueberry)
Viburnum dentatum (arrowwood viburnum)

Vines:
Apios americana (groundnut)
Calystegia sepium (hedge bindweed)
Hedera helix (English ivy)
Lonicera japonica (Japanese honeysuckle) 9/29/01
Parthenocissus quinquefolia (Virginia creeper)
Smilax rotundifolia (round leaved greenbrier)
Strophostyles helvula (annual woolly bean) 9/29/01
Toxicodendron radicans (poison ivy)
Vitis aestivalis (summer grape)
Vitis labrusca (fox grape)

Herbs:
Acalypha rhomboidea (three-seeded mercury)
Achillea millefolium (yarrow)
Agalinis tenuifolia (common agalinis) 9/29/01
Aletris farinosa (white colic root)
Asclepias syriaca (common milkweed)
Aster dumosus (long-stalked aster) 9/29/01
Aster lateriflorus (calico aster) 9/29/01
Aster novi-belgii (New York aster) 9/29/01
Aster racemosa (small-headed aster) 9/29/01
Aster umbellatus (tall flat-topped white aster) 9/29/01
Baptisia tinctoria (yellow wild indigo)
Boehmeria cylindrica (false nettle)
Chamaecrista fasciculata (partridge pea) 9/29/01
Cirsium arvense (Canada thistle) 9/29/01
Commelina communis (Asiatic dayflower) 9/29/01
Daucus carota (Queen Anne's lace) 9/29/01
Eupatorium dubium (eastern Joe-Pye-weed) 9/29/01
Eupatorium pilosum (rough boneset)
Euthamia graminifolia (grass-leaved goldenrod) 9/29/01
Hibiscus moscheutos (swamp rose mallow)
Hypochoeris radicata (cat's ear) 9/29/01
Lespedeza capitata (round-headed bush clover)
Lilium superbum (lily)
Lobelia nuttallii (Nuttall's lobelia) 9/29/01
Lobelia puberulea (lobelia) 9/29/01
Phytolacca americana (pokeweed)
Pilea pumila (clearweed)
Polygala brevifolia (shortleaf milkwort) 9/29/01
Polygala lutea (orange milkwort) 9/29/01
Prunella vulgaris (self-heal) 9/29/01
Rhexia mariana (dull meadow beauty)
Senecio tomentosum (southern woolly ragwort)
Sisyrinchium sp. (blue-eyed grass)
Solidago sempervirens (seaside goldenrod) 9/29/01
Spiranthes cernua (nodding ladies' tresses) 9/29/01
Vernonia noveboracensis (New York ironweed) 9/29/01

Rushes:
Juncus canadensis (Canada rush)
Juncus effusus (soft rush)

Sedges:
Scirpus cyperinus (woolly grass bulrush)
Scirpus pungens (common three-square bulrush)

Grasses:
Andropogon virginicus var. abbreviatus (broom grass)
Aristida sp. (grass)
Dactylis glomerata (orchard grass)
Panicum clandestinum (deer tongue grass)
Panicum dichotomiflorum (fall panic grass)
Panicum scoparium (velvet panic grass)
Panicum virgatum (switch panic grass)
Phragmites australis (giant reed grass)
Spartina alterniflora (salt marsh hay cordgrass)

Ferns and Fern Allies:
Lycopodium alopecuroides (foxtail clubmoss)
Onoclea sensibilis (sensitive fern)
Osmunda cinnamomea (cinnamon fern)
Thelypteris palustris (marsh fern)
Woodwardia areolata (netted chain fern)

Butterfly:
red spotted purple