MANUMUSKIN RIVER
June 5, 1993
leader: Gerry Moore
This trip visited the Muskee Creek, Manumuskin River, and Tuckahoe River
watersheds. The first stop of the trip was an open cedar bog of the Lawrens
Branch tributary of the Manumuskin River. Here the group got to see excellent
stands of :
Eriocaulon compressum (*flattened pipewort)
Orontium aquaticum (*golden club)
Arethusa bulbosa (*arethusa )
Pogonia ophioglossoides (rose pogonia) in bud
In the pine-oak uplands adjacent to the bog excellent stands of:
Kalmia latifolia (mountain laurel)
Kalmia angustifolia (sheep laurel)
The group then visited Aetna Furnace adjacent to the Tuckahoe River. Here the
participants got to see large patches of :
Liparis liliifolia (large twayblade) growing on the mounds of slag
Pyrola rotundifolia (round-leaved pyrola)
Ophioglossum vulgatum (Adder's-tongue fern) rare and unusual
The last stop of the day was in the headwaters of the Muskee Creek. Here in a
timber cut a very large Atlantic white cedar (Chamaecyparis thyoides) was noted
as having escaped the logger's axe. The circumference at breast height of this
tree is 7 feet, 7.5 inches, making it the largest white cedar in the state.
throughout the area, were Carex species:
abscondita
albicans v. emmonsii
albolutescens
annectans
atlantica
barrattii
bullata
canescens
collinsii
crinita
debilis
exilis
folliculata
howei
intumescens
lurida
nigromarginata
pensylvanica
striata
stricta
swanii
trisperma
Trip attendance was 32, and included members of the Philadelphia Botanical Club
and the Torrey Botanical Club. The weather during the trip was cool and cloudy.
Cumberland County, NJ
August 5, 1989
leader: Gerry Moore
Directions: Meet at 11:00 a.m. at the intersection of Route 49 and Route 671
(Union Road), 5 miles east of the Route 49-Route 47 intersection in Millville.
The first stop on this field trip was a vernal pond, west of Bennetts Mill. Here
we searched unsuccessfully for:
Pink Tickseed (Coreopsis rosea -- Asteraceae). Has paired, linear, grasslike
leaves. Found in wet sand, peat, shores. Coast, local. July to September.
Short-beaked Bald-rush (Psilocarya nitens)
Purple Bladderwort (Utricularia purpurea). Ponds, muddy streams. June to
September.
Spotted:
Reticulated Nut-rush (Scleria reticularis) growing with:
Panic Grass (Dichanthelium acuminatum)
Golden Hedge Hyssop (Gratiola aurea -- Scrophulariaceae). Shores, swamps. Near
coast.
White Beaked-rush (Rhynchospora alba)
Small-headed Beaked Rush (R. capitellata)
Fibrous Bladderwort (Utricularia fibrosa)
Roadside botany along Union Road:
Velvety-leaved Tick-trefoil (Desmodium viridflorum)
Milk Pea (Galactia regularis -- Fabaceae). Prostrate, rarely twining vine-like.
Note the long-oval leaflets (in threes), rounded at both ends. Flowers reddish
purple, usually on stalks shorter than leaves. Sandy soil. June to August.
Along a path leading to the Manumuskin River, near Forge Pond:
Pinesap (Monotropa hypopithys -- Pyrolaceae). Similar to Indian pipe, but with
several nodding flowers that are dull yellow or reddish (not white).
Smooth Tick-trefoil (Desmodium laevigatum) in bloom
Beach Plum (Prunus maritima) in fruit.
Hardwood swamp adjacent to the river:
White-fringed Orchid (Platanthera blephariglottis) in bloom
Boggy area:
Twig-rush (Cladium mariscoides)
Loose-headed Beaked Rush (Rhynchospora chalarocephala) and
Drosera intermedia (spatulate-leaved sundew)
Drosera rotundifolia (round-leaved sundew)
Sarracenia purpurea (pitcher plant)
Lysimachia terrestris (yellow loosestrife)
Cross-leaved Milkwort (Polygala cruciata -- Polygalaceae). The narrow leaves, in
whorls of 4, form crosses.
In the river:
Dense stands of water clubrush (Scirpus subterminalis)
Aquatic Moss (Fontinalis novae-angliae)
Oak-pine Upland, near Cumberland Furnace:
Butterfly Pea (Clitoria mariana)
Sand path leading through a dry oak upland, just off of Hesstown Road. A dry
forest that is home to a rare species of ant known as Formica exsectoides. In
the path we saw
Crotonopsis elliptica (rushfoil) a rare spurge in NJ in bloom
Aristida oligantha (few-flowered three-awn grass)
Gaylussacia baccata (black huckleberry)
Gaylussacia frondosa (dangleberry)
Hypoxis hirsuta (yellow stargrass)
Oenothera fruticosa (sundrops)
Quercus alba (white oak)
Quercus coccinea (scarlet oak)
Southern Red Oak (Q. falcata)
Scrub Oak (Q. ilicifolia)
Blackjack Oak (Q marilandica)
Chestnut Oak (Q. montana)
Dwarf Chestnut Oak (Q prinoides)
Black Oak (Q velutina)
Goat's Rue (Tephrosia virginiana)
Followed the railroad tracks enroute to a freshwater tidal marsh. Along the way,
saw:
Asclepias tuberosa (butterfly weed)
Bulbostylis capillaris (hair-like sedge)
Desmodium strictum (stiff-leaved tick trefoil)
Ipomopsis rubra (standing cypress)
Linaria canadensis (blue toadflax)
Toxicodendron toxicarium (poison oak)
Trichostema dichotomum (blue curls)
Freshwater tidal marsh:
Zizania aquatica (wild rice) large stand of it
Aeschynomene virginica (sensitive-joint vetch)
Eriocaulon parkeri (Parker's pipewort)
Scirpus cylindricus (cylindrical bulrush)
PLANT LIST:
Dr. Gerry Moore
Muskee Creek, Manumuskin River, and Tuckahoe River watersheds
Aeschynomene virginica (sensitive-joint vetch)
Arethusa bulbosa (*arethusa )
Aristida oligantha (few-flowered three-awn)
Asclepias tuberosa (butterfly weed)
Bulbostylis capillaris (hair-like sedge)
Carex abscondita
Carex albicans v. emmonsii
Carex albolutescens
Carex annectans
Carex atlantica
Carex barrattii
Carex bullata
Carex canescens
Carex collinsii
Carex crinita
Carex debilis
Carex exilis
Carex folliculata
Carex howei
Carex intumescens
Carex lurida
Carex nigromarginata
Carex pensylvanica
Carex striata
Carex stricta
Carex swanii
Carex trisperma
Chamaecyparis thyoides (Atlantic white cedar)
Cladium mariscoides (twig rush)
Clitoria mariana (butterfly pea)
Coreopsis rosea (pink tickseed)
Crotonopsis elliptica (rushfoil) a rare spurge in NJ in bloom
Desmodium strictum (stiff-leaved tick trefoil)
Desmodium viridflorum (velvety-leaved tick trefoil)
Desmodium laevigatum (smooth tick trefoil)
Dichanthelium acuminatum (panic grass)
Drosera rotundifolia (round-leaved sundew)
Drosera intermedia (spatulate-leaved sundew)
Eriocaulon compressum (*flattened pipewort)
Eriocaulon parkeri (Parker's pipewort)
Fontinalis novae-angliae (aquatic moss)
Galactia regularis (milk pea)
Gaylussacia baccata (black huckleberry)
Gaylussacia frondosa (dangleberry)
Gratiola aurea (golden hedge hyssop)
Hypoxis hirsuta (yellow stargrass)
Ipomopsis rubra (standing cypress)
Kalmia angustifolia (sheep laurel)
Kalmia latifolia (mountain laurel)
Linaria canadensis (blue toadflax)
Liparis liliifolia (large twayblade) growing on the mounds of slag
Lysimachia terrestris (yellow loosestrife)
Monotropa hypopithys (pine sap)
Oenothera fruticosa (sundrops)
Ophioglossum vulgatum (Adder's-tongue fern) rare and unusual
Orontium aquaticum (*golden club)
Platanthera blephariglottis (white-fringed orchid)
Pogonia ophioglossoides (rose pogonia) in bud
Polygala cruciata (cross-leaved milkwort)
Prunus maritima (beach plum)
Psilocarya nitens (short-beaked bald-rush )
Pyrola rotundifolia (round-leaved pyrola)
Quercus velutina (black oak)
Quercus alba (white oak)
Quercus coccinea (scarlet oak)
Quercus falcata (southern red oak)
Quercus ilicifolia (scrub oak)
Quercus marilandica (blackjack oak)
Quercus montana (chestnut oak)
Quercus prinoides (dwarf chestnut oak)
Rhynchospora alba (white beaked rush)
Rhynchospora chalarocephala (loose-headed beaked rush)
Rhynchospora capitellata (small-headed beaked rush)
Sarracenia purpurea (pitcher plant)
Scirpus subterminalis (water clubrush)
Scirpus cylindricus (cylindrical bulrush)
Scleria reticularis (reticulated nut-rush)
Tephrosia virginiana (goat's rue)
Toxicodendron toxicarium (poison oak)
Trichostema dichotomum (blue curls)
Utricularia purpurea (purple bladderwort)
Utricularia fibrosa (fibrous bladderwort)
Zizania aquatica (wild rice) large stand of it