MOORE'S BEACH, HEISLERVILLE STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA
Moore's Beach Road, Maurice River Township, Cumberland County

Directions:

Route 55 south to its end at Route 47 south; left turn onto Moore's Beach Road; park at crude parking area and walk to the end of the road at the beach.

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

History:

Dr. Gerry Moore of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden tells how his great uncle tried to establish a resort motel on what came to be known as Moore's Beach. But the road out to the beach was hard to maintain and the state told Mr. Moore that the resort would have to pay for the maintenance of the road. This proved too much for the resort and so it closed. Now there are only the remains of some of the stilt supports on which the houses were built.

PLANT LIST:
Dr. Gerry Moore

Trees:
Celtis occidentalis (hackberry)
Pinus serotina (pond pine)

Shrubs:
Aronia arbutifolia (red chokeberry)
Baccharis halimifolia (groundsel bush) 9/29/01
Iva frutescens (marsh elder)
Rhus copallina (winged sumac)
Viburnum dentatum (arrowwood viburnum)

Vines:
Calystegia sepium (hedge bindweed) 9/29/01
Lonicera japonica (Japanese honeysuckle) 9/29/01
Toxicodendron radicans (poison ivy)

Herbs:
Ambrosia artemisiifolia (common ragweed)
Aster subulatus (annual salt marsh aster) 9/29/01
Atriplex hastata (halberd leaved orache)
Cakile edentula (sea rocket)
Centaurea maculosa (spotted knapweed) 9/29/01
Chenopodium sp. (goosefoot)
Cirsium sp. (thistle)
Daucus carota (Queen Anne's lace) 9/29/01
Euphorbia polygonifolia (seaside spurge)
Euthamia tenuifolia (narrow-leaved goldenrod) 9/29/01
Gnaphalium obtusifolium (sweet everlasting) 9/29/01
Kochia scoparia (summer cypress)
Lespedeza capitata (round headed bush clover)
Limonium carolinianum (sea lavender) 9/29/01
Oenothera biennis (common evening primrose) 9/29/01
Phytolacca americana (pokeweed)
Plantago lanceolata (English plantain) 9/29/01
Pluchea odorata (salt marsh fleabane) 9/29/01
Polygonum pensylvanicum (pink smartweed)
Polygonum prolificum (knotweed) 9/29/01
Rumex sp. (dock)
Salicornia europaea (European glasswort)
Salsola kali (common saltwort) 9/29/01
Solidago sempervirens (seaside goldenrod) 9/29/01
Spergularia marina (salt marsh sand spurrey)
Suaeda americana (northeastern seablite)
Suaeda linearis (southern seablite)
Xanthium strumarium (common clotbur)
Yucca filamentosa (Adam's needle)

Rushes:
Juncus tenuis (path rush)

Sedges:
Cyperus grayii (Gray's flat sedge)

Grasses:
Cenchrus tribuloides (bur)
Distichlis spicata (salt grass)
Phragmites australis (giant reed grass)
Schizachyrium scoparium (little blue stem grass)
Spartina alterniflora (salt marsh hay cordgrass)
Spartina patens (salt meadow cordgrass)

40 or so monarch butterflies