LEBANON STATE FOREST FROM PAKIM POND TO THE "200" AREA

Pakim Pond (Lebanon State Forest) Circular Routes

An infinite number of routes over the many sand roads can be used for an interesting day's walk north from Pakim Pond. Go northeast past the former glass works site and head for the area near or north of the Penn Central R.R. tracks. Here the bogs of cedar trees are at their best. Return via one of the many alternate roads; the entire trip is about 10 miles.

In Lebanon Forest pitch pine dominates the forest bordering Cooper Road that runs from Pakim Pond to the "200 Area" and on the roads going north from here, such as Glass Works Road.

PLANT LIST:
Date: July 16, 1993; Dr. Patrick L. Cooney
Linda Kelly

Trees:
Acer rubrum (red maple)
Chamaecyparis thyoides (Atlantic white cedar)
Ilex opaca (American holly)
Nyssa sylvatica (tupelo)
Pinus rigida (pitch pine)
Quercus bicolor (swamp white oak)
Quercus marilandica (blackjack oak)
Quercus stellata (post oak)
Sassafras albidum (sassafras)

Shrubs:
Cephalanthus occidentalis (button bush)
Chamaedaphne calyculata (leatherleaf)
Clethra alnifolia (sweet pepperbush) 7/16/93
Decodon verticillata (swamp loosestrife)
Gaultheria procumbens (checkerberry)
Gaylussacia frondosa (blue huckleberry)
Ilex glabra (inkberry holly) -- lots of it
Kalmia latifolia (mountain laurel)
Vaccinium corymbosum (highbush blueberry)

Vines:
Smilax rotundifolia (round-leaved greenbrier) lots

Herbs:
Aster spectabilis (showy aster)
Bartonia virginica (screw stem)
Diodia teres (buttonweed) *
Drosera filiformis (threadleaf sundew) 7/16/93
Drosera intermedia (spatulate leaved sundew) 7/16/93 almost ready to bloom
Eriocaulon compressum (pipewort) 7/16/93
Eupatorium resinosum (resinous boneset) *
Euthamia tenuifolium (narrow-leaved goldenrod) *
Lachnanthes tinctoria (red root)
Lobelia nuttallii (Nuttall's lobelia) *
Nymphaea odorata (fragrant white water lily) *
Polygala cruciata (drum heads milkwort) *
Polygala brevifolia (shortleaf milkwort) *
Polygala lutea (orange milkwort) *
Polygala sp.( short-leaved milkwort?)
Rhexia virginica (meadow beauty) 7/16/93 *
Sagittaria latifolia (broad leaved arrowhead) *
Sarracenia purpureum (pitcher plant ) 7/16/93
Triadenum virginicum (marsh St. Johnswort)
Utricularia subulata (zigzag bladderwort) *
Xyris sp. (yellow-eyed grass) 7/16/93 *

Rushes:
Juncus canadensis (Canada rush)

Sedges:
Cyperus dentatus (flatsedge)
Dulichium arundinaceum (three-way sedge)
Rhynchospora alba (white beak rush)
Scirpus subterminalis (water bulrush)

Grasses:
Aristida sp. (grass)

Ferns:
Osmunda cinnamomea (cinnamon fern)
Pteridium aquilinum (bracken fern)

Other:
Sphagnum sp. (sphagnum moss )