TURKEY POINT WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA
Hansey Creek Road, west of Port Norris, Cumberland County, NJ

Directions:

From Millville, take Route 55 south to its end; south on Route 47; pass through the village of Port Elizabeth; 1.4 miles south of the volunteer fire department building in Port Elizabeth turn left onto Route 670; go over the bridge over the Maurice River; follow Route 649 west and then south to Port Norris; turn right onto Main Street, Port Norris; by 1055 Main Street turn left onto Hansey Creek Road. The road takes you to Turkey Point WMA.

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

PLANT LIST:
Dr. Gerry Moore

Trees:
Acer rubrum (red maple)
Albizia julibrissin (silk tree)
Carya glabra (pignut hickory)
Carya tomentosa (mockernut hickory)
Cornus florida (flowering dogwood)
Diospyros virginiana (persimmon)
Ilex opaca (American holly)
Juniperus virginiana (red cedar)
Liquidambar styraciflua (sweetgum)
Magnolia virginiana (sweetbay magnolia)
Morus alba (white mulberry)
Nyssa sylvatica (tupelo)
Pinus echinata (shortleaf pine)
Pinus rigida (pitch pine)
Pinus virginiana (Virginia pine)
Prunus serotina (black cherry)
Quercus alba (white oak)
Quercus coccinea (scarlet oak)
Quercus falcata (Spanish oak)
Quercus marilandica (black jack oak)
Quercus nigra (water oak)
Quercus phellos (willow oak)
Quercus prinus (chestnut oak)
Quercus rubra (red oak)
Quercus velutina (black oak)
Sassafras albidum (sassafras)

Shrubs:
Alnus serrulata (smooth alder)
Amelanchier sp. (canadensis)? (shadbush)
Aronia arbutifolia (red chokeberry)
Baccharis halimifolia (groundsel bush) 9/30/01
Chimaphila maculata (striped wintergreen)
Clethra alnifolia (sweet pepperbush)
Comptonia peregrina (sweetfern)
Elaeagnus umbellata (autumn olive)
Eubotrys racemosa (fetterbush)
Ilex glabra (inkberry)
Kalmia angustifolia (sheepskill)
Kalmia latifolia (mountain laurel)
Mitchella repens (partridgeberry)
Myrica pensylvanica (bayberry)
Rhododendron viscosum (swamp azalea)
Rhus copallina (winged sumac)
Rosa multiflora (multiflora rose)
Rubus cuneifolius (sand dewberry)
Rubus flagellaris (northern dewberry)
Rubus hispidus (swamp dewberry)
Vaccinium corymbosum (highbush blueberry)
Vaccinium pallidum (hillside blueberry)
Viburnum dentatum (arrowwood viburnum)

Vines:
Calystegia sepium (hedge bindweed)
Ipomoea hederacea (ivy-leaved morning glory) 9/22/02
Lonicera japonica (Japanese honeysuckle 9/30/01
Parthenocissus quinquefolia (Virginia creeper)
Smilax glauca (sawbrier)
Smilax rotundifolia (round-leaved greenbrier)
Toxicodendron radicans (poison ivy)
Vitis aestivalis (summer grape)

Herbs:
Acalypha sp. (three-seeded mercury)
Achillea millefolium (yarrow)
Agalinis purpurea (purple gerardia) 9/22/02 9/30/01
Amaranthus cannibinus (salt marsh water hemp)
Ambrosia artemisiifolia (common ragweed) 9/22/02
Asclepias syriaca (common milkweed)
Aster novi-belgii (New York aster) 9/22/02
Centaurea maculosa (spotted knapweed)
Chamaecrista fasciculata (partridge pea) 9/22/02 9/30/01
Chamaecrista nictitans (wild sensitive plant)
Chondrilla juncea (skeleton weed) 9/22/02
Chrysopsis mariana (Maryland golden aster) 9/22/02
Cirsium discolor (field thistle) 9/22/02
Conyza canadensis (horseweed)
Daucus carota (Queen Anne's lace)
Desmodium marilandicum (Maryland tick trefoil)
Desmodium paniculatum (panicled tick trefoil)
Dianthus armeria (Deptford pink) 9/22/02
Erechtites hieraciifolia (pileweed) 9/22/02
Eupatorium album (white boneset)
Eupatorium dubium (eastern joe pye weed) 9/22/02
Eupatorium hyssopifolium (hyssop-leaved boneset) 9/22/02 9/30/01
Eupatorium perfoliatum (boneset) 9/22/02
Euthamia graminifolia (grass-leaved goldenrod) 9/22/02 9/30/01
Froelichia gracilis (slender cotton weed)
Gnaphalium obtusifolium (sweet everlasting 9/22/02 9/30/01
Helianthemum canadense (frostweed)
Helianthus angustifolius (narrow-leaved sunflower) 9/22/02 9/30/01
Heterotheca subaxillaris (camphorweed)
Hieracium gronovii (hairy hawkweed) 9/22/02
Hypochaeris radicata (cat's ear) 9/22/02
Lactuca sp. (lettuce)
Lechea sp. (pinweed)
Lespedeza capitata (round-headed bushclover)
Lespedeza cuneata (Chinese bushclover) 9/22/02 9/30/01
Lespedeza striata (Japanese bushclover)
Linum sp. (flax)
Lobelia inflata (Indian tobacco lobelia) 9/22/02
Lobelia puberula (downy lobelia) 9/22/02 9/30/01
Ludwigia alternifolia (seed box purslane)
Lycopus americanus (American water horehound) 9/22/02
Melilotus alba (white sweet clover) 9/22/02
Oxalis stricta (yellow wood sorrel) 9/22/02
Plantago major (common plantain)
Pluchea odorata (salt marsh fleabane) 9/30/01
Polygala brevifolia (short-leaf milkwort) 9/22/02
Polygala lutea (orange milkwort) 9/22/02
Polygala mariana (Maryland milkwort)
Polygala sanguinea (purple milkwort)
Polygonella articulata (coastal jointweed)
Polygonum hydropiperoides (mild water pepper) 9/22/02
Polygonum sagittatum (arrowhead tearthumb)
Prunella vulgaris (self-heal) 9/22/02
Pyrrhopappus carolinianus 9/22/02
Rhexia mariana (dull meadow beauty)
Rhexia virginica (Virginia meadow beauty)
Rumex obtusifolius (broad dock)
Solidago canadensis (Canada goldenrod)?
Solidago odora (sweet goldenrod)
Solidago sempervirens (seaside goldenrod) 9/30/01
Thalictrum pubescens (early meadowrue)
Trichostema dichotomum (blue curls)
Verbascum thapsus (common mullein) 9/22/02

Rushes:
Juncus biflorus (large grass-leaved rush)
Juncus canadensis (Canada rush)
Juncus effusus (soft rush)
Juncus tenuis (path rush)

Sedges:
Carex albolutescens (greenish-white sack sedge)
Cyperus echinatus (old C. ovularis) (globe flatsedge)
Cyperus grayi (Gray's flatsedge)
Cyperus retrorsus (pine barrens flatsedge)
Cyperus strigosus (wide-spreading nutsedge)
Eleocharis ovata (old E. englemanii) (ovate spikerush)
Fimbristylis autumnalis (autumnal fimbristylis)
Rhynchospora capitellata (small-headed beak rush)
Scirpus cyperinus (woolly grass bulrush)

Grasses:
Andropogon virginicus var. abbreviatus (Virginia bush beard grass)
Andropogon virginicus var. virginicus (Virginia broom beard grass)
Calamagrostis cinnoides (Nuttall's reed grass)
Chasmanthium laxum (wild oat grass)
Digitaria spp. (crab grass)
Echinochloa muricata (barnyard grass)
Elymus virginicus (wild rye grass)
Eragrostis curvula (African love grass)
Eragrostis spectabilis (purple love grass)
Microstegium vimineum (Japanese stilt grass)
Panicum clandestinum (deer-tongue panicgrass)
Panicum dichotomiflorum (fall panicgrass)
Panicum scoparium (velvet panicgrass)
Panicum verrucosum (warty panicgrass)
Panicum virgatum (switch panicgrass)
Paspalum sp. (beadgrass)
Phragmites australis (giant reedgrass)
Schizachyrium scoparium (little blue stem grass)
Setaria faberi (nodding foxtail grass)
Sorghastrum nutans (Indian nut grass)
Sorghum vulgare (sorghum) planted in fields
Spartina alterniflora (salt marsh hay cordgrass)
Tridens flavus (purple top grass)

Ferns and Fern Allies:
Lycopodium sp. (obscurum)? (ground pine club moss)
Onoclea sensibilis (sensitive fern)
Osmunda cinnamomea (cinnamon fern)
Osmunda regalis (royal fern)
Pteridium aquilinum (bracken fern)
Thelypteris palustris (marsh fern)