SPRINGTOWN ROAD NATURAL AREA
Washington Township, Warren County, NJ
20 acres

Directions:

Located off Springtown Road across from Hawk Pointe Golf Course. Entrance is on the left side of  Springtown Road (Nature Trail Sign), 0.7 of a mile down Springtown Road from its intersection with Route 31. Parking is along the road.

Habitat:

woods

Trails:

A 0.75 mile white diamond trail marked nature trail (loop) made by the 4-H Club.  Trail heads up onto a hill.

PLANT LIST:
Dr. Patrick L. Cooney
* = plants in bloom, 4/19/2003

Trees:
Ailanthus altissima (tree-of-heaven)
Fraxinus sp. (ash)
Juglans nigra (black walnut)
Juniperus virginiana (red cedar) grove of them at one point
Pinus strobus (white pine)
Prunus serotina (black cherry)

Shrubs:
Lindera benzoin (spicebush) *
Lonicera sp. (honeysuckle, probably Morrow's)
Rosa multiflora (multiflora rose)
Rubus phoenicolasius (wineberry)
Viburnum prunifolium (blackhaw viburnum)

Vines:
Vitis sp. (grape)

Herbs:
Alliaria petiolata (garlic mustard)
Allium vineale (field garlic)
Barbarea vulgaris (common wintercress)
Galium sp. (bedstraw)
Geum canadense (white avens)
Lamium purpureum (purple dead nettle) *
Sanguinaria canadensis (bloodroot) *
Stellaria media (common chickweed) *
Taraxacum officinale (dandelion) *
Viola sororia (common blue violet) *