Tranquility Preserve

Allamuchy Township, Warren County

135 acres

Open to the Public.

Directions:

US 80 west to Exit 19 (Hackettstown/Andover); at the end of the exit ramp, cross over Route 517 to Route 667 north; drive about 0.25 of  a mile and turn left onto Route 612 at the Allamuchy General Store; drive 0.8 of a mile and make a right into an unmarked parking lot (at the end of a guard rail). 

Trails:

Just a quick stop since it was raining hard.  I did not see any trails, but will have to come back to check out the area.

PLANT LIST:
Dr. Patrick L. Cooney
* = plant found in bloom on date of field trip, 7/12/04

Trees:
Cornus florida (flowering dogwood)
Morus alba (white mulberry)
Populus deltoides (cottonwood)

Shrubs and Sub-shrubs:
Berberis thunbergii (Japanese barberry)
Rhus typhina (staghorn sumac)
Rubus phoenicolasius (wineberry)
Rosa multiflora (multiflora rose)

Vines:
Celastrus orbiculatus (Asiatic bittersweet)
Menispermum canadense (moonseed)
Parthenocissus quinquefolia (Virginia creeper)
Toxicodendron radicans (poison ivy)
Vitis sp. (grape)

Broad-leaved Herbs:
Alliaria petiolata (garlic mustard) *
Ambrosia artemisiifolia (common ragweed)
Arctium sp. (burdock)
Cichorium intybus (chicory) *
Daucus carota (Queen Anne's lace) *
Erigeron annuus (daisy fleabane) *
Impatiens sp. (jewelweed)
Melilotus alba (white sweet clover) *
Monarda fistulosa (wild bergamot) *
Nepeta cataria (catnip) *
Polygonum lapathifolium (nodding smartweed) * ?
Rudbeckia hirta var. pulcherrima (black-eyed Susan) *
Solanum dulcamara (bittersweet nightshade) *
Solidago spp. (goldenrod)
Verbascum thapsus (common mullein) *

Rushes:
Juncus tenuis (path rush)

Sedges:
Scirpus cyperinus (woolly grass bulrush)

Grasses:
Dactylis glomerata (orchard grass)