Trout Brook Wildlife Management Area
Possum Hill Road, Sussex County, NJ
Directions:
Take Route 80 west to Route 521 (exit 12); go north on Route 521 into Sussex County through the town of Stillwater to the town of Middleville where you will go straight (staying on Stillwater Road) while Rt. 521 turns right; drive about 3.7 miles to the park entrance (passing Middleville Road, Old Foundry Road, turning left onto Possum Hill Road, passing Twin Oak Road, and turning left into the W.M.A.
(For maps see: www.state.nj.us/dep/fgw/wmaland.htm)
Drive 0.2 mile in and park near the cordoned off road. Walk down the path. If you take the path on the right it leads to a pond with its associated water plants. If you continue straight on the main path, it leads to a small pond near some abandoned homes. If you continue on this main path it leads to private property and a house.
PLANT LIST:
Dr. Patrick L. Cooney
Trees:
Acer rubrum (red maple)
Acer saccharum (sugar maple)
Betula alleghaniensis (yellow birch)
Betula lenta (black birch)
Betula populifolia (gray birch)
Carpinus caroliniana (musclewood)
Carya ovata (shagbark hickory)
Carya tomentosa (mockernut hickory)
Castanea dentata (American chestnut)
Cornus florida (flowering dogwood)
Fagus grandifolia (American beech)
Fraxinus americana (white ash)
Juglans nigra (black walnut)
Juniperus virginiana (red cedar)
Larix dedicua (European larch)
Liriodendron tulipifera (tulip tree) 5/22/00
Nyssa sylvatica (tupelo)
Picea sp. (planted Christmas tree)
Pinus rigida (pitch pine)
Pinus strobus (white pine)
Populus grandidentata (big-toothed aspen)
Prunus serotina (black cherry)
Pyrus malus (apple tree)
Quercus alba (white oak)
Quercus palustris (pin oak)
Quercus prinus (chestnut oak)
Quercus rubra (red oak)
Quercus velutina (black oak)
Sassafras albidum (sassafras)
Tilia americana (American basswood)
Tsuga canadensis (eastern hemlock)
Shrubs/Small Trees:
Alnus serrulata (smooth alder)
Amelanchier arborea (shadbush)
Berberis thunbergii (Japanese barberry)
Chimaphila maculata (spotted wintergreen)
Comptonia peregrina (sweet fern)
Crataegus sp. (hawthorn)
Elaeagnus umbellata (autumn olive)
Epigaea repens (trailing arbutus)
Forsythia sp. (golden bells)
Gaultheria procumbens (checkerberry)
Hamamelis virginiana (witch hazel)
Kalmia angustifolia (sheep laurel)
Kalmia latifolia (mountain laurel) 5/22/00 soon
Lindera benzoin (spicebush)
Lonicera morrowii (Morrow's honeysuckle) 5/22/00
Mitchella repens (partridgeberry)
Philadelphus sp. (mock orange)
Rhododendron periclymenoides (pinxter flower) 5/22/00
Rhus typhina (staghorn sumac
Rosa multiflora (multiflora rose)
Rubus flagellaris (northern dewberry)
Rubus hispidus (hispid dewberry)
Rubus sp. (black berry) 5/22/00
Sambucus canadensis (common elderberry)
Spiraea alba var. latifolia (meadowsweet) 8/22/01 9/22/01
Spiraea tomentosa (steeplebush)
Vaccinium angustifolium (low bush blueberry)
Vaccinium corymbosum (high bush blueberry)
Vaccinium pallidum (hillside blueberry)
Vaccinium stamineum (deerberry) 5/22/00
Viburnum dentatum (smooth arrowwood viburnum)
Viburnum lentago (nannyberry viburnum) 5/22/00
Vinca minor (periwinkle)
Vines:
Amphicarpaea bracteata (hog peanut) 8/22/01
Apios americana (groundnut)
Celastrus orbiculatus (Asiatic bittersweet)
Clematis virginiana (virgin's brier)
Dioscorea villosa (wild yamroot)
Parthenocissus quinquefolia (Virginia creeper)
Smilax herbacea (carrion flower greenbrier)
Smilax rotundifolia (round leaved greenbrier) 5/22/00
Toxicodendron radicans (poison ivy)
Vitis labrusca (fox grape)
Vitis sp. (grape)
Herbs:
Achillea millefolium (yarrow) 8/22/01
Alliaria petiolata (garlic mustard) 5/22/00
Ambrosia artemisiifolia (common mugwort)
Apocynum sp. (dogbane)
Aralia nudicaulis (wild sarsaparilla) 5/22/00
Arctium minus (common burdock)
Arisaema triphyllum (Jack in the pulpit)
Artemisia vulgaris (common mugwort)
Asclepias incarnata (swamp milkweed)
Asclepias syriaca (common milkweed)
Asparagus officinalis (asparagus)
Aster cordifolius (heart-leaved aster) 9/22/01
Aster divaricatus (white wood aster) 9/22/01
Aster lanceolatus (panicled aster) 9/22/01
Aster lateriflorus (calico aster) 9/22/01
Aster puniceus (purple-stemmed aster) 9/22/01
Baptisia tinctoria (wild indigo)
Barbarea vulgaris (common wintercress) 5/22/00
Bidens comosa (strawstem beggar tick) 8/22/01 soon 9/22/01
Bidens laevis (larger bur marigold) 9/22/01
Caltha palustris (marsh marigold)
Carduus sp. (thistle)
Caulophyllum thalictroides (blue cohosh)
Centaurea maculosa (spotted knapweed 8/22/01 9/22/01
Cerastium vulgatum (mouse-ear chickweed)
Chelone glabra (white turtle head) 9/22/01
Chrysanthemum leucanthemum (ox-eye daisy)
Cicuta maculata (water hemlock)
Cirsium arvense (Canada thistle)
Cirsium vulgaris (bull thistle) 8/22/01
Coronilla varia (crown vetch) 9/22/01
Cypripedium acaule (pink lady slipper)
Daucus carota (Queen Anne 8/22/01 9/22/01
Dianthus armeria (Deptford pink) 8/22/01 9/22/01
Elodea nuttallii (waterweed)
Epilobium coloratum (purple-leaved willowherb) 9/22/01
Erechtites hieraciifolia (pilewort) 8/22/01
Erigeron annuus (daisy fleabane) 5/22/00
Erigeron stricta (lesser daisy fleabane) 8/22/01
Eupatorium perfoliatum (boneset) 8/22/01
Eupatorium rugosum (white snakeroot) 8/22/01 9/22/01
Euphorbia cyparissias (cypress spurge) 5/22/00
Euthamia graminifolia (grass-leaved goldenrod) 8/22/01
Fragaria virginiana (common strawberry)
Galium circaezens (wild licorice)
Galium mollugo (wild madder)?
Geranium maculatum (wild geranium)
Geranium sibiricum (Siberian geranium) 9/22/01
Goodyera pubescens (rattlesnake plantain)
Hemerocallis fulva (tawny day lily)
Hieracium sp. (hawkweed)
Hydrocotyle americana (marsh pennywort)
Hypericum mutilum (dwarf St. Johnswort) 8/22/01 9/22/01
Hypoxis hirsuta (yellow star grass) 5/22/00
Impatiens capensis (orange jewelweed) 8/22/01 9/22/01 a few
Iris sp. (iris)
Leonurus cardiaca (motherwort)
Lepidium virginicum (poor man's pepper)
Lespedeza intermedia (wand-like bush clover?) 8/22/01
Linaria vulgaris (butter and eggs) 8/22/01 9/22/01
Lobelia inflata (Indian tobacco lobelia) 8/22/01
Lycopus uniflorus (northern bugleweed) 9/22/01
Lycopus virginicus (Virginia bugleweed) 8/22/01 9/22/01
Lysimachia quadrifolia (whorled loosestrife)
Maianthemum canadense (Canada mayflower) 5/22/00
Medeola virginiana (Indian cucumber-root)
Medicago lupulina (black medick) 9/22/01
Melampyrum lineare (cowwheat)
Melilotus alba (white sweet clover) 8/22/01
Mentha spicata (spearmint)
Mimulus ringens (money flower) 8/22/01
Monotropa hypopithys (pinesap) 9/22/01 big patch
Monotropa uniflora (Indian pipe)
Myosotis sp. (forget me not)
Oenothera biennis (common evening primrose)
Oxalis sp. (yellow wood sorrel) 8/22/01 9/22/01
Panax trifolius (dwarf ginseng)
Pedicularis canadensis (lousewort or wood betony)
Penstemmon sp. (beard tongue)
Penthorum sedoides (ditch stonecrop)
Pilea pumila (clearweed) 9/22/01
Plantago lanceolata (English plantain)
Plantago major (common plantain)
Podophyllum peltatum (may apple)
Polygonatum pubescens (hairy true Solomon's seal) 5/22/00
Polygonum arifolium (halberd leaved tearthumb)
Polygonum cespitosum (cespitose smartweed) 8/22/01 9/22/01
Polygonum hydropiper (water pepper) 8/22/01 9/22/01
Polygonum sagittatum (arrowhead tearthumb) 8/22/01 9/22/01
Polygonum sp. (smartweed) 8/22/01
Potamogeton epihydrus (ribbonleaf pondweed)
Potentilla argentea (silvery cinquefoil) 8/22/01 9/22/01
Potentilla canadensis (dwarf cinquefoil) 5/22/00
Potentilla simplex (common cinquefoil)
Prenanthes trifoliolata (tall rattlesnake root) 9/22/01
Prunella vulgaris (self-heal) 8/22/01 9/22/01
Pycnanthemum tenuifolium (narrow-leaved mountain mint)
Pyrola elliptica (shinleaf)
Ranunculus acris (tall buttercup) 5/22/00
Ranunculus hispidus var. caricetorium (swamp buttercup)
Ranunculus recurvatus (hooked crowfoot)
Rudbeckia hirta var. pulcherrima (black eyed Susan) 8/22/01 9/22/01
Rumex acetosella (sheep sorrel) 5/22/00
Rumex obtusifolius (curled dock)
Saponaria officinalis (bouncing bet) 8/22/01 9/22/01
Satureja vulgaris (wild basil)
Scutellaria lateriflora (maddog skullcap)
Senecio obovatus (round leaved ragwort) 5/22/00
Silene latifolia (white campion) 5/22/00
Solanum carolinense (horse nettle)
Solidago caesia (blue-stemmed goldenrod) 9/22/01
Solidago rugosa (rough-stemmed goldenrod) 8/22/01 9/22/01
Sparganium sp. (burreed)
Spirodela polyrhiza (greater duckweed)
Symplocarpus foetidus (skunk cabbage)
Taraxacum officinale (common dandelion)
Thalictrum pubescens (tall meadowrue)
Trientalis borealis (star flower)
Trifolium pratense (red clover) 8/22/01 9/22/01
Typha latifolia (broad-leaved cattail)
Uvularia perfoliata (perfoliate leaved bellwort)
Veratrum viride (false hellebore)
Verbascum thapsus (common mullein) 8/22/01
Verbena hastata (blue vervain) 8/22/01
Vernonia noveboracensis (New York ironwood) 8/22/01
Veronica officinalis (common speedwell)
Wolffia sp. (watermeal)
Rushes:
Juncus canadensis (Canada rush)
Juncus effusus (soft rush)
Luzula multiflora (wood rush)
Sedges:
Carex crinita?
Carex gynandra (sedge)
Carex intumescens?
Carex lurida (sedge)
Carex stricta (tussock sedge)
Cyperus filicinus type
Eleocharis ovata (ovate spikerush)
Scirpus cyperinus (woolly grass bulrush)
Scirpus sp. (nut or umbrella sedge)
Grasses:
Anthoxanthum odoratum (sweet vernal grass)
Dactylis glomeratus (orchard grass)
Echinochloa muricata (barnyard grass) long awns
Leersia oryzoides (rice cut grass) 9/22/01
Microstegium vimineum (Japanese stilt grass)
Panicum clandestinum (deer-tongue grass)
Phleum pratense (Timothy grass)
Phragmites australis (giant reed grass)
Schizachyrium scoparium (little bluestem grass)
Setaria glauca (yellow foxtail grass)
Ferns:
Equisetum arvense (field horsetail)
Lycopodium clavatum (running pine)
Lycopodium digitatum (southern ground cedar clubmoss)
Lycopodium lucidulum (shining clubmoss)
Lycopodium obscurum (ground pine clubmoss)
Botrychium dissectum (dissected grapefern)?
Dennstaedtia punctilobula (hay-scented fern)
Dryopteris intermedia (crested wood fern)
Onoclea sensibilis (sensitive fern)
Osmunda cinnamomea (cinnamon fern)
Osmunda claytoniana (interrupted fern)
Osmunda regalis (royal fern)
Polystichum acrostichoides (Christmas fern)
Pteridium aquilinum (bracken fern)
Thelypteris noveboracensis (New York fern)
Thelypteris palustris (marsh fern)
Other:
Sphagnum sp. (sphagnum moss)