Chodikee Lake Fishing Access

North Chodikee Lake Road, Highland, Town of Lloyd, Ulster County, New York

Directions:

At the intersection of Route 9W and Route 299, turn left onto Route 299 heading west; drive about 1.3 miles and turn right onto North Chodikee Lake Road.  Drive about 1.9 miles (be sure to bear left at the fork/T-intersection) to a right turn into the Fishing Access (the sign is on the left).

Habitats:

woods, lake, marsh, swampy areas

Trails:

09/01/04.  There are no real trails here.  But one can walk along the entrance road, the parking lot, the walk to the fishing access, and the walk out onto a small dock extending along a channel in the marsh to the open area of the lake.  The marsh is absolutely huge, but to explore it a boat would be necessary as the fishing access itself is only a small piece of land. Dr. Patrick L. Cooney.

PLANT LIST:
Dr. Patrick L. Cooney
* = plant found in bloom  on day of field trip, September 01, 2004

Trees:
Acer platanoides (Norway maple)
Acer rubrum (red maple)
Betula lenta (black birch)
Carya ovata (shagbark hickory)
Juniperus virginiana (red cedar)
Morus alba (white mulberry)
Pinus strobus (white pine)
Prunus serotina (black cherry)
Quercus alba (white oak)
Quercus prinus (chestnut oak)
Tilia americana (basswood)

Shrubs and Sub-shrubs:
Cephalanthus occidentalis (button bush)
Cornus racemosa (gray dogwood)
Corylus sp. (hazel)
Hamamelis virginiana (witch hazel)
Lonicera morrowii (Morrow's honey suckle)
Rubus sp. (dewberry)
Staphylea trifolia (bladdernut)
Viburnum dentatum (arrowwood viburnum)
Xanthoxylum americanum (Liriodendron tulipifera (tulip)

Vines:
Cuscuta sp. (dodder)
Toxicodendron radicans (poison ivy)

Herbs:
Alliaria petiolata (garlic mustard)
Ambrosia artemisiifolia (common ragweed) *
Arisaema triphyllum (Jack in the pulpit)
Artemisia vulgaris (common mugwort)
Aster schreberi (Schreber's aster) ?
Geranium sp. (geranium) *
Impatiens capensis (orange jewelweed) *
Lepidium virginicum (poor man's pepper)
Lobelia cardinalis (cardinal lobelia) *
Lythrum salicaria (purple loosestrife) *
Oxalis sp. (yellow wood sorrel) *
Peltandra virginica (arrow arum)
Polygonum amphibium (water smartweed) *
Polygonum cespitosum (cespitose smartweed) *
Polygonum hydropiper (water pepper) *
Polygonum pensylvanicum (Pennsylvania smartweed) *
Pontederia cordata (pickerelweed) *
Rumex obtusifolius (broad dock)
Sagittaria latifolia (broad-leaved arrowhead) *
Satureja vulgaris (wild basil) *
Silene vulgaris (bladder campion) *
Solidago caesia (blue-stem goldenrod)
Solidago gigantea (late goldenrod) *
Symplocarpus foetidus (skunk cabbage)
Taraxacum officinale (common dandelion) *
Tussilago farfara (coltsfoot)
Typha latifolia (broad-leaved cattail)
Veronica officinalis (common speedwell)

Sedges:
Carex laxiflora type (loose-flowered type sedge)
Carex stricta (tussock sedge)

Grasses:
Cinna arundinacea (wood reed grass)
Dactylis glomerata (orchard grass)
Echinochloa sp. (barnyard grass)
Leersia oryzoides (rice cut grass)

Ferns:
Athyrium filix-femina (lady fern)
Osmunda cinnamomea (cinnamon fern)
Osmunda regalis (royal fern)
Polystichum acrostichoides (Christmas fern)