FOUR CORNERS POND
Eagle Valley Road, Sterling Forest, Orange County, NY

Directions:

Located on the left side of Route 84 about 6.2 miles north of the intersection of Route 72 and Route 84.

Trails:

A permit is required for fishing or hunting in this area.

I walked around part of the lake on its northern side where the dam is. This is a woodsy lake with the rocks coming right down to the lake side and falling off quickly without much if any marsh.

PLANT LIST:
Dr. Patrick L. Cooney

Trees:
Acer platanoides (Norway maple)
Acer rubrum (red maple)
Acer saccharum (sugar maple)
Amelanchier arborea (shadbush)
Betula alleghaniensis (yellow birch)
Betula lenta (black birch)
Betula populifolia (gray birch)
Carpinus caroliniana (musclewood)
Cornus florida (flowering dogwood)
Fagus grandifolia (American beech)
Fraxinus americana (white ash)
Juniperus virginiana (red cedar)
Morus alba (white mulberry)
Ostrya virginiana (American hop hornbeam)
Populus deltoides (cottonwood)
Populus grandidentata (big toothed aspen)
Prunus serotina (black cherry)
Pyrus malus (apple tree)
Quercus palustris (pin oak)
Quercus prinus (chestnut oak)
Quercus rubra (red oak)
Robinia pseudoacacia (black locust)
Salix alba variety (weeping willow)
Sassafras albidum (sassafras)
Tilia americana (American basswood)
Tsuga canadensis (eastern hemlock)

Shrubs:
Alnus serrulata (smooth alder)
Berberis thunbergii (Japanese barberry)
Cephalanthus occidentalis (button bush)
Chimaphila maculata (spotted wintergreen)
Clethra alnifolia (sweet pepper bush)
Comptonia peregrina (sweet fern)
Cornus amomum (swamp dogwood)
Euonymus alatus (winged euonymus)
Gaylussacia baccata (black huckleberry)
Hamamelis virginiana (witch hazel)
Ilex verticillata (winterberry holly)
Lonicera morrowii (Morrow's honeysuckle)
Lyonia ligustrina (maleberry)
Rhamnus cathartica (common buckthorn)
Rhododendron viscosum (swamp azalea)
Rhus glabra (smooth sumac)
Rhus typhina (staghorn sumac)
Rosa multiflora (multiflora rose)
Rosa palustris (swamp rose) 7/22/02
Rubus occidentalis (black raspberry)
Rubus sp. (blackberry)
Salix discolor (pussy willow)
Spiraea alba var. latifolia (meadowsweet) 7/22/02 8/05/01
Spiraea tomentosa (steeplebush) 7/22/02
Vaccinium corymbosum (highbush blueberry)
Viburnum acerifolium (maple-leaf viburnum)
Vinca minor (periwinkle)

Vines:
Amphicarpaea bracteata (hog peanut)
Calystegia sepium (hedge bindweed)
Celastrus orbiculatus (Asiatic bittersweet)
Menispermum canadense (Canada moonseed)
Parthenocissus quinquefolia (Virginia creeper)
Solanum dulcamara (bittersweet nightshade) 7/22/02 8/05/01
Toxicodendron radicans (poison ivy)
Vinca minor (periwinkle)
Vitis aestivalis (summer grape)
Vitis labrusca (fox grape)

Herbs:
Achillea millefolium (yarrow) 7/22/02 8/05/01
Agropyron (goutweed)
Alisma subcordatum (water plantain) 7/22/02 8/05/01
Alliaria petiolata (garlic mustard) 7/22/02
Ambrosia artemisiifolia (common ragweed)
Apocynum cannabinum (Indian hemp dogbane) 7/22/02
Aralia nudicaulis (wild sarsaparilla)
Asarum canadense (wild ginger)
Aster divaricatus (white wood aster) 8/05/01
Bidens trifoliate (beggar ticks)
Boehmeria cylindrica (false nettle) 8/05/01
Centaurea jacea hybrid (brown knapweed hybrid) 7/22/02 8/05/01
Centaurea maculosa (spotted knapweed ) 7/22/02 8/05/01
Ceratophyllum demursum (coontail)
Chrysanthemum leucanthemum (ox-eye daisy) 7/22/02 8/05/01
Cichorium intybus (chicory) 7/22/02 8/05/01
Cirsium arvense (Canada thistle) 7/22/02
Cirsium vulgare (bull thistle)
Daucus carota (Queen Anne's lace) 7/22/02 8/05/01
Dianthus armeria (Deptford pink) 7/22/02 8/05/01
Epilobium coloratum (purple leaved willow herb) 8/05/01
Erechtites hieraciifolia (pileweed)
Erigeron annuus (daisy fleabane) 7/22/02
Eupatorium perfoliatum (boneset) 8/05/01
Eupatorium rugosum (white snake root) 8/05/01
Euphorbia maculata (spotted spurge) 8/05/01
Euthamia graminifolia (grass-leaved goldenrod) 7/22/02 soon; 8/05/01
Galium asprellum (rough bedstraw) 8/05/01
Galium lanceolatum (lance-leaved wild licorice)
Galium tinctorium (Clayton's bedstraw) 7/22/02
Hemerocallis fulva (tawny day lily)
Hieracium paniculatum (panicle hawkweed) 8/05/01
Hosta sp. (purple hosta) 7/22/02
Impatiens capensis (orange jewelweed) 7/22/02 8/05/01
Iris sp. (blue or yellow flag)
Lactuca canadensis (wild lettuce) 7/22/02
Lemna sp. (duckweed)
Lespedeza japonica (Japanese bush clover)
Linaria vulgaris (butter and eggs) 7/22/02 8/05/01
Lindernia dubia (false pimpernel) 8/05/01
Lotus corniculatus (birdfoot trefoil) 7/22/02 8/05/01
Ludwigia palustris (water purslane)
Lycopus sp. (bugleweed)
Lysimachia ciliata (fringed loosestrife) 7/22/02
Lysimachia terrestris (swamp candles) 7/22/02
Lythrum salicaria (purple loosestrife) 7/22/02 8/05/01
Medicago lupulina (black medick) 7/22/02 8/05/01
Melilotus alba (white sweet clover) 7/22/02 8/05/01
Mimulus ringens (monkey flower) 8/05/01
Monotropa uniflora (Indian pipe)
Myosotis laxa (smaller forget me not) 7/22/02 8/05/01
Nymphaea odorata (white water lily) 7/22/02 8/05/01
Oxalis sp. (yellow wood sorrel ) 7/22/02 8/05/01
Phytolacca americana (pokeweed)
Pilea pumila (clearweed)
Plantago lanceolata (English plantain) 7/22/02 8/05/01
Plantago major (common plantain)
Polygonatum sp. (true Solomon's seal)
Polygonum arifolium (halberd-leaved tearthumb)
Polygonum hydropiperoides (mild water pepper) 7/22/02 8/05/01
Polygonum robustius (coarse smartweed)? 8/05/01
Portulaca oleracea (common purslane) 8/05/01
Potentilla simplex (common cinquefoil) 8/05/01
Prunella vulgaris (self-heal) 7/22/02 8/05/01
Rudbeckia hirta var. pulcherrima (black-eyed Susan) 7/22/02 8/05/01
Rumex obtusifolius (broad dock)
Satureja vulgaris (wild basil) 7/22/02 8/05/01
Silene vulgaris (bladder campion) 7/22/02 8/05/01
Solidago bicolor (silverrod)
Solidago caesia (blue-stemmed goldenrod)
Solidago juncea (early goldenrod) 7/22/02 8/05/01
Sparganium sp. (burreed) 7/22/02 soon
Symplocarpus foetidus (skunk cabbage)
Taraxacum officinale (common dandelion)
Thalictrum pubescens (tall meadowrue) 7/22/02
Triadenum virginicum (marsh St. Johnswort) 7/22/02 soon
Trifolium arvense (rabbit foot's clover) 7/22/02
Trifolium pratense (red clover) 7/22/02 8/05/01
Typha latifolia (broad-leaved cattail)
Verbascum thapsus (common mullein) 7/22/02 8/05/01
Veronica officinalis (common speedwell)
Veronica scutellata (marsh speedwell) 7/22/02 8/05/01
Wolffia sp. (water meal)

Rushes:
Juncus canadensis (Canada rush)
Juncus effusus (soft rush)
Juncus tenuis (path rush)

Sedges:
Carex gynandra (sedge)
Carex laxiflora type (loose-flower sedge type)
Carex lurida (sallow sedge)
Carex pensylvanica (Pennsylvania sedge)
Carex stricta (tussock sedge)
Carex vulpinoidea (fox-like sedge)
Cyperus strigosus (umbrella nutsedge)
Eleocharis ovata (ovate spikerush)
Scirpus cyperinus (woolly grass bulrush)
Scirpus sp. (nut or umbrella sedge)

Grasses:
Anthoxanthum odoratum (sweet vernal grass)
Dactylis glomerata (orchard grass)
Elytrigia repens (quack grass)
Glyceria striata (mannagrass)
Leersia oryzoides (rice cut grass)
Panicum clandestinum (deer-tongue grass)
Phalaris arundinacea (canary reed grass)
Phleum pratense (timothy grass)
Phragmites australis (giant reed grass)

Ferns and Fern Allies:
Equisetum arvense (field horsetail)
Onoclea sensibilis (sensitive fern)
Osmunda cinnamomea (cinnamon fern)
Polystichum acrostichoides (Christmas fern)
Pteridium aquilinum (bracken fern)
Thelypteris noveboracensis (New York fern)
Thelypteris palustris (marsh fern)