LONG PATH (PIERMONT THRU ROCKLAND CEMETERY)
Rockland County, NY

Directions:

TZ bridge; 9W south; at just a little south of 10:34 mileage marker turn left and head downhill via Ash Street; you can go all the way down and then hike back up following the tourgoise blazes of the Long Path; or you can cheat (Ash Street, turn right on Piermont Avenue, and right onto Crescent Road?) We parked here at the end of the street. It did not say not to.(?)

Headed straight (southwest) past a house and then made a right turn (northwest) to Route 9W; crossed the dangerous highway and then went right on the other side to Castle Road; walk up Castle Road to its dead end; turn right behind the gate and go up and into the woods; lots of houses along the way on Castle Road; path takes you to Rockland Cemetery and even past the grave stones of John Charles Fremont, the Pathfinder. You walk through Rockland Cemetery and then into the woods. This path will take you to Clausland.

History:

Pass by the grave of Henry Honeychurch Gorringe (1841-1885) who was the engineer responsible for successfully moving Cleopatra's needle to the US. Just beyond his grave is that of John C. Fremont.

John Charles Fremont

1813 -- born Savannah, GA
1838 -- appointed Second Lieutenant
1842 -- end of Rocky Mountain expedition
1844 -- end of expedition beyond the Rocky Mountains; called the Path Finder
1844 -- appointed captain
1846 -- end of the third expedition; this one west of the Mississippi River
1890 -- dies

PLANT LIST
Dr. Patrick L. Cooney

Trees:
Acer platanoides (Norway maple)
Ailanthus altissima (tree of heaven)
Betula lenta (black birch)
Carya glabra (pignut hickory)
Carya tomentosa (mockernut hickory)
Carya cordiformis (bitternut hickory)
Cornus florida (flowering dogwood)
Fagus grandifolia (American beech)
Fraxinus americana (white ash)
Liriodendron tulipifera (tulip tree)
Morus alba (white mulberry)
Picea abies (Norway spruce)
Quercus alba (white oak)
Quercus rubra (red oak)
Rhus typhina (staghorn sumac)
Sassafras albidum (sassafras)
Tilia americana (American linden)
Ulmus americana (American elm)

Shrubs:
Berberis thunbergii (Japanese barberry)
Euonymus alatus (winged euonymus)
Forsythia planted
Ligustrum sp. (privet)
Lindera benzoin (spice bush)
Rosa multiflora (multiflora rose)
Rubus phoenicolasius (wineberry)
Rubus sp. (blackberrry)
Vaccinium angustifolium (low bush blueberry)
Vinca minor (periwinkle)

Vines:
Akebia quinata (akebia)
Calystegia sepium (hedge bindweed)
Campsis radicans trumpet creeper
Celastrus orbiculatus (Asiatic bittersweet)
Hedera helix (English holly)
Lonicera japonica (Japanese honeysuckle)
Parthenocissus quinquefolia (Virginia creeper)
Rubus occidentalis (black raspberry)
Smilax rotundifolia (round-leaved greenbrier)
Toxicodendron radicans (poison ivy)
Vitis aestivalis (summer grape)

Herbs:
Acalypha rhomboidea (3 seeded mercury)
Achillea millefolium (yarrow)
Alliaria petiolata (garlic mustard)
Ambrosia artemisiifolia (common ragweed) 8/27/01
Apocynum sp. (Indian hemp)
Artemisia vulgaris (common mugwort)
Aster divaricatus (white wood aster)
Chamaecrista nictitans (sensitive pea) 8/27/01
Cichorium intybus (chicory) 8/27/01
Circaea lutetiana (enchanter's nightshade)
Commelina communis (Asiatic dayflower ) 8/27/01
Conyza canadensis (horseweed) 8/27/01
Desmodium sp. (tick trefoil) 8/27/01
Desmodium paniculatum (panicled bush clover) 8/27/01
Erigeron strigosus (lesser daisy fleabane) 8/27/01
Eupatorium rugosum (white snakeroot) 8/27/01
Euphorbia nutans (upright spurge) 8/27/01
Euthamia graminifolia (grass-leaved goldenrod) 8/27/01
Galinsoga sp. (gallant soldiers) 8/27/01
Geum canadensis (white avens)
Helianthemum divaricatus (woodland sunflower) 8/27/01
Hieracium paniculatum (panicled hawkweed) 8/27/01
Hieracium venosum (rattlesnake hawkweed)
Impatiens capensis (orange jewelweed)
Lespedeza capitata (bush clover)
Lespedeza sp. (bush clover) 8/27/01
Linaria vulgaris (butter and eggs) 8/27/01
Lobelia inflata (Indian tobacco lobelia) 8/27/01
Lunaria annua (honesty)
Lythrum salicaria (purple loosestrife)
Oenothera biennis (common evening primrose) 8/27/01
Osmorhiza sp. (sweet Cecily)
Oxalis sp. (yellow wood sorrel) 8/27/01
Phytolacca americana (pokeweed)
Pilea pumila (clearweed)
Plantago lanceolata (English plantain)
Polygonum cespitosum (cespitose knotweed) 8/27/01
Polygonum cuspidatum (Japanese knotweed)
Polygonum virginianum (Virginia knotweed)
Portulaca oleracea (common purslane) 8/27/01
Prunella vulgaris (self-heal) 8/27/01
Rudbeckia hirta var. pulcherrima (black-eyed Susan) 8/27/01
Rumex crispus (curled dock)
Rumex obtusifolius (broad dock)
Silene vulgaris (bladder campion) 8/27/01
Smilacina racemosa (false Solomon's seal)
Solanum nigrum (black nightshade) 8/27/01
Solidago bicolor (silverrod)
Solidago juncea (early goldenrod) 8/27/01
Taraxacum officinale (common dandelion) 8/27/01
Thalictrum pubescens (tall meadow rue)
Trifolium repens (white clover) 8/27/01
Trifolium pratense (red clover) 8/27/01
Verbascum thapsus (common mullein)
Verbena urticifolia (white vervain)

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

Sedges:
Carex laxiflora type (sedge)

Grasses:
Anthoxanthum odoratum (sweet vernal grass)
Cinna arundinacea (woodland reed grass)
Dactylis glomeratus (orchard grass)
Digitaria sanguinalis (smooth crab grass)
Echinochloa crus-galli (barnyard grass)
Eleusine indica (zipper grass)
Elymus sp. (grass)
Eragrostis (purple love grass)
Muhlenbergia (nimble will)
Panicum clandestinum (deer tongue grass)
Phleum pratense (timothy grass )
Setaria faberi (nodding foxtail grass)
Tridens flavus (purple top grass)