Shawangunk Multiple Use Area
Route 299, Ulster County, New York
58.4 acres
Directions:
US 87 north to Exit 18 for New Paltz; turn left onto Route 299; drive 6.8 miles and turn left into the parking area. The park is on both sides of Route 299. (It is about 0.7 of a mile east of the intersection of Route 299 and Routes 44/55).
Facilities:
Campsites available.
Trails:
In the northern area, there is a circular yellow trail. Map of northern area at: http://gunksclimbers.org/pictures/MUANorthMap.pdf Blue/Yellow Trail to Mohonk Preserve Gateway Center.
In the southern area there is a figure 8 walk via the red trail. (?) Map of southern area: http://gunksclimbers.org/pictures/MUASouthMap.pdf
9/11/04. We walked the southern part of the area, but the trail was blue-blazed trail, not red-blazed. We never even saw a red-blazed trail. The blue trail just took us in a relatively short circle out and back to the parking area passing by all the camping sites, which were seen quite frequently. We crossed a stream(s) three times. The best thing we found was the late coralroot (discovered by Sarah-David). Attendees were Sarah-David Rosenbaum, Rosemary and Carl Cooney. Dr. Patrick L. Cooney.
PLANT LIST:
Dr. Patrick L. Cooney
* = plant found in bloom on day of field trip, September 11, 2004
Trees:
Acer platanoides (Norway maple)
Acer rubrum (red maple)
Acer saccharum (sugar maple)
Amelanchier arborea (shadbush)
Betula lenta (black birch)
Betula populifolia (gray birch)
Carpinus caroliniana (musclewood)
Carya tomentosa (mockernut hickory)
Castanea dentata (American chestnut) x
Celtis occidentalis (hackberry)
Fagus grandifolia (American beech)
Fraxinus americana (white ash)
Juniperus virginiana (red cedar))
Liriodendron tulipifera (tulip tree)
Populus grandidentata (big tooth aspen)
Prunus serotina (black cherry)
Quercus alba (white oak)
Quercus prinus (chestnut oak)
Quercus rubra (red oak)
Sassafras albidum (sassafras)
Tsuga canadensis (hemlock)
Ulmus americana (American elm)
Shrubs and sub-shrubs:
Berberis thunbergii (Japanese barberry)
Chimaphila maculata (striped wintergreen)
Hamamelis virginiana (witch hazel)
Lindera benzoin (spicebush)
Lonicera morrowii (Morrow's honey suckle)
Mitchella repens (partridgeberry)
Rhododendron periclymenoides (pink azalea)
Rhus typhina (staghorn sumac)
Rosa carolina (Carolina rose)
Rosa multiflora (multiflora rose))
Rubus occidentalis (black raspberry)
Rubus sp. (blackberry)
Vaccinium corymbosum (highbush blueberry)
Vaccinium pallidum (hillside blueberry)
Viburnum acerifolium (maple-leaf viburnum)
Viburnum dentatum (arrowwood viburnum)
Viburnum opulus (cranberry viburnum) ?
Vines:
Dioscorea villosa (wild yam root)
Parthenocissus quinquefolia (Virginia creeper)
Toxicodendron radicans (poison ivy)
Vitis aestivalis (summer grape)
Herbs:
Acalypha sp. (three-seeded mercury)
Achillea millefolium (yarrow)
Actaea alba (white baneberry)
Ambrosia artemisiifolia (common ragweed) *
Amphicarpaea bracteata (hog peanut)
Aralia nudicaulis (wild sarsaparilla)
Arctium lappa (great burdock)
Arisaema triphyllum (Jack in the pulpit)
Aster cordifolius (heart-leaved aster) *
Aster divaricatus (white wood aster) *
Bidens sp. (beggar ticks) *
Centaurea nigra (black knapweed) ? *
Cichorium intybus (chicory) *
Circaea lutetiana (enchanter's nightshade)
Cirsium arvense (Canada thistle)
Collinsonia canadensis (horsebalm)
Corallorhiza odontorhiza (late coralroot) *
Daucus carota (Queen Anne's lace) *
Desmodium glutinosum (pointed-leaved tick trefoil)
Desmodium nudiflorum (naked-flowered tick trefoil) *
Dianthus armeria (Deptford pink) *
Eupatorium rugosum (white snakeroot) *
Galinsoga sp. (gallant soldiers) *
Galium circaezens (wild licorice)
Geranium maculatum (wild geranium)
Geum canadense (white avens)
Goodyera pubescens (downy rattlesnake plantain)
Heuchera americana (common alum root)
Hieracium paniculatum (panicled hawkweed) *
Impatiens capensis (orange jewelweed) *
Lactuca canadensis (wild lettuce)
Lactuca serriola (prickly lettuce)
Lobelia inflata (Indian tobacco)
Medicago lupulina (black medick) *
Melilotus alba (white sweet clover) * waning
Mimulus ringens (square-stemmed monkey flower) x
Monotropa uniflora (Indian pipe)
Oxalis sp. (yellow wood sorrel) *
Paronychia canadensis (forked chickweed)
Pilea pumila (clearweed) *
Plantago major (common plantain)
Polygonatum biflorum (true Solomon's seal)
Polygonum cespitosum (cespitose smartweed) *
Polygonum virginianum (jumpseed)
Potentilla simplex (common cinquefoil)
Prenanthes trifoliolata (tall rattlesnake root) *
Prunella vulgaris (self-heal) *
Pyrola rotundifolia (round leaved pyrola)
Rumex obtusifolius (broad dock)
Silene vulgaris (bladder campion) *
Smilacina racemosa (false Solomon' seal)
Solidago bicolor (silverrod) *
Solidago caesia (blue-stem goldenrod) *
Solidago spp. (goldenrod) *
Spiraea alba var. latifolia (meadowsweet) x
Taraxacum officinale (common dandelion)
Trifolium pratense (red clover)
Tussilago farfara (coltsfoot)
Typha latifolia (broad-leaved cattail)
Verbena hastata (blue vervain) x
Veronica officinalis (common speedwell)
Viola sp. (violet)
Verbena urticifolia (white vervain)
Veronica officinalis (common speedwell)
Viola sp. (violet)
Rushes:
Juncus tenuis (path rush)
Sedges:
Carex laxiflora type (loose-flowered sedge type)
Scirpus sp. (bulrush)
Grasses:
Bromus inermis (smooth brome grass)
Digitaria sp. (crab grass)
Microstegium vimineum (Japanese stilt grass)
Phragmites australis (giant reed grass)
Poa annua (annual bluegrass)
Setaria glauca (yellow foxtail grass)
Ferns:
Equisetum arvense (field horsetail)
Lycopodium obscurum (ground pine)
Athyrium filix-femina (lady fern)
Athyrium thelypteroides (silvery glade fern)
Onoclea sensibilis (sensitive fern)
Polystichum acrostichoides (Christmas fern)
Pteridium aquilinum (bracken fern)
Thelypteris noveboracensis (New York fern)