Robert E. Post Town of Ulster Memorial Park

Route 37, Ulster, Ulster County, New York

Situated on the Hudson River.

For town residents only.

Directions:

Route 9W north  through Kingston City to Route 32 north; right turn onto Ulster Landing Road (Route 37) a little ways before Route 199 and the Kingston-Rhinecliff Bridge; turn right onto Yale Ct.; follow it to the entrance for Ulster Town Park

Facilities:

picnic tables, charcoal BBQ, playground, soccer field, volleyball court, bocce courts, horseshoe pit, bathroom facilities and two pavilions

Open May 15-October 15

09/02/04.  Very brief stop. This is a much larger park than the nearby Charles Ryder Park.  And it is much busier also.  It is also a larger park.  There is some woods to explore.  There is a dirt/gravel road off the circular drive that heads uphill to what looks to be like a dump for vegetation refuse.  But I did not see any formal paths.  Dr. Patrick L. Cooney. 

PLANT LIST:
Dr. Patrick L. Cooney
* = plant found in bloom  on day of field trip, September 02, 2004

Trees:
Acer negundo (box elder maple)
Acer platanoides (a red leaved variety of Norway maple)
Ailanthus altissima (tree-of-heaven)
Betula populifolia (gray birch)
Morus alba (white mulberry)
Populus deltoides (cottonwood) quite a bit of it
Populus grandidentata (big tooth aspen)
Populus tremuloides (quaking aspen)
Robinia pseudoacacia (black locust)
Salix sp. (willow)
Tsuga canadensis (eastern hemlock)


Shrubs and sub-shrubs:
Cornus amomum (swamp dogwood)
Cornus racemosa (gray-stem dogwood)
Rhamnus sp. (buckthorn)
Rosa multiflora (multiflora rose)
Rhus typhina (staghorn sumac)

Vines:
Celastrus orbiculatus (Asiatic bittersweet)
Parthenocissus quinquefolia (Virginia creeper)
Toxicodendron radicans (poison ivy)
Vitis sp. (grape)

Herbs:
Alliaria petiolata (garlic mustard)
Amaranthus sp. (amaranth) *
Ambrosia artemisiifolia (common ragweed) *
Amphicarpaea bracteata (hog peanut)
Artemisia vulgaris (common mugwort) *
Asclepias syriaca (common milkweed)
Cirsium vulgaris (bull thistle) *
Collinsonia canadensis (horsebalm)
Commelina communis (Asiatic dayflower)
Conyza canadensis (horseweed)
Coronilla varia (crown vetch) *
Daucus carota (Queen Anne's lace) *
Erechtites hieraciifolia (pileweed)
Erigeron annuus (daisy fleabane) *
Euthamia graminifolia (grass-leaved goldenrod) *
Galium mollugo (wild madder)
Helianthus sp. (sunflower) *
Impatiens capensis (orange jewelweed) *
Hackelia virginiana (Virginia stickseed)
Impatiens capensis (orange jewelweed) *
Iris sp. (yellow or blue flag)
Lactuca biennis (tall blue lettuce)
Linaria vulgaris (butter and eggs) *
Lythrum salicaria (purple loosestrife) *
Melilotus alba (white sweet clover) *
Phytolacca americana (pokeweed)
Prunella vulgaris (self-heal) *
Rudbeckia hirta var. pulcherrima (black-eyed Susan) *
Rumex sp. (dock)
Silene latifolia (white campion) *
Solidago spp. (goldenrod) *
Taraxacum officinale (common dandelion) *
Trifolium pratense (red clover) *
Trifolium repens (white clover) *
Tussilago farfara (coltsfoot)
Typha latifolia (broad-leaved cattail)
Vallisneria americana (water celery)
Verbascum thapsus (common mullein)
Verbena urticifolia (white sweet clover) *

Sedges:
Scirpus atrovirens (dark green bulrush)

Grasses:
Dactylis glomerata (orchard grass)
Echinochloa sp. (barnyard grass)
Poa annua (annual bluegrass)
Setaria faberi (nodding foxtail grass)

Ferns:
Onoclea sensibilis (sensitive fern)