Branch Outwash West

Branch Outwash West is a slightly elevated terrace of gravel outwash in a mountainous area. The sand/gravel soil is moist only in the spring. The site is covered with a closed woodland and has minimal shrub and herbaceous layers.

Species found at this site include:

Scientific Name

Common Name

Abies balsamea (L.) P. Mill.

balsam fir

Acer rubrum  L.

red maple

Acer saccharum Marsh. var saccharum

sugar maple

Athyrium filix-femina ssp angustum (Willdenow) G.Lawson

northern lady fern

Betula alleghaniensis Britt.     (which var ?)

yellow birch

Betula populifolia Marsh.

gray birch

Calamagrostis canadensis  (Michx.) Beauv.  var canadensis

bluejoint

Carex crinita Lam. var crinita

fringed sedge

Clematis virginiana L.

virgin's bower

Equisetum arvense L.

field horsetail

Fraxinus nigra Marsh.

black ash

Fraxinus pennsylvanica Marsh.

green ash

Galium asperellum Michx.

rough bedstraw

Juglans cinerea L.

butternut

Lysimachia ciliata L.

fringed loosestrife

Lysimachia terrestris (L.) B.S.P.

swamp candles

Onoclea sensibilis L.

sensitive fern

Prunus serotina Ehrh. Var serotina

black cherry

Rubus pensilvanicus Poir.

pennsylvania blackberry

Solidago canadensis L. var canadensis 

canada goldenrod

Spiraea alba  DuRoi var latifolia (Ait.) Dippel

white meadowsweet

Thuja occidentalis L.

white cedar

Thalictrum pubescens Pursh

king of the meadow, tall meadow rue

 

GPS coordinates of sampling points:

Sampling point

BW1A

e

603194

n

4896072

BW1B

e

603194

n

4896087

BW2A

e

603209

n

4896079

BW2B

e

603209

n

4896089

BW3A

e

603224

n

4896085

 

If you have comments/questions, please contact Dr. Meiyin Wu, Dr. Dennis Kalma or Boquet River Association . 

This page was last updated on January 08, 2007 .