Cranberry Pond

Cranberry Pond is a small endorheic pond with a small drainage basin in a glacial outwash area. The open water portion of the pond with floating-leaved vegetation is surrounded by a Sphagnum/Ericoid bog.

Species found at this site include:

Scientific Name

Common Name

Acer rubrum  L.  var rubrum

red maple

Acer rubrum  L.  var trilobum

red maple

Andromeda poliophylla L.

bog rosemary

Betula alleghaniensis Britt.    

yellow birch

Betula populifolia Marsh.

gray birch

Carex intumescens  Rudge

great bladder sedge

Carex stricta Lam.

tussock sedge

Chamaedaphne calyculata (L.) Moench var angustifolia (Ait.) Rehd.

leatherleaf

Eriophorum virginicum L.

tawny cottongrass

Galium palustre  L.

marsh bedstraw

Glyceria grandis  S. Wats.  var grandis

american mannagrass

Hypericum mutilum  L.

dwarf st. john's wort

Ilex verticillata (L.) Gray

winterberry holly

Kalmia angustifolia  L.

sheep laurel

Kalmia polifolia Wangenh.

bog laurel

Ledum groenlandicum  Oeder

labrador tea

Lycopus virginicus L.

water horehound

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

swamp candles

Nemopanthus mucronatus  (L.) Loes.

mountain holly

Oxalis montana Raf.

northern wood sorrel

Picea rubens Sarg.

red spruce

Pinus strobus L.

white pine

Potamogeton gramineus L.

variable-leaved pondweed

Spiraea alba  DuRoi var latifolia (Ait.) Dippel

white meadowsweet

Thuja occidentalis L.

white cedar

Triadenum virginicum (L.) Raf.

marsh st. john'swort

Vaccinium myrtilloides  Michx.

velvetleaf blueberry

Vaccinium oxycoccus  L.

small cranberry

Viburnum nudum L. var cassinoides (L.) Torr. & Gray

northern wild raisin

 

GPS coordinates of sampling points:

Sampling point

CP1A

e

4884467

n

603285

CP2A

e

4884470

n

603288

CP3A

e

4884479

n

603285

CP4A

e

4884575

n

603148

CP4B

e

4884575

n

603189

CP4C

e

4884575

n

603318

CP4D

e

4884575

n

603313

CP4E

e

4884575

n

603240

CP5A

e

4884626

n

603272

 

 

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

This page was last updated on January 09, 2007 .