Crater Club Marsh

Crater Club Marsh is in a shallow depression in the underlying limestone. The center of the marsh has cattails in the deeper areas, but is predominantly sedges. These give way to shrubs in the peripheral areas.

Species found at this site include:

Scientific Name

Common Name

Asclepias incarnata  L. incarnata

swamp milkweed

Betula papyrifera var papyifera Marsh 

paper birch

Betula populifolia Marsh.

gray birch

Carex atherodes  Spreng.

wheat sedge

Carex comosa Boott

longhair sedge

Carex cryptolepis  Mackenzie

northeastern sedge

Carex lenticularis  Michx.  var lenticularis

lakeshore sedge

Carex stipata Muhl. ex Willd. var stipata

awl fruited sedge

Carex vesicaria L.

blister sedge

Cornus amomum P. Mill.

silky dogwood

Cornus obliqua  Raf.

silky dogwood

Cornus racemosa Lam.

red panicled dogwood

Equisetum arvense L.

field horsetail

Equisetum fluviatile L.

water horsetail

Equisetum x ferrissi Clute (pro sp)

scouring rush

Eupatorium maculatum L. var maculatum

spotted joe-pye weed

Eupatorium perfoliatum L. var perfoliatum  

boneset

Fragaria virginiana Duchesne   

thick leaved wild strawberry

Fraxinus pennsylvanica Marsh.

green ash

Galium palustre  L.

marsh bedstraw

Geum rivale  L.

purple avens

Hieracium caespitosum Dumort.

king devil

Juniperus communis L. var depressa

common juniper

Juniperus virginiana L. var virginiana

red cedar

Lemna minor L.

lesser duckweed

Lotus corniculatus L.

birdfoot trefoil

Lycopus americanus Muhl. ex W. Bart.

cut-leaf water horehound

Lycopus uniflorus Michx.

northern water horehound

Lysimachia thrysiflora L.

swamp loosestrife

Lythrum salicaria L.

purple loosestrife

Onoclea sensibilis L.

sensitive fern

Packera paupercula (Michx.) A.&D. Love

balsam groundsel

Pinus strobus L.

white pine

Populus tremuloides Michx.

quaking aspen

Prunella vulgaris L. ssp lanceolata (W. Bart.) Hulten

self heal

Prunus serotina Ehrh. Var serotina

black cherry

Ranunculus acris L. var acris

tall buttercup

Ranunculus flabellaris Raf.

yellow water crowfoot

Rhamnus catharctica L.

common buckthorn

Rubus hispidus L.

bristly dewberry

Salix bebbiana Sarg.

bebb willow

Salix eriocephala Michx.

missouri river willow

Salix petiolaris Sm.

slender or meadow willow

Scirpus atrovirens Willd.

dark green bulrush

Sium suave Walt.

water parsnip

Solidago canadensis L. var scabra

canada goldenrod

Solidago gigantea Ait.

smooth goldenrod

Solidago rugosa P. Mill. ssp rugosa var rugosa

rough stemmed goldenrod

Spiraea alba  DuRoi var latifolia (Ait.) Dippel

white meadowsweet

Thelypteris palustris Schott var pubescens (Lawson) Fern.

eastern marsh fern

Thuja occidentalis L.

white cedar

Toxicodendron radicans (L.) Kuntze   

poison ivy

Typha angustifolia L.

narrow leaved cattail

Typha latifolia L.

wide leaved cattail

Vicia cracca L.    

bird vetch

Vitis riparia Michx.

riverbank grape

GPS coordinates of sampling points:

Sampling point

CM1A

e

4904300

n

631159

CM1B

e

4904300

n

631169

CM1C

e

4904300

n

631190

CM1D

e

4904300

n

631219

CM1E

e

4904300

n

631231

CM1F

e

4904300

n

631241

CM2A

e

4904400

n

631163

CM2B

e

4904400

n

631186

CM3C

e

4904400

n

631211

CM3A

e

4904500

n

631180

CM3B

e

4904500

n

631172

CM4A

e

4904625

n

631165

CM4B

e

4904625

n

631185

CM4C

e

4904625

n

631190

CM4D

e

4904625

n

631204

CM4E

e

4904625

n

631194

CM4F

e

4904625

n

631190

 

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 .