Crater Club Pond

Crater Club Pond is in a depression in the underlying limestone. The center has some open water, but the area is predominantly cattails in the wetter areas and sedges in the drier areas with shrubs in the peripheral areas.

Species found at this site include:

Scientific Name

Common Name

Acer rubrum  L.  var rubrum

red maple

Agrimonia gryposepala Wallr.

common agrimony

Alisma subcordatum  Raf.

water plantain

Alisma triviale Pursh

northern water plantain

Arctium minus Bernh.

burdock

Asclepias incarnata  L. incarnata

swamp milkweed

Asclepias syriaca L.

common milkweed

Bidens frondosa L.

devil's beggar ticks

Bidens tripartita L.

leafy-bracted beggar ticks

Carex comosa Boott

longhair sedge

Carex cristatella  Britt.

creasted sedge

Carex lupulina  Muhl. ex Willd.

hop sedge

Carex retrorsa  Schwein.

knot sedge

Carex scoparia  Schkuhr ex Willd.  var scoparia

brown broom sedge

Carex tuckermanii  Dewey

tuckerman's sedge

Cornus amomum P. Mill.

silky dogwood

Cornus obliqua  Raf.

silky dogwood

Cornus racemosa Lam.

red panicled dogwood

Cornus sericea ssp sericea L.

red osier dogwood

Eleocharis acicularis (L.) Roemer & J.A. Schultes var acicularis

needle spikerush

Epilobium coloratum Biehler

eastern willow herb

Equisetum x ferrissi Clute (pro sp)

scouring rush

Eupatorium perfoliatum L. var perfoliatum  

boneset

Fragaria virginiana Duchesne   

thick leaved wild strawberry

Fraxinus pennsylvanica Marsh.

green ash

Galium mollugo L.

wild madder

Galium palustre  L.

marsh bedstraw

Geum aleppium Jacq.

yellow avens

Impatiens capensis Meerb.

jewelweed

Juniperus virginiana L. var virginiana

red cedar

Leersia oryzoides  (L.) Sw.

rice cutgrass

Lemna minor L.

lesser duckweed

Lonicera tatarica L.

tartarian honeysuckle

Lycopus uniflorus Michx.

northern water horehound

Lysimachia thrysiflora L.

swamp loosestrife

Parthenocissus vitaceae (Knerr) A.S. Hitchc.

grape woodbine

Phalaris arundinaceae  L.

canary reedgrass

Polygonum amphibium L. var emersum Michx.

smartweed

Polygonum amphibium L. var stipulaceum Coleman

water smartweed

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

self heal

Ranunculus acris L. var acris

tall buttercup

Rhamnus catharctica L.

common buckthorn

Rhus hirta (L.) Sudworth

staghorn sumac

Rubus idaeus L.    (which ssp ?)

red raspberry

Rumex verticillatus L.

swamp dock

Salix nigra Marsh.

black willow

Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani (K.C. Gmel.) Palla

softstem bulrush

Scirpus cyperinuus (L.) Kunth

wool-rush

Scutellaria lateriflora L.

blue skullcap

Sium suave Walt.

water parsnip

Solanum dulcamara L.

bitter nightshade

Solidago canadensis L. var canadensis 

canada goldenrod

Solidago canadensis L. var scabra

canada goldenrod

Sparganium emersum  Rehmann

european bur-reed

Spirodella polyrrhiza (L.) Schleid.

duckmeat

Taraxacum officinale G.H. Weber ex Wiggers 

dandelion

Tiarella cordifolia L. var cordifolia

foamflower

Toxicodendron radicans (L.) Kuntze   

poison ivy

Typha angustifolia L.

narrow leaved cattail

Ulmus rubra Muhl.

slippery elm

Vicia cracca L.    

bird vetch

Vitis riparia Michx.

riverbank grape

Wolffia columbiana  Karst.

columbian watermeal

 

GPS coordinates of sampling points:

Sampling point

CC1A

e

4904500

n

631243

CC1B

e

4904500

n

631246

CC1C

e

4904500

n

631250

CC1D

e

4904500

n

631254

CC1E

e

4904500

n

631256

CC2A

e

4904557

n

631230

CC2B

e

4904557

n

631239

CC2C

e

4904557

n

631256

CC2D

e

4904557

n

631267

CC2E

e

4904557

n

631269

CC2F

e

4904557

n

631273

CC3A

e

4904625

n

631244

CC3B

e

4904625

n

631248

CC3C

e

4904625

n

631251

CC3D

e

4904625

n

631252

CC3E

e

4904625

n

631267

 

 

 

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 .