Essex Bottoms

Essex Bottoms is a large site in a shallow depression in the limestones bordering Lake Champlain. The site is a patchwork of open-canopy woodland and sedge dominated meadows.

 

Species found at this site include:

Scientific Name

Common Name

Acer rubrum  L.  var trilobum

red maple

Acer saccharinum L.

silver maple

Agrostis scabra  Willd.

ticklegrass, rough bentgrass

Alisma triviale Pursh

northern water plantain

Amphicarpaea bracteata (L.) Fern.    

hog peanut

Calamagrostis canadensis  (Michx.) Beauv.  var canadensis

bluejoint

Carex comosa Boott

longhair sedge

Carex lacustris Willd. 

hairy sedge

Carex lasiocarpa  Ehrh.  var americana

woolyfruit sedge

Carex lupulina  Muhl. ex Willd.

hop sedge

Carex pellita  Muhl. ex Willd.

wooly sedge

Carex projecta  Mackenzie

necklace sedge

Carex stipata Muhl. ex Willd. var stipata

awl fruited sedge

Carex utriculata Boott

northwest territory sedge

Carex vesicaria L.

blister sedge

Carya ovata (P. Mill.) K. Koch

shagbark hickory

Cornus obliqua  Raf.

silky dogwood

Cornus racemosa Lam.

red panicled dogwood

Daucus carota  L.

queen anne's lace

Echinocystis lobata (Michx.) Torr. & Gray

wild cucumber

Equisetum arvense L.

field horsetail

Equisetum sylvaticum Michx.

woodland horsetail

Eupatorium perfoliatum L. var perfoliatum  

boneset

Fraxinus nigra Marsh.

black ash

Fraxinus pennsylvanica Marsh.

green ash

Galium palustre  L.

marsh bedstraw

Geum rivale  L.

purple avens

Hydrocotyle americanum  L.

marshpennywort

Hypericum perforatum L.

common st. john's wort

Impatiens capensis Meerb.

jewelweed

Inula helenium L.

elecampane

Iris versicolor L.

blue flag

Lycopus americanus Muhl. ex W. Bart.

cut-leaf water horehound

Lycopus uniflorus Michx.

northern water horehound

Lysimachia ciliata L.

fringed loosestrife

Lysimachia thrysiflora L.

swamp loosestrife

Lythrum salicaria L.

purple loosestrife

Mentha arvensis L.

wild mint

Mimulus ringens L. var ringens

allegheny monkey flower

Onoclea sensibilis L.

sensitive fern

Ostrya virginiana (P. Mill) K. Koch var virginiana

hop hornbeam

Parthenocissus vitaceae (Knerr) A.S. Hitchc.

grape woodbine

Polygonum sagittatum L.

arrow-leaved tearthumb

Potentilla simplex Michx.

old field cinquefoil

Quercus x schuetti  Trel. [bicolor x macrocarpa]

swamp white x bur hybrid oak

Ranunculus acris L. var acris

tall buttercup

Rhamnus catharctica L.

common buckthorn

Rumex verticillatus L.

swamp dock

Salix bebbiana Sarg.

bebb willow

Salix discolor Muhl.

pussy willow

Salix petiolaris Sm.

slender or meadow willow

Scirpus atrovirens Willd.

dark green bulrush

Scutellaria galericulata L.

marsh skullcap

Solidago canadensis L. var canadensis 

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

Toxicodendron rydbergii (Small ex Rydb.) Greene   

western poison ivy

Ulmus americana L.

american elm

Ulmus rubra Muhl.

slippery elm

Verbena hastata L. var hastata

common vervain

Viburnum lentago L.

nanneyberry

Vicia cracca L.   

bird vetch

 

GPS coordinates of sampling points:

Sampling point

EB1A

e

629179

n

4905484

EB1B

e

629179

n

4905534

EB1C

e

629179

n

4905578

EB2A

e

628699

n

4905286

EB2B

e

628699

n

4905338

EB2C

e

628699

n

4905411

EB2D

e

628699

n

4905515

EB3A

e

628919

n

4905356

EB3B

e

628919

n

4905462

EB3C

e

628919

n

4905531

EB4A

e

629038

n

4905424

EB4B

e

629038

n

4905515

EB4C

e

629038

n

4905572

 

 

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 .