Garvey Floodplain

Garvey Floodplain is a small floodplain along the North Branch of the Boquet. It is dominated by a closed woodland. Few shrubs and grasses are present; most of the herbaceous vegetation is spring-flowering.

Species found at this site include:

Scientific Name

Common Name

Acer rubrum  L.

red maple

Acer saccharum Marsh. var saccharum

sugar maple

Actaea pachypoda Ell.

white baneberry

Amphicarpaea bracteata (L.) Fern.    

hog peanut

Apios americana Medik.

groundnut

Aralia nudicaulis L.

wild sarsaparilla

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

northern lady fern

Betula alleghaniensis Britt.   

yellow birch

Carex stricta Lam.

tussock sedge

Carya glabra  (P. Mill.) Sweet   

pignut hickory

Caulophyllum thalictroides (L.) Michx.

blue cohosh

Clintonia borealis (Ait.) Raf.

clintonia

Dirca palustris L.

leatherwood

Equisetum scirpoides Michx.

dwarf scouring rush

Fagus grandifolia Ehrh.

beech

Fraxinus pennsylvanica Marsh.

green ash

Gymnocarpium dryopteris (L.) Newman

oak fern

Hamamelis virginiana L.

witch hazel

Maianthemum canadense Desf.

canada mayflower

Matteuccia struthiopteris (L.) Todaro

ostrich fern

Onoclea sensibilis L.

sensitive fern

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

hop hornbeam

Polystichum acrostichoides var acrostichoides(Michx.) Schott

christmas fern

Populus grandidentata Michx.

big toothed aspen

Quercus rubra L.    

red oak

Sanicula marilandica L.

maryland sanicle

Tilia americana L.  

basswood

Toxicodendron radicans (L.) Kuntze   

poison ivy

Tsuga canadensis L.

hemlock

 

GPS coordinates of sampling points:

Sampling point

GF1A

e

623127

n

4908273

GF1B

e

623127

n

4908284

GF1C

e

623127

n

4908299

GF1D

e

623127

n

4908309

GF1E

e

623127

n

4908310

 

 

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 .