Garvey Oxbow

Garvey Oxbow covers a small island cut off by an oxbow of the North Branch of the Boquet. Except around the periphery it is an open woodland with an well-developed shrub layer and a herbaceous layer dominated by ferns.

Species found at this site include:

Scientific Name

Common Name

Acer negundo L.    

box elder

Alisma triviale Pursh

northern water plantain

Amphicarpaea bracteata (L.) Fern.   

hog peanut

Arisaema triphyllum (L.) Schott ssp triphyllum   

jack in the pulpit

Asclepias incarnata  L. incarnata

swamp milkweed

Carex hystericina Muhl. ex Willd.

bottlebrush sedge

Circaea lutetiana L. ssp canadensis (L.) Aschers. & Magnus

enchanter's nightshade

Cornus amomum P. Mill.

silky dogwood

Cornus obliqua  Raf.

silky dogwood

Cornus racemosa Lam.

red panicled dogwood

Dichantelium clandestinum  (L.) Gould

deertongue

Equisetum arvense L.

field horsetail

Fraxinus pennsylvanica Marsh.

green ash

Geum rivale  L.

purple avens

Helianthus decapetalus L.

forest sunflower

Impatiens capensis Meerb.

jewelweed

Laportea canadensis (L.) Weddell

wood nettle

Leonurus cardiaca L.

motherwort

Lycopus uniflorus Michx.

northern water horehound

Lysimachia ciliata L.

fringed loosestrife

Matteuccia struthiopteris (L.) Todaro

ostrich fern

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

hop hornbeam

Oxalis stricta L.

common yellow sorrel

Polygonum cilinode Michx.

fringed bindweed

Rubus idaeus L.   

red raspberry

Sagittaria latifolia Willd.

broadleaf arrowhead

Sagittaria latifolia Willd.

broadleaf arrowhead

Saponaria officinalis L.

bouncing bet

Solidago canadensis L. var canadensis 

canada goldenrod

Sparganium emersum  Rehmann

european bur-reed

Tilia americana L.   

basswood

Typha latifolia L.

wide leaved cattail

Ulmus rubra Muhl.

slippery elm

Urtica dioica  L. ssp gracilis (Ait.) Seland.

slender nettle

Viburnum lentago L.

nanneyberry

Vitis riparia Michx.

riverbank grape

 

GPS coordinates of sampling points:

Sampling point

GO1A

e

624050

n

4908942

GO1B

e

624050

n

4908944

GO1C

e

624050

n

4908947

GO1D

e

624050

n

4908966

GO1E

e

624050

n

4908995

GO1F

e

624050

n

4909009

GO1G

e

624050

n

4909063

GO1H

e

624050

n

4909111

GO1I

e

624050

n

4909117

 

 

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 .