Libby Treadwell

Libby Treadwell is a topographically complex site formed by beaver dams. Much of the site is open water with a organic bottom; the remainder is dominated by different associations of sedges and marsh grasses.

Species found at this site include:

Scientific Name

Common Name

Acer rubrum  L.  var rubrum

red maple

Aralia nudicaulis L.

wild sarsaparilla

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

northern lady fern

Carex gynandra  Schwein.

nodding sedge

Carex intumescens  Rudge

great bladder sedge

Carex lurida Wahlenb.

shallow sedge

Carex scoparia  Schkuhr ex Willd.  var scoparia

brown broom sedge

Carex stipata Muhl. ex Willd. var stipata

awl fruited sedge

Ceratophyllum demersum  L.

coontail

Cornus amomum P. Mill.

silky dogwood

Drepanocladus sp?

Dryopteris marginalis (L.) Gray

marginal fern

Equisetum arvense L.

field horsetail

Equisetum scirpoides Michx.

dwarf scouring rush

Eragrostis frankii  C.A. Mey. ex Steud.

sandbar lovegrass

Eupatorium perfoliatum L. var perfoliatum 

boneset

Fragaria vesca L.

woodland strawberry

Galium mollugo L.

wild madder

Galium palustre  L.

marsh bedstraw

Geranium carolinianum  L.  var carolinianum

carolina geranium

Glyceria striata  (Lam.) A.S. Hitchc.

fowl mannagrass

Impatiens capensis Meerb.

jewelweed

Juncus effusus  L.

soft rush

Lemna minor L.

lesser duckweed

Lonicera morrowii Gray

morrow's honeysuckle

Lycopus virginicus L.

water horehound

Maianthemum canadense Desf.

canada mayflower

Onoclea sensibilis L.

sensitive fern

Osmunda cinnamomea var cinnamomea L.

cinnamon fern

Osmunda claytoniana L.

interrupted fern

Osmunda regalis var spectabilis (Willd.) Gray

royal fern

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

hop hornbeam

Oxalis montana Raf.

northern wood sorrel

Phalaris arundinaceae  L.

canary reedgrass

Pinus strobus L.

white pine

Polystichum acrostichoides var acrostichoides(Michx.) Schott

christmas fern

Potentilla norvegica  L.  ssp monspeliensis  (L.) Aschers. & Graebn.

rough cinquefoil

Pyrola elliptica Nutt.

shinleaf

Rubus hispidus L.

bristly dewberry

Rubus idaeus L.  

red raspberry

Schoenoplectus fluviatilis  (Torr.) M.T. Strong

river bulrush

Scirpus atrovirens Willd.

dark green bulrush

Scirpus microcarpus  J&K Presl

panicled bulrush

Solanum dulcamara L.

bitter nightshade

Solidago rugosa P. Mill. ssp rugosa var rugosa

rough stemmed goldenrod

Sparganium emersum  Rehmann

european bur-reed

Sparganium fluctuans  (Morong) B.L. Robins

floating bur-reed

Sphagnum sp?

sphagnum moss

Spiraea alba  DuRoi var latifolia (Ait.) Dippel

white meadowsweet

Thelypteris palustris Schott var pubescens (Lawson) Fern.

eastern marsh fern

Thuja occidentalis L.

white cedar

Tiarella cordifolia L. var cordifolia

foamflower

Triadenum virginicum (L.) Raf.

marsh st. john'swort

Trientalis borealisRaf, ssp borealis

starflower

Tsuga canadensis L.

hemlock

Typha latifolia L.

wide leaved cattail

Vaccinium pallidum Ait.

hillside blueberry (early lowbush)

Veratrum viride ssp viride Ait.

false hellebore

Viburnum nudum L. var cassinoides (L.) Torr. & Gray

northern wild raisin

 

GPS coordinates of sampling points:

Sampling point

LT1A

e

4890077

n

622390

LT1B

e

4890077

n

622392

LT1C

e

4890077

n

622433

LT1D

e

4890077

n

622440

LT1E

e

4890077

n

622448

LT1F

e

4890077

n

622462

LT1G

e

4890077

n

622477

LT1H

e

4890077

n

622492

LT2A

e

4890100

n

622367

LT2B

e

4890100

n

622368

LT2C

e

4890100

n

622397

LT2D

e

4890100

n

622399

LT2E

e

4890100

n

622439

LT2F

e

4890100

n

622454

LT2G

e

4890100

n

622465

 

 

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 .