New Russia Sedge Meadow South

New Russia Sedge Meadow South is a large area dammed by a highway embankment and, higher up, by beavers. The beaver pond is open water. The large pond formed by the highway embankment has filled in and is now an extensive rich fen with a large number of sedge species. There are areas of meadowsweet and alder shrub. Between the sedge fen and the beaver pond are areas of mostly closed wet woodland with a moderately well developed shrub layer.

 

Species found at this site:

Scientific Name

Common Name

Acer pensylvanicum L.

striped maple

Acer rubrum  L.  var rubrum

red maple

Acer rubrum  L.  var trilobum

red maple

Acer saccharum Marsh. var saccharum

sugar maple

Alnus incana ssp rugosa (DuRoi) Clausen

speckled alder

Arisaema triphyllum (L.) Schott ssp triphyllum   

jack in the pulpit

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

northern lady fern

Betula papyrifera var papyifera Marsh

paper birch

Calamagrostis canadensis  (Michx.) Beauv.  var canadensis

bluejoint

Carex aquatilis  Wahlenb.  var aquatilis

water sedge

Carex brunnescens  (Pers.) Poir.  ssp sphaerostachya  (Tuckerman) Kalela

brownish sedge

Carex comosa Boott

longhair sedge

Carex cryptolepis  Mackenzie

northeastern sedge

Carex flava L.

yellow sedge

Carex lacustris Willd. 

hairy sedge

Carex lasiocarpa  Ehrh.  var americana

woolyfruit sedge

Carex oligosperma  Michx.  var oligosperma

few-seed sedge

Carex vesicaria L.

blister sedge

Chamaedaphne calyculata (L.) Moench var angustifolia (Ait.) Rehd.

leatherleaf

Cornus obliqua  Raf.

silky dogwood

Dryopteris marginalis (L.) Gray

marginal fern

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

needle spikerush

Fraxinus americana L.

white ash

Fraxinus pennsylvanica Marsh.

green ash

Galium palustre  L.

marsh bedstraw

Hepatica noblis Schreb. var acuta (Pursh) Steyermark

sharp leaved hepatica

Ilex verticillata (L.) Gray

winterberry holly

Impatiens capensis Meerb.

jewelweed

Iris versicolor L.

blue flag

Lycopus americanus Muhl. ex W. Bart.

cut-leaf water horehound

Lysimachia terrestris (L.) B.S.P.

swamp candles

Nuphar lutea (L.) Sm. ssp variegata (Dur.) E.O. Beal

variegated water lily

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

Parthenocissus vitaceae (Knerr) A.S. Hitchc.

grape woodbine

Picea rubens Sarg.

red spruce

Pinus strobus L.

white pine

Polygonum amphibium L. var stipulaceum Coleman

water smartweed

Polystichum acrostichoides var acrostichoides(Michx.) Schott

christmas fern

Populus tremuloides Michx.

quaking aspen

Potamogeton natans L.

floating pondweed

Potentilla simplex Michx.

old field cinquefoil

Prunus serotina Ehrh. Var serotina

black cherry

Prunus virginiana L. var virginiana

chokecherry

Rubus alleghiensis  Porter  var alleghiensis

common blackberry

Rubus hispidus L.

bristly dewberry

Rubus idaeus L.  

red raspberry

Rubus odoratus L. var odoratus

purple flowered raspberry

Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani (K.C. Gmel.) Palla

softstem bulrush

Scirpus atrovirens Willd.

dark green bulrush

Solanum dulcamara L.

bitter nightshade

Sparganium fluctuans  (Morong) B.L. Robins

floating bur-reed

Spiraea alba  DuRoi var latifolia (Ait.) Dippel

white meadowsweet

Spiraea tomentsa L. var tomentosa

steeplebush

Thelypteris palustris Schott var pubescens (Lawson) Fern.

eastern marsh fern

Tilia americana L.  

basswood

Triadenum virginicum (L.) Raf.

marsh st. john'swort

Typha angustifolia L.

narrow leaved cattail

Typha latifolia L.

wide leaved cattail

Viburnum dentatum  L.  var lucidum  Ait.

southern arrowwood

Viburnum lentago L.

nanneyberry

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

northern wild raisin

Zizia aurea (L.) W.D.J. Koch

golden alexanders

 

GPS coordinates of sampling points:

Sampling point

NRS1A

e

606750

n

4885625

NRS2A

e

606980

n

4885834

NRS2B

e

606980

n

4885837

NRS2C

e

606980

n

4885841

NRS2D

e

606980

n

4885787

NRS2E

e

606980

n

4885765

NRS2F

e

606980

n

4885754

NRS2G

e

606980

n

4885741

NRS2H

e

606980

n

4885721

NRS2I

e

606980

n

4885704

NRS2J

e

606980

n

4885695

NRS2K

e

606980

n

4885678

NRS2L

e

606980

n

4885664

NRS2M

e

606980

n

4885657

NRS2N

e

606980

n

4885644

NRS2O

e

606980

n

4885641

NRS3A

e

606987

n

488578

NRS4A

e

606860

n

4885601

NRS4B

e

606860

n

4885666

NRS4C

e

606860

n

4885694

NRS4D

e

606860

n

4885706

NRS4E

e

606860

n

4885721

NRS4F

e

606860

n

4885734

NRS4G

e

606860

n

4885741

NRS4H

e

606860

n

4885775

NRS4I

e

606860

n

4885789

NRS4J

e

606860

n

4885801

 

 

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 .