Noblewood Delta

Noblewood Delta at the mouth of the Boquet is a mixture of narrow abandoned stream channels, now filled during most of the year with water, and intervening low levee formed ridges. The area supports a closed canopy hardwood forest with only sparsely developed shrub and herb layers.

Species found at this site:

Scientific Name

Common Name

Abies balsamea (L.) P. Mill.

balsam fir

Acer rubrum  L.

red maple

Acer saccharinum L.

silver maple

Acer saccharum Marsh. var saccharum

sugar maple

Alnus incana ssp rugosa (DuRoi) Clausen

speckled alder

Alnus serrulata (Ait.) Willd.

smooth alder

Amphicarpaea bracteata (L.) Fern.   

hog peanut

Apios americana Medik.

groundnut

Asclepias syriaca L.

common milkweed

Betula lenta L.

sweet birch

Betula populifolia Marsh.

gray birch

Carpinus caroliniana ssp virginiana (Marsh.) Furlow

american hornbeam, musclewood

Carya glabra  (P. Mill.) Sweet  

pignut hickory

Carex lupulina  Muhl. ex Willd.

hop sedge

Carya ovalis (Wangenh.) Sarg.

sweet pignut hickory

Carya ovata (P. Mill.) K. Koch

shagbark hickory

Carex projecta  Mackenzie

necklace sedge

Carex tuckermanii  Dewey

tuckerman's sedge

Cephalanthus occidentalis L.

buttonbush

Cornus amomum P. Mill.

silky dogwood

Cornus obliqua  Raf.

silky dogwood

Fraxinus nigra Marsh.

black ash

Fraxinus pennsylvanica Marsh.

green ash

Hamamelis virginiana L.

witch hazel

Ilex verticillata (L.) Gray

winterberry holly

Impatiens capensis Meerb.

jewelweed

Iris versicolor L.

blue flag

Juglans nigra L.

black walnut

Lindera benzoin (L.) Blume var benzoin

spicebush

Lysimachia ciliata L.

fringed loosestrife

Lysimachia nummularia L.

moneywort

Lysimachia quadrifolia L.

whorled loosestrife

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

swamp candles

Lycopus uniflorus Michx.

northern water horehound

Mitchella repens L.

partridgeberry

Onoclea sensibilis L.

sensitive 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

Pinus rigida  P. Mill.

pitch pine

Pinus strobus L.

white pine

Quercus x scuetti  Trel.  [bicolor x macrocarpa]

swamp white x bur hybrid oak

Quercus rubra L.    

red oak

Salix nigra Marsh.

black willow

Smilax herbacea L.

carrionflower

Thalictrum pubescens Pursh

king of the meadow, tall meadow rue

Thelypteris palustris Schott var pubescens (Lawson) Fern.

eastern marsh fern

Toxicodendron radicans (L.) Kuntze  

poison ivy

Vaccinium angustifolium Ait.

common lowbush blueberry (late lowbush)

Vaccinium corymbosum L.

highbush blueberry

Vaccinium pallidum Ait.

hillside blueberry (early lowbush)

Vitis riparia Michx.

riverbank grape

 

GPS coordinates of sampling points:

Sampling point

ND1A

e

630775

n

4912428

ND2A

e

630785

n

4912465

ND3A

e

630781

n

4912482

ND4A

e

630782

n

4912511

ND5A

e

630827

n

4912416

ND6A

e

630837

n

4912447

ND7A

e

630851

n

4912414

ND8A

e

630835

n

4912493

ND9A

e

630902

n

4912406

ND10A

e

630901

n

4912394

ND11A

e

630905

n

4912503

ND11B

e

630905

n

4912520

ND11C

e

630905

n

4912586

ND11D

e

630905

n

4912806

ND12A

e

630844

n

4912424

ND12B

e

630844

n

4912434

ND12C

e

630844

n

4912437

 

 

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 .