Noblewood Marsh

Noblewood Marsh is adjacent to the Noblewood Delta and is geomorphologically a part of the delta. The single old stream channel is wide enough that the trees do not overlap the top of the channel. Water is present year round and the site is dominated by a buttonbush shrub swamp.

Species found at this site:

Scientific Name

Common Name

Acer saccharinum L.

silver maple

Alisma subcordatum  Raf.

water plantain

Apios americana Medik.

groundnut

Carex lupulina  Muhl. ex Willd.

hop sedge

Cephalanthus occidentalis L.

buttonbush

Cornus amomum P. Mill.

silky dogwood

Cornus obliqua  Raf.

silky dogwood

Equisetum fluviatile L.

water horsetail

Fraxinus nigra Marsh.

black ash

Fraxinus pennsylvanica Marsh.

green ash

Ilex verticillata (L.) Gray

winterberry holly

Iris versicolor L.

blue flag

Leersia oryzoides  (L.) Sw.

rice cutgrass

Lycopus americanus Muhl. ex W. Bart.

cut-leaf water horehound

Lysimachia nummularia L.

moneywort

Lythrum salicaria L.

purple loosestrife

Maianthemum canadense Desf.

canada mayflower

Onoclea sensibilis L.

sensitive fern

Osmunda regalis var spectabilis (Willd.) Gray

royal fern

Quercus rubra L.  

red oak

Salix fragilis  L.

crack willow

Sagittaria latifolia Willd.

broadleaf arrowhead

Scirpus cyperinuus (L.) Kunth

wool-rush

Sium suave Walt.

water parsnip

Solidago canadensis L. var canadensis 

canada goldenrod

Spiraea alba  DuRoi var alba

meadowsweet

Sparganium emersum  Rehmann

european bur-reed

Thelypteris palustris Schott var pubescens (Lawson) Fern.

eastern marsh fern

Tsuga canadensis L.

hemlock

Typha latifolia L.

wide leaved cattail

Ulmus rubra Muhl.

slippery elm

Vaccinium corymbosum L.

highbush blueberry

 

GPS coordinates of sampling points:

Sampling point

NM1A

e

630742

n

4912468

NM1B

e

630742

n

4912476

NM1C

e

630742

n

4912534

NM1D

e

630742

n

4912537

NM2A

e

630477

n

4912635

NM2B

e

630477

n

4912602

NM3A

e

630602

n

4912535

NM3B

e

630602

n

4912543

NM3C

e

630602

n

4912569

NM3D

e

630602

n

4912603

NM4A

e

630675

n

4912510

NM4B

e

630675

n

4912517

NM4C

e

630675

n

4912543

NM4D

e

630675

n

4912565

NM4E

e

630675

n

4912589

NM4F

e

630675

n

4912610

NM4G

e

630675

n

4912670

NM4H

e

630675

n

4912553

NM5A

e

630707

n

4912482

NM5A

e

630707

n

4912489

NM5B

e

630707

n

4912509

NM5C

e

630707

n

4912565

NM5D

e

630707

n

4912566

 

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 .