Sherman Stream

Sherman Stream is the mouth of a low lying side stream to the Main Stem; portions of the site are also waters backed up behind beaver dams. There is some open water, but much of the site consists of sedges and shrubs peripheral to the open waters.

Species found at this site:

Scientific Name

Common Name

Acer negundo L. 

box elder

Acer saccharinum L.

silver maple

Alisma subcordatum  Raf.

water plantain

Alliaria petiolata (Bieb.) Cavara & Grande

garlic mustard

Amphicarpaea bracteata (L.) Fern.   

hog peanut

Apios americana Medik.

groundnut

Arisaema triphyllum (L.) Schott ssp triphyllum   

jack in the pulpit

Asclepias incarnata  L. incarnata

swamp milkweed

Calamagrostis canadensis  (Michx.) Beauv.  var canadensis

bluejoint

Calystegia sepium (L.) R.Br.

hedge bindweed

Carex crinita Lam. var crinita

fringed sedge

Carex lupulina  Muhl. ex Willd.

hop sedge

Carex lurida Wahlenb.

shallow sedge

Carex projecta  Mackenzie

necklace sedge

Carex retrorsa  Schwein

knot sedge

Carex scabrata  Schwein.

eastern rough sedge

Carex stipata Muhl. ex Willd. var stipata

awl fruited sedge

Clematis virginiana L.

virgin's bower

Cornus amomum P. Mill.

silky dogwood

Cornus obliqua  Raf.

silky dogwood

Cornus racemosa Lam.

red panicled dogwood

Cornus sericea ssp sericea L.

red osier dogwood

Echinocystis lobata (Michx.) Torr. & Gray

wild cucumber

Elodea canadensis Michx.

canadian water weed

Equisetum fluviatile L.

water horsetail

Eupatorium maculatum L. var maculatum

spotted joe-pye weed

Fraxinus americana L.

white ash

Fraxinus pennsylvanica Marsh.

green ash

Galium asperellum Michx.

rough bedstraw

Galium palustre  L.

marsh bedstraw

Glyceria septentrionalis  A.S. Hitchc.

eastern mannagrass

Impatiens capensis Meerb.

jewelweed

Iris pseudacorus L.

yellow flag

Iris versicolor L.

blue flag

Laportea canadensis (L.) Weddell

wood nettle

Lemna minor L.

lesser duckweed

Lilium canadense L. ssp canadense

canada lily

Lycopus americanus Muhl. ex W. Bart.

cut-leaf water horehound

Lysimachia nummularia L.

moneywort

Lythrum salicaria L.

purple loosestrife

Matteuccia struthiopteris (L.) Todaro

ostrich fern

Mimulus ringens L. var ringens

allegheny monkey flower

Onoclea sensibilis L.

sensitive fern

Oxalis stricta L.

common yellow sorrel

Parthenocissus vitaceae (Knerr) A.S. Hitchc.

grape woodbine

Phalaris arundinaceae  L.

canary reedgrass

Potamogeton natans L.

floating pondweed

Rhamnus catharctica L.

common buckthorn

Sagittaria latifolia Willd.

broadleaf arrowhead

Salix nigra Marsh.

black willow

Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani (K.C. Gmel.) Palla

softstem bulrush

Scirpus atrovirens Willd.

dark green bulrush

Solidago gigantea Ait.

smooth goldenrod

Sparganium emersum  Rehmann

european bur-reed

Typha latifolia L.

wide leaved cattail

Ulmus americana L.

american elm

Ulmus rubra Muhl.

slippery elm

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

slender nettle

Vitis riparia Michx.

riverbank grape

 

GPS coordinates of sampling points:

Sampling point

SU1A

e

4897350

n

623544

SU1B

e

4897350

n

623551

SU1C

e

4897350

n

623640

SU1D

e

4897350

n

623660

SU2A

e

4897327

n

623622

SU3A

e

4897319

n

623598

SU4A

e

4897331

n

623638

 

 

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 .