Sherman Upper Oxbow

Sherman Upper Oxbow is an shallow oxbow cut off from the Main Stem. There is open water in the center which often persists through the summer. The periphery of the oxbow is dominated  by rushes.

Species found at this site:

Scientific Name

Common Name

Acer negundo L.     

box elder

Alisma subcordatum  Raf.

water plantain

Carex crinita Lam. var crinita

fringed sedge

Carex lacustris Willd. 

hairy sedge

Carex lupulina  Muhl. ex Willd.

hop sedge

Carex lurida Wahlenb.

shallow sedge

Carex projecta  Mackenzie

necklace sedge

Carex stricta Lam.

tussock sedge

Carex vulpinoidea  Michx.  var vulpinoidea

fox sedge

Cornus obliqua  Raf.

silky dogwood

Echinocystis lobata (Michx.) Torr. & Gray

wild cucumber

Eleocharis robbinsii  Oakes

robbin's spikerush

Equisetum hyemale L. var affine (Engelm.) A.A. Eat.

scouring rush

Fraxinus pennsylvanica Marsh.

green ash

Galium palustre  L.

marsh bedstraw

Glyceria striata  (Lam.) A.S. Hitchc.

fowl mannagrass

Impatiens capensis Meerb.

jewelweed

Iris versicolor L.

blue flag

Lycopus americanus Muhl. ex W. Bart.

cut-leaf water horehound

Lysimachia nummularia L.

moneywort

Lythrum salicaria L.

purple loosestrife

Onoclea sensibilis L.

sensitive fern

Parthenocissus vitaceae (Knerr) A.S. Hitchc.

grape woodbine

Phalaris arundinaceae  L.

canary reedgrass

Polygonum amphibium L. var stipulaceum Coleman

water smartweed

Polygonum pensylvanicum L.

pennsylvania smartweed

Polygonum sagittatum L.

arrow-leaved tearthumb

Rhamnus catharctica L.

common buckthorn

Salix nigra Marsh.

black willow

Scirpus atrovirens Willd.

dark green bulrush

Scirpus cyperinuus (L.) Kunth

wool-rush

Sium suave Walt.

water parsnip

Tilia americana L.  

basswood

Typha latifolia L.

wide leaved cattail

Vitis riparia Michx.

riverbank grape

 

GPS coordinates of sampling points:

Sampling point

SS1A

e

4897475

n

624013

SS1B

e

4897475

n

624023

SS1C

e

4897475

n

624028

SS2A

e

4897458

n

624011

SS3A

e

4897440

n

623989

SS4A

e

4897590

n

623998

SS4B

e

4897590

n

624011

SS4C

e

4897590

n

624016

SS5A

e

4897575

n

623993

SS5B

e

4897575

n

623999

SS5C

e

4897575

n

624003

SS5D

e

4897575

n

624018

SS5E

e

4897575

n

624022

SS5F

e

4897575

n

624027

SS5G

e

4897575

n

624047

SS6A

e

4897445

n

623994

 

 

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 .