Sycamore Flood Plain

Sycamore Floodplain is a mix of abandoned river channels and associated levees along the lower Boquet. Although one of the channels retains water throughout the summer, most of the area is vegetated by a closed-canopy forest of large old-growth trees. The shrub layer is poorly developed and the herbaceous layer is dominated by ferns.

Species found at this site:

Scientific Name

Common Name

Acer negundo L.   

box elder

Acer rubrum  L.  var rubrum

red maple

Acer saccharinum L.

silver maple

Acer saccharum Marsh. var saccharum

sugar maple

Actaea pachypoda Ell.

white baneberry

Ageratina altissima (L.) King & H.E. Robins. var altissima

white snakeroot

Alisma triviale Pursh

northern water plantain

Alisma subcordatum  Raf.

water plantain

Alliaria petiolata (Bieb.) Cavara & Grande

garlic mustard

Alnus incana ssp rugosa (DuRoi) Clausen

speckled alder

Amphicarpaea bracteata (L.) Fern.   

hog peanut

Anemone virginiana L.      

thimbleweed

Apios americana Medik.

groundnut

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

northern lady fern

Betula alleghaniensis Britt.    

yellow birch

Betula papyrifera var papyifera Marsh

paper birch

Carex crinita Lam. var crinita

fringed sedge

Carex lupulina  Muhl. ex Willd.

hop sedge

Carex tuckermanii  Dewey

tuckerman's sedge

Carpinus caroliniana ssp virginiana (Marsh.) Furlow

american hornbeam, musclewood

Carya glabra  (P. Mill.) Sweet  

pignut hickory

Carya ovalis (Wangenh.) Sarg.

sweet pignut hickory

Carya ovata (P. Mill.) K. Koch

shagbark hickory

Caulophyllum thalictroides (L.) Michx.

blue cohosh

Ceratophyllum demersum  L.

coontail

Chelidonium majus  L.  var majus

celandine

Circaea lutetiana L. ssp canadensis (L.) Aschers. & Magnus

enchanter's nightshade

Dichantelium clandestinum  (L.) Gould

deertongue

Echinocystis lobata (Michx.) Torr. & Gray

wild cucumber

Eleymus hystrix  L.  hystrix

eastern bottlebrush grass

Elodea canadensis Michx.

canadian water weed

Epipactis helleborine (L.) Crantz  

helleborine

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

scouring rush

Equisetum scirpoides Michx.

dwarf scouring rush

Eupatorium maculatum L. var maculatum

spotted joe-pye weed

Fraxinus americana L.

white ash

Fraxinus pennsylvanica Marsh.

green ash

Glechoma hederaceae  L.

gill-over-the-ground

Hamamelis virginiana L.

witch hazel

Helianthus decapetalus L.

forest sunflower

Hesperis matronalis L.

dame's rocket

Impatiens capensis Meerb.

jewelweed

Laportea canadensis (L.) Weddell

wood nettle

Lemna minor L.

lesser duckweed

Lonicera tatarica L.

tartarian honeysuckle

Lycopus americanus Muhl. ex W. Bart.

cut-leaf water horehound

Lysimachia nummularia L.

moneywort

Lythrum salicaria L.

purple loosestrife

Maianthemum stellata (L.) Link

starry false solomon's seal

Maianthemum racemosum (L.) Link ssp racemosum

false solomon's seal

Matteuccia struthiopteris (L.) Todaro

ostrich fern

Onoclea sensibilis L.

sensitive fern

Ostrya virginiana (P. Mill) K. Koch var virginiana

hop hornbeam

Oxalis stricta L.

common yellow sorrel

Parthenocissus vitaceae (Knerr) A.S. Hitchc.

grape woodbine

Phalaris arundinaceae  L.

canary reedgrass

Pinus strobus L.

white pine

Plantago major L.

common plantain

Platanus occidentalis L.

sycamore

Polygonum cuspidatum Sieb. & Zucc.

japanese knotweed

Polygonum virginianum  L.

jumpseed, virginia knotweed

Polystichum acrostichoides var acrostichoides(Michx.) Schott

christmas fern

Prunus serotina Ehrh. Var serotina

black cherry

Quercus rubra L.     (which var ?)

red oak

Ranunculus flabellaris Raf.

yellow water crowfoot

Rubus alleghiensis  Porter  var alleghiensis

common blackberry

Rubus odoratus L. var odoratus

purple flowered raspberry

Rubus pensilvanicus Poir.

pennsylvania blackberry

Salix fragilis  L.

crack willow

Sambucus racemosa L. var racemosa

red berried elderberry

Sanicula trifoliata Bickn.

largefruit blacksnakeroot

Sium suave Walt.

water parsnip

Solidago canadensis L. var canadensis 

canada goldenrod

Solidago canadensis L. var scabra

canada goldenrod

Thalictrum pubescens Pursh

king of the meadow, tall meadow rue

Thuja occidentalis L.

white cedar

Tilia americana L.  

basswood

Toxicodendron rydbergii (Small ex Rydb.) Greene   

western poison ivy

Trillium erectum L.

red trillium

Tsuga canadensis L.

hemlock

Ulmus americana L.

american elm

Ulmus rubra Muhl.

slippery elm

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

slender nettle

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

northern wild raisin

Vitis riparia Michx.

riverbank grape

 

GPS coordinates of sampling points:

Sampling point

SF1A

e

628829

n

4914014

SF1B

e

628829

n

4914004

SF1C

e

628829

n

4914039

SF1D

e

628829

n

4914000

SF2A

e

628075

n

4913879

SF3A

e

629179

n

4913751

SF3B

e

629179

n

4913763

SF3C

e

629179

n

4913771

SF4A

e

629075

n

49140029

SF4B

e

629075

n

4913817

SF4C

e

629075

n

49139941

SF4D

e

629075

n

49139974

SF4E

e

629075

n

49140014

 

 

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 .