Ted Cornell Pond

Ted Cornell Wetland is an artificial wetland with a dam across one end. The open water portion of the empondment gives way to a cattail marsh in shallower water, which in turn gives way to a sedge meadow in areas that are still moist but not submerged.

Species found at this site:

Scientific Name

Common Name

Agrostis scabra  Willd.

ticklegrass, rough bentgrass

Barbarea vulgaris Ait. f.

winter cress

Carex projecta  Mackenzie

necklace sedge

Carex stipata Muhl. ex Willd. var stipata

awl fruited sedge

Eleocharis compressa  Sullivant

flatstem spikerush

Galium palustre  L.

marsh bedstraw

Geum rivale  L.

purple avens

Glyceria striata  (Lam.) A.S. Hitchc.

fowl mannagrass

Juncus effusus  L.

soft rush

Lemna minor L.

lesser duckweed

Lycopus americanus Muhl. ex W. Bart.

cut-leaf water horehound

Lythrum salicaria L.

purple loosestrife

Onoclea sensibilis L.

sensitive fern

Potamogeton natans L.

floating pondweed

Riccia fluitans  L.

Rubus pensilvanicus Poir.

pennsylvania blackberry

Scirpus atrovirens Willd.

dark green bulrush

Solanum dulcamara L.

bitter nightshade

Solidago rugosa P. Mill. ssp rugosa var rugosa

rough stemmed goldenrod

Typha latifolia L.

wide leaved cattail

Vicia cracca L.   

bird vetch

 

GPS coordinates of sampling points:

Sampling point

TC1A

e

624343

n

4900910

TC1B

e

624343

n

4900888

TC1C

e

624343

n

4900881

TC1D

e

624343

n

4900871

TC1E

e

624343

n

4900792

TC1F

e

624343

n

4900790

TC2A

e

624265

n

4900876

TC2B

e

624265

n

4900859

TC2C

e

624265

n

4900844

TC2D

e

624265

n

4900961

TC2E

e

624265

n

4900758

 

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 .