Willsboro Point

Willsboro Point is a small pond and associated wetland in a flat-lying limestone. The open water of the pond is rich with Lemnaceae. Much of the rest of the site is a shrub swamp or sedge marsh.

 Species found at this site:

Scientific Name

Common Name

Acer rubrum  L.

red maple

Acer saccharum Marsh. var saccharum

sugar maple

Alisma triviale Pursh

northern water plantain

Carex crinita Lam. var crinita

fringed sedge

Carex hystericina Muhl. ex Willd.

bottlebrush sedge

Carex intumescens  Rudge

great bladder sedge

Carex lupulina  Muhl. ex Willd.

hop sedge

Carex lurida Wahlenb.

shallow sedge

Carex projecta  Mackenzie

necklace sedge

Carya glabra  (P. Mill.) Sweet 

pignut hickory

Cornus obliqua  Raf.

silky dogwood

Equisetum arvense L.

field horsetail

Fraxinus nigra Marsh.

black ash

Fraxinus pennsylvanica Marsh.

green ash

Galium palustre  L.

marsh bedstraw

Glyceria septentrionalis  A.S. Hitchc.

eastern mannagrass

Ilex verticillata (L.) Gray

winterberry holly

Iris versicolor L.

blue flag

Lemna minor L.

lesser duckweed

Lonicera tatarica L.

tartarian honeysuckle

Lysimachia thrysiflora L.

swamp loosestrife

Onoclea sensibilis L.

sensitive fern

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

hop hornbeam

Parthenocissus vitaceae (Knerr) A.S. Hitchc.

grape woodbine

Pinus strobus L.

white pine

Polygonum amphibium L. var stipulaceum Coleman

water smartweed

Populus balsamifera L. ssp balsamifera

balsam poplar

Potamogeton natans L.

floating pondweed

Prunus nigra Ait.

canada plum

Ranunculus acris L. var acris

tall buttercup

Ranunculus flabellaris Raf.

yellow water crowfoot

Rhamnus catharctica L.

common buckthorn

Scirpus atrovirens Willd.

dark green bulrush

Thelypteris palustris Schott var pubescens (Lawson) Fern.

eastern marsh fern

Thuja occidentalis L.

white cedar

Toxicodendron radicans (L.) Kuntze   

poison ivy

Typha latifolia L.

wide leaved cattail

Ulmus rubra Muhl.

slippery elm

Vitis riparia Michx.

riverbank grape

Waldsteinia fragaroides (Michx.) Tratt. ssp fragaroides

barren strawberry

Wolffia columbiana  Karst.

columbian watermeal

 

GPS coordinates of sampling points:

Sampling point

WP1A

e

4921185

n

628662

WP1B

e

4921185

n

628672

WP1C

e

4921185

n

628674

WP1D

e

4921185

n

628706

WP2A

e

4921273

n

628714

WP2B

e

4921273

n

628726

WP2C

e

4921273

n

628737

WP2D

e

4921273

n

628742

WP2e

e

4921274

n

628771

 

 

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 .