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to the identified natural areas in the watersheds
Portage
Creek 2001 Plant Surveys:
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Location
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Date
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Stretch
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Riparian Zone
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Litter & Erosion
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Plants
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| Dam at Monarch Mill Pond, west side |
8-28 |
11 |
>100 feet to tracks, few lawns on other
bank |
minimal |
poplar (Populus deltoides), white
oak (Quercus alba), red oak (Quercus rubra),
American elm (Ulmus americana), box elder (Acer
negundo), silver berry (Elaeagnus sp.),
staghorn sumac (Rhus Typhina), Tartarian honeysuckle
(Lonicera tatarica), red osier dogwood (Cornus
stolonifera), lowrie's aster (Aster lowrieanus),
flowering spurge (Euphorbia corollata), Queen
Anne's lace (Daucus carota), purple loosestrife
(Lythrum salicaria), jewel weed (Impatiens capensis),
grapevine (Vitus sp.), spotted knapweed
(Centaurea maculosa), tall nettle (Urtica procera),
swamp milkweed (Asclepias incarnata), grasses,
straw-colored nut sedge (Cyperus strigosus), slender
bush-clover (Lespedeza virginica), common St.
John's wort (Hypericum perforatum), evening
primrose (Oenthera biennis), common milkweed (Asclepias
syriaca), common ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia),
dandelion (Taraxacum officinale), English
plantain (Plantago lanceolata), late goldenrod
(Solidago gigantea), daisy fleabane (Erigeron
annuus), yarrow (Achillea millefolium),
poison ivy (Rhus radicans), willow aster (Aster
praealtus), curly dock (Rumex crispus)
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| North side Milham Park by pumphouse |
8-21 |
10 |
none |
medium |
Norway spruce (Picea abies),
sycamore (Platanus occidentalis), Norway maple
(Acer platanoides) (15-20' from bank) |
| Blanch Hull Preserve, West Fork & Main
Branch Confluence |
8-21 |
11 |
>100 feet |
none to little |
black ash (Fraxinus nigra), red
oak (Quercus rubra), red oiser dogwood (Cornus
stolonifera), Narrowleaf dogwood (Cornus obliqua),
Washington hawthorn (Crateagus phaenopyrum),
staghorn sumac (Rhus Typhina), red berry wintergreen
(Gaultheria procumbens), swamp rose (Rosa palustris),
nightshade (Solanum nigrum), Joe Pye weed
(Eupatorium maculatum), reed canary grass
(Phalaris arundinacea)*, arrowhead (Sagittaria
latifolia), jewelweed (Impatiens capensis),
tall nettle (Urtica procera), purple loosestrife
(Lythrum salicaria), Cattail (Typha latifolia),
wild lettuce (Lactuca canadensis), arrow leaved
tear thumb (Polygonum sagittatum), white vervain
(Verbena urticifolia), late goldenrod (Solidago
gigantea), swamp loosestrife (Decodon verticillatus),
wild millet (Setaria glauca), blue flag
iris (Iris versicolor) |
| Blanch Hull Preserve past confluence |
8-21 |
11 |
>100 feet, except where rr tracks |
none to little |
black willow (Salix nigra), Bebb
willow (Salix bebbiana), cottonwood (Populus
deltoides), red osier dogwood (Cornus stolonifera),
glossy buckthorn (Rhamnus frangula), sand
bar willow (Salix exigua), Narrowleaf dogwood (Cornus
obliqua), late goldenrod (Solidago gigantea),
jewel weed (Impatiens capensis), boneset (Eupatorium
perfoliatum), straw-colored nutsedge (Cyperus strigosus),
green headed coneflower (Rudbeckia laciniata),
purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria),
swamp milkweed (Asclepias incarnata), fescue (Festuca
sp.), wood betony (Pedicularis canadensis),
Indian tobacco (Lobelia inflata) |
Note: in the above table, the names in bold are exotic plants
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Portage
Creek 2002 Plant Surveys:
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Area
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Plant Data
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| Hampton
River Wetlands Complex |
5-21-02,
leatherleaf dominant, fern, lily pads, maple, buckthorn,
high bush blueberry, large shrub bog in low area around
offices |
| R Ave
between 6th and 8th |
windshield,
5-21-02, large wooded area, some residences along R and
ag fields |
| Large
wetland at Oakland and Centre |
windshield,
5-21-02, willows, cattails, goldenrod, marsh marigold,
buckthorn (European and glossy), duckweed, large cattail
swamp with some shrubs, circled by deciduous trees, left
side road is scrub-shrub swamp |
| across
Oakland from Prairie's Edge Church |
5-21-02,
cattail wetland circled by deciduous trees, wooded area
contained buckthorn, rose, maple, Virginia creeper, raspberry,
willow, honeysuckle, goldenrod, quaking aspen, winter
cress |
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