“FRIENDS”outingtoMargaretCameronWoodsNaturePreserve
May17,2018
TheNatureTrustofNewBrunswickinvited“FriendsofConnellMemorialHerbarium”toexploretheirnewlyacquiredpropertywiththepurposeofdevelopingabaselineplantinventory.Agroupof12peoplegatheredattheKeeRoadNaturePreserveandspentthedaytraversingthe15acreproperty.Thepeopleina+endancewereCarliLeRoux(NatureTrust),Eric&JaneHadley(stewardshipcommi+eemember&long-Dmevolunteers),IanLodge(YorkSunburyCharlo+eForestMarkeDngBoard–steward),TinaHansen(YorkSunburyCharlo+eForestMarkeDngBoard–steward),NickArsenault(MariDmeCollegeofForestTechnologystudent),BevSchneider,Bevbenedict,Susanbelfry,RobynShort,GartBishopandLizMills.Theplantsurveywascompletedbydividingthe12volunteersinto3groups,eachwithafocusonaspecifictypeofplant.Specimensofeachspeciesobservedwerelistedandcollected.Vascularfloweringplantsaswellasgrassesandsedgeswerelistedby:GartBishop,CarliLeRoux,Eric&JaneHadley,IanLodge,andTinaHansen.BevBenedict,SusanBelfrey,andBevSchneiderinventoriedfernsandfernallies.RobynShortandLizMillslistedthevarioustreeandshrubspeciesontheproperty.NickArsenaultwentfromgrouptogroup
photographingvariousspeciesofplants,insects,birdsandpeople!Subject:BirdlistfromMay17outingtoKeeRoadPNALeastFlycatcherBlack-and-whiteWarblerPineWarblerBlack-throatedGreenWarblerAmericanGoldWinchOvenbirdWinterWrenBlue-headedVireoRed-breastedNuthatchAmericanRedstartNorthernParulaNorthernWaterthrushPurpleFinchAmericanRobinBrownCreeper
Black-throatedBlueWarblerDark-eyedJuncoYellow-rumpedWarblerHairyWoodpeckerDownyWoodpeckerRuby-crownedKingletBlack-cappedChickadeeBlackburnianWarblerYellow-belliedSapsuckerRuby-throatedHummingbirdGreat-crestedFlycatcherBlueJayEasternPhoebe
BevSchneiderrecordedatotalof28birdspeciesthatwerethatwereseenorheard.
PhotosbyBevSchneider
Thefollowingphotosweresomespeciesthatwereobserved.weresomeoftheplantsthatwedidsee
photosbyE.Mills
PLANTSPECIESLISTAcerpensylvanicumL.AcerspicatumLam.Actaearubra(Ait.)Willd.Amelanchierbartramiana(Tausch)RoemerAmelanchiersanguinea(Pursh)DC.AralianudicaulisL.AthyriumWilix-femina(L.)RothexMertensBarbareavulgarisAit.f.Cardaminexmaxima(Nutt.)WoodCarexlucorumWilld.exLinkCarexormostachyaWieg.CarexpedunculataMuhl.exWilld.ClinopodiumvulgareL.CornusalternifoliaL.f.CoryluscornutaMarsh.CrataeguschrysocarpaAsheDanthoniaspicata(L.)P.Beauv.exRoem.&Schut.Depariaacrostichoides(Sw.)M.Kato
Dryopterisintermedia(Muhl.)GrayDryopterismarginalis(L.)GrayDryopterisxuliginosa(A.Br.)DruceEquisetumarvenseL.ErythroniumamericanumKer-Gawl.FagusgrandifoliaEhrh.FagusgrandifoliaEhrh.FragariavirginianaDcne.ssp.glauca(S.Wats.)Staudt.FragariavirginianaDcne.ssp.virginianaFraxinusamericanaL.GaliummollugoL.Gymnocarpiumdryopteris(L.)Newm.HieraciumpilosellaL.HypericumperforatumL.Larixlaricina(DuRoi)KochLathyruspalustrisL.LeucanthemumvulgareLam.LoniceracanadensisBartr.exMarsh.Loniceravillosa(Michx.)J.A.SchultesLuzulaacuminataRaf.LuzulamultiWlora(Ehrh.)Lej.LycopodiumannotinumL.LycopodiumdenroideumMichx.LysimachiaciliataL.MaianthemumcanadenseDesf.Malussp.MedeolavirginianaL.MitchellarepensL.MitchellarepensL.OnocleasensibilisL.OsmundaclaytonianaL.OsmundaclaytonianaL.Ostryavirginiana(Mill.)KochOxalismontanaRaf.PanicumborealeNashPhegopterisconnectilis(Michx.)WattPicearubensSarg.PimpinellasaxifragaL.Polygonatumpubesens(Willd.)PurshPolystichumacrosticoides(Michx.)SchottPolystichumbraunii(Spenner)FéePopulusgrandidentataMichx.PopulustremuloidesMichx.PrenanthesaltissimaL.Prenanthestrifoliolata(Cass.)Fern.
PrunellavulgarisL.PrunuspensylvanicaL.f.Pteridiumaquilinum(L.)KuhnRanunculusabortivusL.RanunculusacrisL.RanunculusrecurvatusPoir.RibesrubrumL.RubushispidusL.RubusidaeusL.var.strigosusMichx.SambucusracemosaL.SanguinariacanadensisL.SenecioaureusL.SolidagoaltissimaL.SolidagomacrophyllaPurshSymphyotrichumcordifolium(L.)G.L.NesomTaraxacumofWicinaleWeberTrientalisborealisRaf.TrifoliumpratenseL.Tsugacanadensis(L.)Carr.VacciniummyrtilloidesMichx.VerbascumthapsusL.VeronicaofWicialisL.ViburnumlantanoidesMichx.ViburnumopulusL.ViburnumopulusL.var.opulusViciacraccaL.ViolaconspersaReichenb.ViolapubescensAit.var.scabriusculaSchwein.exT.&G.ViolasororiaWilld.Ziziaaurea(L.)Koch