Groundcover Information
During the summer of 1997, a 5% systematic survey was conducted on the Sternberg Forest to survey the forest and groundcover layers. The results of the groundcover survey showed a wide variety of species present. Even after the recent disturbance of the thinning cuts, the groundcover layer was filled with beautiful color and diversity.
In the forested area of the property, the predominant species of groundcover included Canada mayflower (Maianthemum canadense), wood violet (Viola latiuscula), bunchberry (Cornus canadensis) and various species of grasses (Carex spp.) The wetland area of the property was primarily willow (Salix spp.), swamp milkweed (Asclepias incarnata), alder (Alder regosa) and various species of grasses (Carex spp.).
The Forest contained some very interesting plants, including the larger purple fringed orchid (Habenaria fimbritata), the poisionous water hemlock (Cicuta maculata) and Jack-in-the-Pulpit (Arisaema atrorubens).
Groundcover Information (< 3.5’ tall)*
Common Arrowhead Ash seedling Aster Bedstraw Beech seedling Bindweed Blackberry Blueberry Bracken Fern Bulrush Bunchberry Canada Mayflower Choke Cherry seedling Columbine Common Cinquefoil Common Milkweed Early Meadow Rue Goldenrod Hazelnut Hemlock seedling Hog Peanut Jack-in-the-Pulpit Jewelweed Lady Fern Laurel Partridgeberry Purple Fringed Orchid Quaking Aspen seedling Raspberry Red Maple seedling Red Oak seedling Round-lobed Hepatica Sedge Sensitive Fern Smooth Solomon Seal Spike Moss Starflower Stinging Nettle Swamp Milkweed Tag Alder Tall Bellflower Trillium Water Arum Water Hemlock Whorled Loosestrife Wild Bergamot Wild Geranium Wild Lettuce Wild Rose Wild Sarsasparilla Wild Strawberry Willow Wood Anemone Wood Nettle Wood Violet Yarrow |
Scientific Sagiitaria spp. Fraxinus spp. Aster spp. Gallium aparine Fagus grandiffolia Convolvulus spp. Rubus allegheniensis Vaccinium angustifolium Pteridium aquilinum Scirpus spp. Cornus canadensis Maianthemum canadense Prunus virginiana Aquilegia canadensis Potentilla spp. Asclepias syriaca Thalictrum dioicum Solidago spp Corylus americana Tsuga canadensis Amphicarpa bracteata Arisaema atrorubens Impatiens capensis Athyrium felix-femina Kalmia spp. Mitchella repens Habenaria fimbritata Ptremuloidesopulus Rubus idaeus Acer rubrum Quercus rubra Hepatica americana Carex spp. Onoclea sensibilis Polygonatum biflorum Lycopodium spp. Trientalis borealis Urtica dioica Asclepias incarnata Alnus rugosa Campanula americana Trillium spp. Calla palustris Cicuta maculata Lysimachia quadrifolia Monarda fistulosa Geranimum spp. Latuca canadensis Rosa blanda Aralia nudicaulis Fragaria virginiana Salix spp. Anemone quinquefolia Laportea canadensis Viola latiuscula Achillea millefolium |
% Cover 0.70 0.09 0.31 1.22 0.17 0.22 1.00 0.39 2.09 0.04 1.05 10.73 1.13 0.52 0.39 0.04 0.57 1.35 0.74 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.83 0.13 0.22 1.00 0.04 1.44 0.13 4.27 1.57 0.57 48.50 0.65 1.53 2.75 3.36 0.17 0.17 1.40 0.17 0.48 0.04 0.09 0.09 0.04 0.22 0.48 0.04 1.44 0.48 0.39 0.04 0.44 3.88 0.04 |
*The groundcover information was collected by Sue Kissinger (July 1997).