Brackish Wetlands and Buffer

(As per Georgica Pond, Fresh Pond, Napeague Meadow)

Common Name

Species Name

Ever-

Deep

Edges

Mesic

Max

Abund

Availa-

Notes

Form

green

In

Openings

Areas

Ht

Freq

bility

Black Grass

Juncus gerardii

G

x

x

12"

C

SA

Bristlegrass

Setaria parviflora

G

x

x

24"

R

SA

Canadian Burnet

Sanguisorba canadensis

WF

x

x

30"

UC

SA

Cinnamon Fern

Osmunda cinnamomea

F

x

x

4'

UC

VA

Buffer

Dichotomous-flowered Panic-Grass

Panicum dichotimiflorum

G

30"

MC

SA

Ditch Reed

Phragmites australis

G

x

x

12'

VC

SA

Throughout

Eastern Redcedar

Juniperus virginianus

T

x

x

30'

C

VA

Buffer

Emmons' Sedge

Carex emmonsii

G

x

x

5"

R

SA

Buffer

Gama Grass

Tripsacum dactyloides

G

x

x

6'

VR

SA

Greenbiar

Smilax rotundifolia

V

x

x

20'

C

SA

Buffer

Groundsel Bush

Baccharus halimifolia

S

x

x

7'

UC

VA

Hackberry

Celtis occidentalis

T

x

x

40'

R

MA

Buffer

Marsh Fern

Thelypteris palustris

F

x

x

24"

MC

MA

Marsh Hibiscus

Hibiscus moscheutos

WF

x

x

6'

MC

MA

Marsh Pink

Sabatia stellaris

WF

x

x

8"

R

SA

Meagre Sedge

Carex exilis

G

x

x

12"

R

UA

Mock Bishop's-Weed

Ptilimnium capillaceum

WF

x

x

20"

UC

UA

Narrow-leaved Cat-tail

Typha angustifolia

G

x

x

6'

UC

SA

Narrow-leaved Loosestrife

Lythrum lineare

WF

x

x

4'

VR

UA

NYS listed

New York Aster

Aster novi-belgii

WF

x

x

4.5'

UC

MA

Northern Bayberry

Myrica pensylvanica

S

x

x

8'

C

VA

Buffer

Poison Ivy

Toxicodendron radicans

S,V

x

x

10"

C

MA

Buffer

Prairie Cordgrass

Spartina pectinata

G

x

x

6'

MC

MA

Saltmarsh Bullrush

Scirpus robustus

G

x

x

5'

R

SA

Saltmarsh Hay

Spartina patens

G

x

x

15"

MC

MA

Seaside Goldenrod

Solidago sempervirens

WF

x

x

30"

UC

VA

Seaside Plantain

Plantago maritima

var. juncoides

WF

x

x

10"

UC

SA

Sensitive Fern

Onoclea sensiblis

F

x

x

30"

MC

SA

Silverweed

Potentilla anserina

WF

x

x

8"

R

SA

Slender Blue Flag

Iris prismatica

WF

x

x

18"

R

MA

Slender Fragrant Goldenrod

Euthamia tenuifolia

WF

x

x

36"

UC

MA

Slender Marsh Pink

Sabatia campanulata

WF

x

x

20"

R

SA

Small-beaked Spikerush

Eleocharis rostellata

G

x

x

24"

MC

UA

Spike Grass

Distichlis spicata

G

x

x

12"

UC

SA

Sundrops

Oenothera fruticosa

WF

x

x

24"

UC

VA

Sweet Grass

Hierochloe odorata

G

x

x

18"

UC

SA

Three-square Rush

Scirpus americanus

G

x

x

4'

C

MA

Tupelo

Nyssa sylvatica

T

x

x

75'

C

MA

Buffer

Twig-Rush

Cladium mariscoides

G

x

x

3'

UC

SA

Velvet Panic-Grass

Panicum scoparium

G

x

x

24"

R

SA

Virginia creeper

Parthenocissus quinquefolia

V

x

x

25'

UC

VA

Buffer

Water-Pimpernel

Samolus floribundus

WF

x

x

12"

R

SA

Seepy edges

White Sea-Blite

Suaeda maritima

WF

x

x

18"

UC

SA

Wigeon-Grass

Ruppia maritima

A

UC

SA

Standing water

T = Tree

VC = Very Common

VA = Very Available

ST = Small Tree

C = Common

MA = Moderately Available

S = Shrub

MC = Moderately Common

SA = Somewhat Available

GC = Ground Cover

UC = Uncommon

UA = Unavailable

WF = Wildflower

R = Rare

F = Fern

VR = Very Rare

H = Horsetail

G = Grass (Includes sedeges, rushes, spike rushes and other grass like plants)

A = Aquatic