D&R Canal: Lambertville
last street, north side, before crossing over the bridge into Pennsylvania, Lambertville, Hunterdon County, New Jersey
Directions:
Route 29 south to Lambertville; turn right onto Bridge Street; turn right just before the bridge over the Delaware River onto Lambert Street; follow this all the way to its dead-end, making a lot of strange curves to get around businesses. Park at the dead end. Head north.
PLANT LIST:
Dr. Patrick L. Cooney; * = blooming on day of field trip, 4/13/06
Trees:
Acer negundo (ash-leaf maple) *
Acer platanoides (Norway maple) *
Acer rubrum (red maple)
Betula nigra (river birch)
Carya cordiformis (bitternut hickory)
Ilex opaca (American holly)
Juniperus virginiana (red cedar)
Prunus sp. (Cherry tree) *
Pyrus sp. (crab apple) *
Shrubs:
Elaeagnus umbellata (autumn olive)
Lindera benzoin (spicebush) *
Rhus typhina (staghorn sumac)
Rosa multiflora (multiflora rose)
Rubus occidentalis (black raspberry)
Rubus phoenicolasius (wineberry)
Vines:
Celastrus orbiculatus (Asiatic bittersweet)
Clematis terniflora (sweet autumn clematis)
Hedera helix (English ivy)
Lonicera japonica (Japanese honeysuckle)
Toxicodendron radicans (poison ivy)
Vitis sp. (grape)
Herbs:
Achillea millefolium (common yarrow)
Alliaria petiolata (garlic mustard)
Allium vineale (field garlic)
Arabis glabra (tower mustard) *
Artemisia vulgaris (common mugwort)
Cardamine concatenata (cut-leaved toothwort) *
Cardamine hirsuta (hairy bittercress) *
Lamium purpureum (purple dead nettle)
Linaria vulgaris (butter and eggs)
Plantago lanceolata (English plantain)
Polygonum cuspidatum (Japanese knotweed)
Ranunculus ficaria (lesser celandine) * lots of it
Stellaria media (common chickweed) *
Taraxacum officinale (common dandelion) *
Trifolium pratense (red clover)
Verbascum thapsus (common mullein)
Viola sororia (common blue violet) *
Grasses:
Schizachyrium scoparium (little blue stem grass)