Winnakee Nature Preserve Plan a Hike Through History Tierney R. Rosenstock Land Projects Manager Winnakee Land Trust, Inc.
About Winnakee Land Trust
Benefits of Nature
Winnakee Nature Preserve
Human History Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library & Museum Historical Notes of Saint James Parish Hyde Park Post Office Mural: Reforestation Efforts by Franklin D. Roosevelt and Archibald Rogers Olin Dows photograph collection, Bard College Archives
Natural History - Habitats
Species Present - Plants Trees: Acer saccharum (sugar maple) Acer rubrum (red maple) Ailanthus altissima (tree of heaven) Betula populifolia (gray birch) Carya cordiformis (bitternut hickory) Carya ovata (shagbark hickory) Castanea dentata (American chestnut) Fagus grandifolia (American beech) Fraxinus americana (white ash) Juniperus virginiana (red cedar) Pinus strobus (white pine) Pinus sp. (pine) 3 needled pine 5-6" Prunus serotina (black cherry) Quercus rubra (red oak) Quercus alba (white oak) Quercus prinus (chestnut oak) Robinia pseudoacacia (black locust) Tsuga Canadensis (eastern hemlock Shrubs: Berberis thunbergii (Japanese barberry) Cornus racemosa (gray-stemmed dogwood) Hamamelis virginiana (witch hazel) Lindera benzoin (northern spicebush) Lonicera morrowii (Morrow's honeysuckle) Rosa multiflora (multiflora rose) Rubus occidentalis (black raspberry) Viburnum lentago (nannyberry viburnum) Vines: Celastrus orbiculatus (Asiatic bittersweet) Parthenocissus quinquefolia (Virginia creeper) Toxicodendron radicans (poison ivy) And more! Herbs: Ageratina altissima (white snakeroot) Anemone americana (roundlobe hepatica) Allium vineale (field garlic) Asclepias syriaca (common milkweed) Centaurea maculosa (spotted knapweed) Chelone glabra (white turtlehead) Chimaphila maculata (spotted wintergreen) Cirsium vulgare (bull thistle) Daucus carota (Queen Anne's lace) Dianthus armeria (Deptford pink) Euthamia graminifolia (grass-leaved goldenrod) Eurybia divaricata (white woodland astor) Galium mollugo (wild madder) Lemna sp. (duckweed) Lotus corniculatus (birdfoot trefoil) Lycopus americanus (water horehound) Lythrum salicaria (purple loosestrife) Mitchella repens (partridge berry) Plantago lanceolata (English plantain) Plantago major (common plantain) Polygonum sagittatum (arrowhead tearthumb) Potentilla recta (rough-fruited cinquefoil) Rumex obtusifolius (broad dock) Sanguinaria canadensis (bloodroot) Silene vulgaris (bladder campion) Sparganium sp. (burreed) Taraxacum officinale (common dandelion) Thalictrum thalitroides (rue anemone) Trifolium pratense (red clover) Trifolium repens (white clover) Verbena hastata (blue vervain) Vicia cracca (cow vetch) Viola sp. (Violet) Rushes: Juncus effusus (soft rush) Juncus tenuis (path rush) Sedges: Carex lurida (sallow sedge) Carex vulpinoidea (fox sedge) Scirpus atrovirens (dark-green bulrush) Grasses: Bromus inermis (smooth brome grass) Dactylis glomeratus (orchard grass) Lolium perenne (English rye grass) Microstegium vimineum (Japanese stiltgrass) Phalaris arundinacea (Canary reed grass) Phleum pratense (Timothy grass) Ferns: Dryopteris sp. (wood fern) Onoclea sensibilis (sensitive fern) Osmunda regalis (royal fern) Polypodium sp. Polystichum acrostichoides (Christmas fern)
Species Present Plants; Shagbark hickory (Carya ovata) www.tasmanianarboretum.org.au
Species Present Plants; American chestnut (Castanea dentata) www.conngardener.com www.accf-online.org
Species Present Plants; witch hazel (Hamamelis virginiana)
Species Present Plants; spring ephemerals Rue anemone (thalictrum thalictroides) Bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis) www.easywildflowers.com Hepatica (Anemone americana) Dog violet (Viola canina) www.floristtaxonomy.com
Species Present Plants; ferns Royal fern (Osmunda regalis) Wood fern (Dryopteris sp.) Christmas fern (Polystichum acrostichoides)
Species Present Birds Species of Greatest Conservation Need in New York State
Species Present Mammals beartrust.org knowledgebase.lookseek.com newtonwildlife.pbworks.com Phil Brown www.skullsunlimited.com pcwallart.com Jitze Couperus
Species Present Amphibians & Reptiles Jim Harding Patrick Feller
A Walk Through History Podcast Tour www.nps.gov/hofr/learn/photosmultimedia/winnakee-nature-preserve-trail.htm
Winnakee Educational Arboretum www.winnakeeland.org/ www.winnakee.org/educational-arboretum/
Other Opportunities rinhs.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/marine-team-in-marsh-300x201.jpg www.nj.com/suburbannews/index.ssf/2009/06/bioblitz_takes_up _close_look_a.html
Thank you! Questions? Tierney Rosenstock Land Projects Manager Winnakee Land Trust, Inc. landprojects@winnakee.org (845)876-4213 ext. 3