Woody plants found near the Hackensack River in northern Bergen County

 

By Ann Cavanaugh (Reprinted with permission by the author)

 

This list of woody plants was compiled from five sites along the Hackensack River, which were surveyed as part of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden Metroflora Project, a plant census of the greater NYC area.  The lists were compiled between 1997 and 2000 by Ann Cavanaugh.

 

The number after each species is the number of sites where the plant was seen out of a total of 5; it's included to give a rough indication of how common each species is.  [A 5 is more common than a 1.]

 

Sites included were Stone Point Park and the woods behind it in Harrington Park; the south bank of the Hackensack along River Drive and Westwood Ave. in Rivervale; Woodcliff Lake near the Gate 6 entrance, Park Ridge; the woods near the United Water treatment plant on the south side of the Oradell Reservoir in Haworth; and the woods near the Oradell Reservoir Gate 6 entrance in Emerson. 

 

Acer negundo     (Boxelder) (2)

Acer platanoides     (Norway  Maple) (5)

Acer rubrum     (Red Maple) (5)

Acer saccharinum     (Silver Maple) (4)

Acer saccharum     (Sugar Maple) (3)

Ailanthus altissima     (Tree of Heaven) (4)

Albizia julibrissin     (Mimosa) (1)

Alnus incana spp. rugosa     (Speckled Alder) (1)

Alnus serrulata     (Smooth Alder) (1)

Amelanchier arborea    (Downy Serviceberry) (2)

Ampelopsis brevipedunculata     (Porcelain Berry) (1)

Aralia elata     (Hercules Club) (1)

Aronia melanocarpa     (Black Chokeberry) (1)

Berberis thunbergii     (Japanese Barberry) (5)

Betula alleghaniensis     (Yellow Birch) (3)

Betula lenta     (Sweet or Black Birch) (4)

Betula nigra     (River Birch) (2)

Betula populifolia     (Gray Birch) (4)

Carpinus caroliniana     (Hornbeam, Ironwood) (4)

Carya cordiformis     (Bitternut) (5)

Carya glabra     (Pignut Hickory) (3)

Carya ovalis     (Sweet Pignut) (1)

Carya ovata     (Shagbark Hickory) (4)

Carya tomentosa     (Mockernut) (2)

Castanea dentata     (Chestnut) (1)

Catalpa bignoniodes     (Southern Catalpa) (3)

Celastrus orbiculatus     (Oriental Bittersweet) (5)

Cephlanthus occidentalis     (Buttonbush) (5)

Chimaphila maculata     (Spotted Wintergreen) (3)

Clethra alnifolia     (Sweet Pepper-bush) (4)

Comptonia peregrina     (Sweet Fern) (1)

Cornus alternifolia     (Pagoda Dogwood) (1)

Cornus amomum     (Silky Dogwood) (5)

Cornus florida     (Flowering Dogwood) (5)

Cornus foemina racemosa     (Gray Dogwood) (4)

Corylus americana     (Hazelnut) (4)

Crataegus crus-galli     (Cockspur Thorn) (1)

Crataegus monogyna     (Oneseed Hawthorn) (1)

Euonymus alatus     (Winged Euonymous) (5)

Euonymus fortunei     (Japanese SpindleTree) (1)

Fagus grandifolia     (American Beech) (5)

Forsythia intermedia     (Forsythia) (2)

Fraxinus americana     (White Ash) (2)

Fraxinus pennsylvanica     (Green Ash) (5)

Gaylussacia baccata     (Black Huckleberry) (1)

Gaylussacia frondosa     (Dangleberry) (1)

Hamamelis virginiana     (Witch Hazel) (5)

Hedera helix     (English Ivy) (1)

Ilex crenata     (Japanese Holly) (4)

Ilex opaca     (American Holly) (4)

Ilex verticillata     (Winterberry) (4)

Juglans cinerea     (Butternut) (1)

Juglans nigra     (Black Walnut) (1)

Juniperus virginiana     (Eastern Red Cedar) (2)

Larix decidua     (European Larch) (1)

Leucothoe fontanesiana     (Mountain Dog Laurel) (1)

Leucothoe racemosa     (Sweetbells) (3)

Ligustrum obtusifolium     (Regal Privet) (5)

Lindera benzoin     (Spice-Bush) (5)

Liquidambar styraciflua     (Sweet Gum) (3)

Liriodendron tulipifera     (Tulip Tree) (5)

Lonicera japonica     (Japanese Honeysuckle) (5)

Lonicera morrowii     (Morrow Honeysuckle) (5)

Lyonia ligustrina     (Male-berry) (1)

Magnolia tripetala     (Umbrella Tree) (1)

Malus spp     (Apple species) (1)

Malus sylvestris     (Wild Apple) (2)

Morus alba     (White Mulberry) (4)

Myrica pennsylvanica     (Northern Bayberry) (3)

Nyssa sylvatica     (Sour Gum) (4)

Parthenocissus quinquefolia     (Virginia Creeper) (5)

Phellodendron japonicum     (Japanese Cork Tree) (1)

Philadelphus coronarius     (Mock-Orange) (2)

Picea abies     (Norway Spruce) (4)

Pinus resinosa     (Red Pine) (3)

Pinus strobus     (White Pine) (4)

Platanus occidentalis     (Sycamore) (5)

Platanus x hybridus     (Hybrid Sycamore) (1)

Populus alba     (White Poplar) (1)

Populus deltoides     (Cottonwood) (4)

Populus grandidentata     (Big-tooth Aspen) (4)

Prunus avium     (Sweet Cherry) (1)

Prunus serotina     (Black Cherry) (5)

Prunus virginiana     (Choke Cherry) (3)

Quercus alba     (White Oak) (5)

Quercus bicolor     (Swamp White Oak) (4)

Quercus coccinea     (Scarlet Oak) (5)

Quercus palustris     (Pin Oak) (5)

Quercus rubra borealis    (Northern Red Oak) (5)

Quercus vellutina     (Black Oak) (4)

Rhamnus frangula     (Smooth Buckthorn) (1)

Rhododendron maximum     (Rosebay) (1)

Rhododendron periclymenoides     (Pinkster Flower) (2)

Rhododendron viscosum     (Swamp Azalea) (1)

Rhodotypos scandens     (Jetbead) (2)

Rhus copallinum     (Dwarf or Winged Sumac) (1)

Rhus glabra     (Smooth Sumac) (2)

Ribes rubrum     (Garden Red Current) (3)

Robinia pseudoacacia     (Black Locust) (4)

Rosa carolina     (Pasture Rose) (1)

Rosa multiflora     (Multiflora Rose) (5)

Rosa palustris     (Swamp Rose) (1)

Rubus allegheniensis     (Common Blackberry) (3)

Rubus flagellaris     (Northern Dewberry) (4)

Rubus hispidus     (Swamp Dewberry) (4)

Rubus occidentalis     (Black Raspberry) (5)

Rubus phoenicolasius     (Wineberry) (2)

Salix alba     (White Willow) (1)

Salix babylonica     (Weeping Willow) (3)

Salix discolor     (Pussy Willow) (4)

Salix lucida     (Shining Willow) (1)

Salix nigra     (Black Willow) (1)

Sambucus canadensis     (Common Elderberry) (4)

Sassafras albidum     (Sassafras) (5)

Smilax glauca     (Sawbrier) (3)

Smilax rotundifolia     (Greenbrier) (4)

Solanum dulcamara     (Bittersweet Nightshade) (5)

Sorbus aucuparia     (European Mountain Ash) (1)

Spiraea latifolia     (Meadowsweet) (1)

Syringa vulgaris     (Common Lilac) (1)

Taxus cuspidata     (Japanese Yew) (2)

Tilia americana     (Basswood) (3)

Toxicodendron radicans     (Poison Ivy) (5)

Toxicodendron vernix     (Poison Sumac) (1)

Tsuga canadensis     (Eastern Hemlock) (5)

Ulmus americana     (American Elm) (4)

Ulmus rubra     (Slippery Elm) (1)

Vaccinium corymbosum     (Highbush Blueberry) (4)

Vaccinium pallidum     (Hillside Blueberry) (5)

Viburnum acerifolium     (Maple-leaved Viburnum) (5)

Viburnum dentatum lucidulum     (Arrowwood) (4)

Viburnum dilatatum     (Linden Viburnum) (2)

Viburnum lentago     (Nannyberry) (2)

Viburnum plicatum     (Double-file Viburnum) (1)

Viburnum prunifolium     (Black-Haw) (4)

Viburnum setigerum     (Tea Viburnum) (2)

Viburnum sieboldii     (Siebold Viburnum) (1)

Vitis aestivalis     (Summer Grape) (4)

Vitis labrusca     (Fox Grape) (4)

Vitis riparia     (Frost Grape) (2)

Wisteria sp     (Wisteria) (2)

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