2012 WOODLANDS PROJECTS REPORT
INDEX
Lusitania Woodland Habitat Restoration Project
A volunteer project planned and implemented by
Members of Friends of Fresh Pond Reservation

The goal of this project is to create a model to show that volunteers with a limited budget can restore a degraded woodland to a healthy ecosystem by using appropriate native plant species. Plants for this project were purchased, donated, divided, or grown from seeds or cuttings.

Non-native Plant Species Removed

Garlic Mustard
Mugwort
Burdock
Lamb's Quarters
Japanese Knotweed
Bittersweet
Buckthorns (Common and Glossy)
White Mulberry
Blackberry (non-native)


Appropriate Native Plant Species

Canopy trees
Red Oak (Quercus rubra)
Swamp White Oak (Quercus bicolor)
Scarlet Oak (Quercus coccinea)
Chestnut Oak (Quercus prinus)
Red Maple (Acer rubrum)
Silver Maple (Acer saccharinum)
Sugar Maple (Acer saccharum)
Shagbark Hickory (Carya ovata)
Pignut Hickory (Carya glabra)
American Sycamore (Platanus occidentalis)
White Pine (Pinus strobus)

Understory Trees
Juneberry (Amelanchier canadensis)
Gray Birch (Betula populifolia)
Musclewood (Carpinus caroliniana)
Hackberry (Celtis occidentalis)
Tupelo/Black Gum (Nyssa sylvatica)
Sassafras (sassafras albidum)

Shrubs and Vines
Black Chokeberry (Aronia melanocarpa)
American Elder (Sambucus canadensis)
Sweet Shrub (Clethra alnifolia)
Meadowsweet (Spirea latifolia)
Witch Hazel (Hamamelis virginiana)
Winterberry Holly (Ilex verticillata)
Silky Dogwood (Cornus amomum)
American Hazelnut (Corylus americana)
Highbush Blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum)
Spicebush (Lindera benzoin)
Sheep Laurel (Kalmia angustifolia)
Swamp Azalea (Rhododendrum viscosum)
Pasture Rose (Rosa caroliniana)
Pussy Willow (Salix discolor)

Maple-leaved Viburnum (Viburnum acerifolium))
Arrowwood Viburnum (V. dentatum)
Virginia Creeper (Parthenocissus quinquefolia)
Sweet Autumn Vine (Clematis virginiana))
Wintergreen (Gautheria procumbens)
Partridgeberry (Mitchella repens)


Perennial Wildflowers
Jack in the Pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum)
Wild Ginger (Asarum canadense)
White Snakeroot (Ageratina altissima)
Canada Anemone (Anemone canadensis)
Wild Columbine (Aquilegia canadensis)
White Wood Aster ( Eurybia divaricata)
Heart-leaved Aster (Symphyotrichum cordifolium)
Large-leaved Aster (Eurybia macrophylla)
Whorled Loosestrife (Lysimachia quadrifolia)
Blue-stemmed Goldenrod (Solidago caesia)
Rough-stemmed Goldenrod (Solidago rugosa)
Spreading Dogbane (Apocunum androsaemifolium)
Foamflower (Tiarella cordifolia)
False Solomon's Seal (Maianthemum racemosa)
Canada Mayflower (Maianthemum canadensis)
Downy Solomon's seal (Polygonatum pubescens)
Common Cinquefoil (Potentilla simplex)
Sweet White Violet (Viola blanda)
Smooth Yellow Violet (Viola pubescens)
Indian Tobacco (Lobelia inflata)
Seedbox (Ludwigia alternifolia)

For more information email Elizabeth at friendsoffreshpond@yahoo.com

Friends of Fresh Pond Reservation, November 2012