Fremont Fen - note varied meeting times
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Description
A little-known gem in the midst of suburbia! We should find Oligoneuron ohioense (!!), Agalinis tenuifolia, and Parnassia glauca, and a few other common composites like Eupatorium perfoliatum. It is an easy walk in. The site has been dry but if we get some rain between now and then it could potentially have a few inches of standing water. Come prepared!
Meet at 9 a.m. at CCE to carpool or meet at the Great Outdoors Recreation Center, 7030 Manlius Center Rd, East Syracuse, NY at 10:30 am. From I-81 North take exit 16A for 481 East then merge onto 690 using the two left lanes. From 690 take exit 17 for Bridge Street and turn left at the end of the ramp. Follow the signs for Route 290 east at the next light. The parking lot will be on the right a little past Fisher Road.
Report
A very interesting location, worthy of protection from dumping and off-road vehicles.
Plants seen, not a complete list (NN= not locally native):
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Agalinis tenuifolia |
slenderleaf false foxglove |
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Asparagus officinalis |
asparagus |
NN; escape |
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Carex flava |
yellow sedge |
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Carex lasiocarpa |
woollyfruit sedge |
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Centaurea sp. |
knapweed |
NN |
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Centaurium erythraea |
European centaury |
NN |
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Cornus sericea |
redosier dogwood |
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Eupatorium altissimum |
tall boneset |
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Eupatorium perfoliatum |
boneset |
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Eutrochium maculatum |
spotted joe pye weed |
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Frangula alnus |
smooth buckthorn |
NN |
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Helianthus grosseserratus |
sawtooth sunflower |
NN ? |
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Juncus tenuis |
path rush |
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Lycopus americana |
American bugleweed |
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Lythrum salicaria |
purple loosestrife |
NN |
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Oligoneuron ohioense |
Ohio goldenrod |
counted many flowering stems! |
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Osmunda regalis |
royal fern |
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Parnassia glauca |
grass-of-parnassus |
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Penstemon digitalis |
beardtongue |
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Phragmites australis |
common reed |
NN |
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Picris hieracioides |
oxtongue |
NN |
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Populus deltoides |
cottonwood |
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Salix spp. |
willow |
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Solidago nemoralis |
gray goldenrod |
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Spiranthes romanoffziana |
hooded lady's tresses |
past bloom |
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Symphyotrichum firmum |
glossy-leaved ater |
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Symphyotrichum laeve |
smooth blue aster |
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Symphyotrichum lateriflorum |
calico aster |
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Symphyotrichum novae-angliae |
New England aster |
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Symphyotrichum pilosum var. pringlei |
Pringle's aster |
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Thelypteris palustris |
marsh fern |
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Thuja occidentalis |
white cedar |
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Typha angustifolium |
narrow leaved cattail |
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Viburnum opulus var. opulus |
highbush cranberry |
NN; cup-shaped glands at base of petiole; fruits are bitter |
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Viburnum sp. |
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NN; escape? |
