Registrar: Frederica Miller
Participants: 13
Weather: Chilly, damp and overcast with temperatures ranging from 51 – 57 degrees
Bird Species: 11
We met inside the entrance of 103rd Street and Central Park West at 9 am and ambled slowly along the edge of Central Park’s North Woods with frequent stops to examine vascular plants, shrubs, and trees and their individual parts. Below is a list of plants, birds and animals from our walk.
Species Lists
Birds
Gadwall
Mallard
Great Egret
European Starling
Gray Catbird
American Robin
House Sparrow
Black-and-white Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Wilson’s Warbler
Northern Cardinal
Plants
Jumpseed, Persiciaria virginiana
Flame azalea, Rhododendron calendulaceum
Allegheny Blackberry, Rubus allegheniensis
Wineberry, Rubus phoenicolasius
Multiflora rose, Rosa multiflora
Mugwort, Artemisia vulgaris
Shadbush/Serviceberry, Amalachier canadensis (tied to early-spring blooms on finally thawing ground for burial services)
Elderberry, Sambucas canadensis
Black tupelo, Nyssa sylvatica
Pignut hickory, Carya glabra with its resident Hickory leaf galls
True duckweed, Lemna
Watermeal, Wolffia (the smallest flowering plant on Earth)
Tulip tree, Liriodendrin tulipifera
Southern arrowwood, Vibernum acerifolium
American basswood, Tilia americana
Black cherry, Prunus serotina
Bottlebrush buckeye, Aesculus parviflora
Porcelain berry vine, Ampelopsis brevipedunculata
Spaterdock/yellow water lily, Nuphur advena
Bittersweet nightshade, Solanum dulcamara
River birch, Betula nigra
Christmas fern, Polystichum acrostichoides
Broadleaf plantain, Plantago major (the Eurasian species) has green/whitestems; Plantago rugelii (the native species) has red stems
Sweet bay magnolia, Magnolia virginiana
Insects
Phylloxera caryaemagna on the Hickory tree