Plant Species
The Brick Yard Point restoration project focused on two state-listed imperiled communities: early successional meadow and freshwater marsh. Nearly 70 different plant species can be found onsite. Throughout the year, visitors will find a variety of different plant species in bloom.
Blooming April – May
- Rosa Rose (Rosa rugosa)
- Eastern Red Cedar (Juniperus virgininiana)
- Groundsel Tree (Baccharis halimifolia)
- Northern Bayberry (Morella pensylvanica)
- Ribwort Plantain (Plantago lanceolata)
- Beach Plum (Prunus maritima)
- Japanese Honeysuckle (lonicera japonica)
- Purple Crownvetch (Securigera varia)
- Red Maple (Acer rubrum)
- Bird’s-foot Trefoil (Lotus corniculatus)
- Marsh Elder (Iva frutescens)
- White Clover (Trifolium repens)
- Multiflora Rose (Rosa multiflora)
- Roundleaf Greenbrier (Smilax rotundifolia)
- Common Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale)
- Chicory (Cichorium intybus)
- Flowering Dogwood (Cornus florida)
- Autumn Olive (Eleagnus umbellata)
- Tiny Bluet (Houstonia pusilla)
- Blue Forget-Me-Not (Myosotis stricta)
- Purple Loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria)
- Greater Celandine (Chelidonium majus)
- Creeping Buttercup (Ranunculus repens)
- White Sweetclover (Meliolotus albus)
- Pickerelweed (Pontederia cordata)
- Partridge Pea (Chamaecrista fasciculata)
- Silvery Cinquefoil (Potentialla argentea)
- Upright Yellow Woodsorrel (Oxalis stricta)
- Wild Asparagus (Asparagus officinalis)
- Common Cinquefoil (Potentilla simplex)
- Red Chokeberry (Aronia arbutifolia)
Blooming June – July
- Oriental Bittersweet (Celastrus orbiculatus)
- Common Reed (Phragmites australis)
- Northern Seaside Goldenron (Solidago sempervirens)
- Common Milkweed (Ascelepias syrica)
- Common Yarrow (Achilia millefolium)
- American Pokeweed (Phytolacca americana)
- Great Mullen (Verbascum thapsus)
- White Campion (Silene latifolia)
- Spotted Knapweed (Centaurea stroebe)
- Sweet Pepperbush (Clethra alnifolia)
- Curled Dock (Rumex crispus)
- Wild Geranium (Geranium maculatum)
- Common Cowparsnip (Heracleum maximum)
- Oxeye Daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare)
- Bittersweet Nightshade (Solanum dulcamara)
- Sensitive Fern (Onoclea sensibilis)
- Sassafras (Sassafras albidum)
- Hedge Bindweed (Calystegia sepium)
- Wild Carrot (Daucus carota)
- Eastern Poison Ivy (Toxicodendron radicans)
- Virginia Creeper (Parthenocissus quinquefolia)
- American Beech (Fagus grandifolia)
- Devils Beggartick (Bidens frondosa)
- Cheatgrass (Bromus tectorium)
- Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum)
- Saltmarsh Cordgrass (Sporobolus alterniflorus)
- Prairie Cordgrass (Sporobolus michauxianus)
- Slender Goldentop (Euthamia caroliniana)
Blooming August – September
- Common Mugwart (Artemisa vulgaris)
- Smooth Sumac (Rhus glabra)
- Great Mullen (Verbascum thapsus)
- Swamp Milkweed (Asclepias incarnata)
- Butterfly Milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa)
- Common Cat’s-Ear (Hypocharis Radicata)
- Cinnamon Fern (Osmundastrum cinnamomeum)
- Bull Rush (Scirpus pendulus)
