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HomeMy WebLinkAboutBotanical SurveyGREEN SHIELD ECOLOGY, INC. 703 CARLENE DRIVE BRIDGEWATER, NEW JERSEY 08807 STEVEN N. HANDEL, PH.D., HON. ASIA CERTIFIED S~IOR ECOLOGIST (ECOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF J~MERICA) PRESIDENT NJ OFFICE 732-932-4~16 CELL 908-881-0383 FAX 908-5~6-z~50 CA OFF~CE 949-733"306 ! May 5, 2008 Mr. Robert Crrover Greenman-Pedersen, Inc. 325 West Main Slxeet Babylon, NY 11102 Re: Botanical survey, Cutchogue, Suffolk County, NY Dear Mr. Grover, At your request, we surveyed the plant species of this site on April 30, 2008, and then determined the species identity of all living plants on site. Names of these 62 species are enclosed, with general habitat type where the plants grow here. The character of this plant community is typical of local old and abandoned farms. Fully half of the species are not native to North America, but are agricultural weeds brought in by settlers over the past 300 years. There are no species present which are rare or endangered or protected by special environmental statues. The landscape is typical of the regional flora where past land uses have replaced the original, historic vegetation with plant communities associated with human-dominated land. Thank you for asking us to visit this community. I also attach the professional qualifications of my field team and myself. ~f~)~/~Y°urs truly, Steven N. Handel, Ph.D. Cert. Senior Ecologist Flora of Cutchoc NW of Schoolhouse Lane Acer platanoides L. Acer pseudop]a~anus L. Acer rubrum L. Ailanthus altissima (Mill.) Swing e Alliaria petiolata (Bieb,) Cay. & Grande AIlium vineale L. Anthoxanthum odoratum L Apocynum L, .Arabidopsis thaliana (L) Heynh. Bacchads halimifolia L. Berbarea vulgaris R. Br. ex Alt. Berbeds thunbe[gii DC. : Betula L. Cardamine hirsuta L, Celastrus orbiculata Thuno, Dac~ylis glomerata L. Norway maple sycamore maple red maple [tee of heaven garlic mustard Wild garlic sweet vernal grass aogoane mouse-ear cress eastern bacoharis garoen yellow rocket Japanese barberry birch 3airy bittercress Oriental bittersweez orchardgrass Daucus 9ar;Rta Ir. ......... Queen Anne.'s lace Draba verga ~-: Elaeagnu$ umbellat9 Thunb. Euonyrn~s~L. . Euthamia Nutt. ex Cass. Galium ~parine L. Hieraciurn. L, Juncus b ,Juniperus virginiana L Lamium purpureum b , Lonicera japonica Thunb. Lonicera morrowii A. Gray Malus P. Mill· Morella pensylvanica (Mirbel) Kartesz Morus alba L. Oenothera biennis b ~,'O n oclea '~n ~ibiii~ L. spring oraDa autumn olive spindletree: winter creeper (possibly) goldentop stlckywuly hawkweed rush eastern redcedar purple aeaanettle Japanese noneysucK~e Morrow's honeysuckle apple northern bayberry white mulberry common evening primrose sensitive fern wooded margin wooded margin wooded margin wooded margin along gravel path wooded margin open field open field open field open field along gravel path wooded margin open field :open field wooded margin open field open field/along gravel path along gravel path open field open field open field open field open field open field along gravel path wooded margin/along gravel path along gravel path wooded margin/along gravel path open field edge of Populus grove ~a~ong gravel path open field Osmunda ctnnamomea ~-. Parthenocissus quinquefolia (b) Planch. ex DC Pinus thunbergii Pad ~.la.ntago lanceolata L. Pla~tago major L. Poa bulbosa L. Populus ~remuloides Michx Potentilla simplex Michx. Prunus avium (L.) L Prunus serotina Ehrh Quercus vetutina Lam Rhus copallinum L Robinia oseuao-acacia L. Rosa multi:flora Thunb. ex Mum Rul~us allegheniensis Porter ex Bailey sensu lato Robus fla~ellaris Willd Rumex crispus L. Schizachyrium scopanum (Michx.) Nash Smilax rotundifotia L. Solidag~ L. S~mphyotrichum Nees. Taraxacum officinale Weber ex Wiggers Thelypteris Schmid. Toxicodendron radicans (L.~ Kuntze Trifolium reoens L Verbascum tl~apsus L Veronica arvensis L cinnamon fern Virginia creeper Japanese black D~ne qarrow leaf plantain common oran[am bulbous bluegrass quaking aspen common cinouefo sweet cnerry black cnerry black OaK wlngeo sumac black locust ~nultiflora rose Allegheny blackberry nor~nern dewberry common sneep sorrel cuny dock little bluestem roundleaf greenbnar goldenrod aster common dandelion ma den fern 3o~son ~vy white clover common mullein corn speedwel open field wooded margin open field along gravel path along gravel path a[ong gravel path grove along NW property line wooded margin open field/wooded margin open field open field grove along SW of property ,along gravel path/open field/wooded ms wooded margin wooded margin open field/along gravel path along grave[ path open field wooded margin open field : open field along gravel path open field along gravel path/open field/wooded ms along gravel path open field/along gravel path open field/along gravel path (~REEN SHIELD EC:OLOG¥~ INC. 703 CARLENE DRIVE BRIDGEWATER, NEW JERSEY 08807 STEVEN N. HANDEL, PH.D., HON. ASIA CERTIFIED SEN[OR ECOLOGIST (ECOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA} PRESIDENT NJ OFFICE 732.932-4516 CELL 908-881~383 FAX 90~526-4550 CA OF~CE 94~73~3061 PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND OF STEVEN N. HANDEL Academic positions: 1996 - present. Professor, Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ. [Department Chair, 1996-7]. Director, Center for Urban Restoration Ecology. (1999 - present) Member, Graduate Program in Ecology & Evolution, and Graduate Program in Plant Biology [Director, 1986-89]. 2007 - present. Adjunct Professor, University of California at Irvine, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. 1985 - 1996. Associate Professor of Biology, Rutgers University. 1979-1985. Associate Professor of Biology, Yale University. Director, Yale University Botanical Garden, New Haven, Connecticut. 1976-1979. Assistant Professor of Biology, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina. Education: B.A. Columbia College, Major in Biological Sciences, 1969. M.S. Cornell University, Field of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, 1974. Ph.D. Cornell University, Field of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, 1976. Additional Appointments: 1983 - present. Certified Senior Ecologist, Ecological Society of America 2004 - present. Member, State of New Jersey Invasive Species Council. 1992 - 2004. Associate editor, RESTORATION ECOLOGY. 2002- 2004 Editorial Board, URBAN HABITATS 1997 - 2001. Elected member, Board of Directors, Society for Ecological Restoration. 1998 - present, Member, National Council, America~. Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS). 1996 - 2004. Member, Institute for Ecology and Environmental Management (U. K.) 1996 - present. Member, Boaxd of Directors, Metropolitan New York Forest Ecosystems Council. 1995 - 1996. President, Torrey Botanical Society.. 1996. Co-chair, Annual Meeting of the Society for Ecological Restoration, held at Rutgers University, June 17-22. 1995 - 1996. 1991-1994, 2007-present America. 1987 - 1990. Associate Editor, EVOLUTION. 1989 - 1993. Visiting Research Scholar, School of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia 1987. Summer faculty, University of Virginia, Mountain Lake Biological Station, Blacksburg, Virginia. (Course on Plant-Animal Interactions.) 1984. Summer faculty, Rocky Mountain Biological Station, Crested Butte, Colorado. (Course on Plant-Animal Interactions.) 1983 - 1985. Chairman, Genetics Section, Botanical Society of America. Chair, Plant Population Ecology Section, Ecological Society of America. Member, Board of Professional Certification, Ecological Society of Member of the Following Professional Societies: Society for Ecological Restoration International Ecological Society of America (Aldo Leopold Leadership Fellow) British Ecological Society Botanical Society of America Torrey Botanical Society Society for the Study of Evolution Society for Conservation Biology Natural Areas Association American Association for the Advancement of Science (Fellow) Australian Institute of Biology (Fellow) American Society of Landscape Architects (Honorary Member) Sasha W. Eisenman Staff Botanist ACADEMIC BACKGROUND Ph.D. Candidate, Rutgers University - School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, Plant Biology Graduate Program, 2004-present B.Sc. in Horticulture, Delaware Valley College, Dept. of Horticulture, 2001 TEACHING EXPERIENCE 2007 - Teaching Assistant, Advanced Plant Systematics and Plant Diversity and Evolution 2006 - Teaching assistant, Advanced Plant Systematics and Taxonomy of Vascular Plants Engineering, Project SUPER summer enrichment program for undergraduate women 2005 - Lecturer, The International Cooperative Biodiversity Groups (ICBG) Central Asia Program 2005 Training Course in Biodiversity Documentation, Tashkent, Uzbekistan and Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 2004-2007 - Collections Manager, Chrysler Herbarium, Rutgers University 2004-2007 - Mentor, federal work study herbarium curatorial assistants 2004-2007 - Webmaster, Chrysler Herbarium, Rutgers University 2004-2007 - Webmaster, International Cooperative Biodiversity Group, Central Asia Program <http://icbg.rutgers.edu> 2002-2004 - Herbarium Curatorial Assistant, The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 2001-2002 - Plant Protection Intern, The Morris Arboretum of the University of Pennsylvania ACTIVE BOTANICAL RESEARCH PROJECTS The genetic diversity and phytochemical variation in wild populations of wild tarragon (Artemisia dracunculus L.) Estimating genetic diversity in an ex situ collection of Dawn redwood (Metasequoia glyptostroboides Hu & Cheng) using AFLP The persistence of plant species introduced via 19t~ century ballast dumps BOOKS S.W. Eisenman, D. Zaurov & L. Struwe (eds.), Medicinal Plants of Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan. Submitted to the Missouri Botanical Garden Press, Sept, 2007. POSTERS AND PUBLISHED ABSTRACTS Jan., 2008 - S.W. Eisenman, A. Poulev, L. Strnwe and I. Raskin. Genetic and Phytochemical variation in the medicinal plant wild tarragon (Artemisia dracunculus L.) - Presented at the 2008 Northeast Region Annual Meeting of the American Society for Horticultural Science [poster] Jan., 2008 - S.W. Eisenman, A. Novy, R. Raviram, L. Struwe, S. Bonos and J. Grabosky Assessing the Genetic Diversity of an ex situ Germplasm Collection of Dawn Redwoods (Metasequoia glyptostroboides Hu et Cheng) - Presented at the 2008 Northeast Region Annual Meeting of the American Society for Horticultural Science [posterl July, 2007 - L. Struwe, S. Dushenkov, S.W. Eisenman, M. Tadych, & I. Raskin "International Education in Biodiversity and Biodocumentation - Collaborative Approaches" - Presented at the ICBG conference in T~djikistan July 2006 - S.W. Eisenman, K. Dulatas, H.E. Clennon and L. Stmwe "Ballast Dumps from the late 1800's". 2006 annual meeting of the Botanical Society of America. [poster] Oct. 2004 - L. Struwe, M. Tadych and S.W. Eisenman. Poster entitled "Bioprospecting in the Age of Phylogenetic Trees: Influence of Evolutionary Data on Evaluation of Natural Products". 2004 Meeting of the International Cooperative Biodiversity Groups (ICBG). [poster] May 2004 - S.W. Eisenman, J. Macklin and L. McDade. "Lessons in Integrated Pest Management: The Herbarium of The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia". Annual meeting of the Society for Preservation of Natural History Collections (SPNHC). [poster] PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS Life member, Philadelphia Botanical Club Member, The Society for Economic Botany Member, Flora of New Jersey Project- Information Technology Committee 2 Steven D. Glenn Senior Research Assistant New York Metropolitan Flora Project, brooklyn Botanic Garden EDUCATION Bachelor of Science, Purdue University, 1992 PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 1994 to present Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Brooklyn, NY - Senior Research Assistant Involved in the New York Metropolitan Flora project for the past 14 years with extensive knowledge of the local flora of the New York-New Jersey-Connecticut tri-state area. - regional floristic work - field specimen collection and identification - herbaria research - database management - species distribution map production - authorship and research of WWW plant information - invasive species analysis 1993 to 1994 Bolden Arboretum, Kirtland, OH - Mapping Specialist - computerized mapping, identification and databasing of living plant collections 1990 to 1991 Brookside Gardens, Wheaton, MD - Horticultural Intern - mapping, identification, evaluation and databasing of living plant collections - computerized manufacture of interpretive signage PROFESSIONAL PUBLICATIONS Moore, G. A., S. D. Glenn, & J. Ma. In Press. Distribution of the nativeAralia spinosa and non-native Aralia elata (Araliaceae) in the northeastern United States. Rhodora. Glenn, S. D. and K. Barringer. 2004. Cardamine impatiens L. (Brassicaceae) in New Jersey. Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society 131(3):257-260. Glenn, S. D. 2001. The rediscovery of Ledum groenlandicum Oeder {Ericaceae] in New Jersey. Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society 128(4}:407-408.