Appendix A Places to Visit and Natural Communities to See There

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1 Appendix A Places to Visit and Natural Communities to See There This list of places to visit is arranged by biophysical region. Within biophysical regions, the places are listed more or less north-to-south and by county. This list includes all the places to visit that are mentioned in the natural community profiles, plus several more to round out an exploration of each biophysical region. The list of natural communities at each site is not exhaustive; only the communities that are especially well-expressed at that site are listed. Most of the natural communities listed are easily accessible at the site, though only rarely will they be indicated on trail maps or brochures. You, the naturalist, will need to do the sleuthing to find out where they are. Use topographic maps and aerial photographs if you can get them. In a few cases you will need to do some serious bushwhacking to find the communities listed. Bring your map and compass, and enjoy! Champlain Valley Franklin County Highgate State Park, Highgate Temperate Calcareous Cliff Rock River Wildlife Management Area, Highgate Silver Maple-Sensitive Fern Riverine Floodplain Forest Missisquoi River Delta, Swanton and Highgate Missisquoi National Wildlife Refuge U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Protected with the assistance of Silver Maple-Sensitive Fern Riverine Floodplain Forest Red or Silver Maple-Green Ash Swamp Pitch Pine Woodland Bog Wild Rice Marsh Buttonbush Swamp Lake Carmi State Park, Franklin Red Maple- Spruce-Fir-Tamarack Swamp Black Spruce Woodland Bog Franklin Bog Natural Area, Franklin (accessible only in winter) 400 / Wetland, Woodland, Wildland

2 Fairfield Swamp Wildlife Management Area, Fairfield Grand Isle County Mud Creek Wildlife Management Area, Alburg Red Maple-Black Ash Swamp Red or Silver Maple-Green Ash Swamp Alburg Dunes State Park (includes South Alburg Swamp) Protected with the assistance of Lake Shale or Cobble Beach Lake Sand Beach Sand Dune Red Maple-Black Ash Swamp Red or Silver Maple-Green Ash Swamp Red Maple- Red Maple-White Pine-Huckleberry Swamp Black Spruce Swamp Black Spruce Woodland Bog North Hero State Park, North Hero Lake Shale or Cobble Beach Red or Silver Maple-Green Ash Swamp Lakeshore Grassland Knight Point State Park, North Hero Lake Shale or Cobble Beach Lakeshore Grassland Chittenden County Lamoille River Delta, Milton and Colchester Sand Bar Wildlife Management Area Sand Bar State Park Silver Maple-Sensitive Fern Riverine Floodplain Forest Shallow Emergent Marsh Wild Rice Marsh Appendix A / 401

3 Sunny Hollow Natural Area, Colchester Town of Colchester White Pine-Red Oak-Black Oak Forest Pine-Oak-Heath Sandplain Forest Delta Park, Colchester Winooski Valley Park District Protected with the assistance of Lake Sand Beach Shallow Emergent Marsh Lakeshore Grassland Buttonbush Swamp Colchester Bog, Colchester University of Vermont Protected with the assistance of Red Maple-Black Ash Swamp Halfmoon Cove, Colchester Winooski Valley Park District Protected with the assistance of Silver Maple-Sensitive Fern Riverine Floodplain Forest Derway Island, Burlington Winooski Valley Park District Protected with the assistance of Silver Maple-Sensitive Fern Riverine Floodplain Forest River Mud Shore Ethan Allen Homestead, Burlington Winooski Valley Park District River Mud Shore River Sand or Gravel Shore North Beach, Burlington City of Burlington, Department of Parks and Recreation Lake Sand Beach Sand Dune Centennial Woods, Burlington University of Vermont White Pine-Red Oak-Black Oak Forest 402 / Wetland, Woodland, Wildland

4 Richmond Corridor, Richmond Richmond Land Trust River Mud Shore River Sand or Gravel Shore Green Mountain Audubon Nature Center, Huntington Green Mountain Audubon Society Hemlock Swamp River Cobble Shore Alluvial Shrub Swamp LaPlatte River Marsh Natural Area, Shelburne Silver Maple-Sensitive Fern Riverine Floodplain Forest Shelburne Bay Park, Shelburne Town of Shelburne Protected with the assistance of Limestone Bluff Cedar-Pine Forest H. Lawrence Achilles Natural Area at Shelburne Pond, Shelburne University of Vermont Mesic Maple-Ash-Hickory-Oak Forest, Limestone Forest Variant Transition Hardwood Talus Woodland Temperate Calcareous Cliff Red Maple-Black Ash Swamp Limestone Bluff Cedar-Pine Forest Pease Mountain, Charlotte University of Vermont Protected with the assistance of Dry Oak-Hickory-Hophornbeam Forest Mesic Maple-Ash-Hickory-Oak Forest Temperate Calcareous Outcrop Williams Woods Natural Area, Charlotte Valley Clayplain Forest Appendix A / 403

5 Addison County Button Bay State Park, Ferrisburg Mesic Red Oak- Kingsland Bay State Park, Ferrisburg Protected with the assistance of Limestone Bluff Cedar-Pine Forest Little Otter Creek Wildlife Management Area, Ferrisburg Buttonbush Swamp Lower Otter Creek Wildlife Management Area, Ferrisburg Buttonbush Swamp Dead Creek Wildlife Management Area, Addison Valley Clayplain Forest Snake Mountain Wildlife Management Area, Addison Protected with the assistance of Mesic Red Oak- Pitch Pine-Oak-Heath Rocky Summit Dry Oak Forest Transition Hardwood Talus Woodland Temperate Acidic Outcrop Otter Creek Swamps, Cornwall, Whiting, Sudbury, and Brandon (includes Cornwall Swamp, Otter Creek at Cornwall Swamp, Whiting Swamp, Leicester Junction Swamp, and Brandon Swamp) Red Maple-Black Ash Swamp Red or Silver Maple-Green Ash Swamp Red Maple- East Creek Preserve, Orwell 404 / Wetland, Woodland, Wildland

6 Mount Independence, Orwell Vermont Division of Historic Preservation Dry Oak-Hickory-Hophornbeam Forest Transition Hardwood Talus Woodland Temperate Calcareous Cliff Rutland County Shaw Mountain Natural Area, Benson (includes Root Pond and Marshes) Dry Oak-Hickory-Hophornbeam Forest Mesic Maple-Ash-Hickory-Oak Forest Transition Hardwood Talus Woodland Temperate Calcareous Outcrop Temperate Calcareous Cliff Shallow Emergent Marsh Helen W. Buckner Memorial Preserve at Bald Mountain, West Haven (includes Drowned Lands, Bald Mountain, and Austin Hill) Red Cedar Woodland Dry Oak Woodland (not easily accessible) Dry Oak-Hickory-Hophornbeam Forest Mesic Maple-Ash-Hickory-Oak Forest Temperate Acidic Cliff Open Talus Red Maple-Black Gum Swamp (not easily accessible) Vernal Pool (not easily accessible) Wild Rice Marsh Taconic Mountains Rutland County Bomoseen State Park and Lake Bomoseen, Castleton Mesic Maple-Ash-Hickory-Oak Forest Bird Mountain Wildlife Management Area, Ira Temperate Acidic Cliff Open Talus Tinmouth Channel Wildlife Management Area, Tinmouth Red Maple- Sweet Gale Shoreline Swamp Appendix A / 405

7 North Pawlet Hills Natural Area, Pawlet Dry Oak Woodland Dry Oak Forest Dry Oak-Hickory-Hophornbeam Forest Temperate Acidic Outcrop Temperate Acidic Cliff Merck Forest, Rupert Merck Forest and Farmland Center Rich Dry Oak Woodland Dry Oak-Hickory-Hophornbeam Forest Bennington County Emerald Lake State Park, Dorset Rich Equinox Highlands Natural Area (Mount Equinox and Mother Myrick Mountain), Manchester and Dorset Equinox Preservation Trust Vermont Land Trust University of Vermont Montane Yellow Birch-Red Spruce Forest Rich Mesic Red Oak- Dry Oak Forest Boreal Calcareous Cliff (very difficult to access) Seep Vermont Valley Rutland County Otter Creek Wildlife Management Area, Mount Tabor Calcareous Red Maple-Tamarack Swamp Bennington County Lake Shaftsbury State Park, Shaftsbury Intermediate Fen South Stream Wildlife Management Area, Pownal Calcareous Red Maple-Tamarack Swamp Sweet Gale Shoreline Swamp 406 / Wetland, Woodland, Wildland

8 Northern Green Mountains Orleans County Haystack Mountain, Lowell Long Trail State Forest Serpentine Outcrop Lamoille County Bear Swamp, Wolcott Center for Northern Studies Spruce-Fir-Tamarack Swamp Chittenden and Lamoille Counties Mount Mansfield and Smugglers Notch, Cambridge, Stowe and Underhill Mount Mansfield State Forest University of Vermont Subalpine Krummholz Montane Yellow Birch-Red Spruce Forest Red Spruce- Boreal Talus Woodland Hemlock- Boreal Calcareous Cliff Alpine Meadow Alpine Peatland Seep Morristown Bog, Morristown Black Spruce Woodland Bog Chittenden and Washington Counties Mount Hunger, Worcester, Stowe, and Middlesex Putnam State Forest Montane Yellow Birch-Red Spruce Forest Boreal Outcrop Camels Hump, Huntington and Duxbury Camels Hump State Park Subalpine Krummholz Montane Yellow Birch-Red Spruce Forest Alpine Meadow Boreal Acidic Cliff Appendix A / 407

9 Addison County Battell Preserve Middlebury College Mount Moosalamoo, Salisbury Mesic Red Oak- Northern Hardwood Talus Woodland Mount Horrid, Rochester and Goshen NOTE: cliff and talus should be viewed from a distance; they are difficult and dangerous to access on foot. Montane Yellow Birch-Red Spruce Forest Boreal Talus Woodland Boreal Calcareous Cliff Open Talus Southern Green Mountains Windsor County Les Newell Wildlife Management Area, Barnard Red Maple-Black Ash Swamp Calcareous Red Maple-Tamarack Swamp Windsor and Rutland Counties Coolidge State Forest, Plymouth, Shrewsbury, and Sherburne Subalpine Krummholz Rich Seep Rutland County Gifford Woods State Park, Sherburne Rich Vernal Pool White Rocks, Wallingford White Rocks National Recreation Area Cold Air Talus Woodland Open Talus 408 / Wetland, Woodland, Wildland

10 Fifield Pond Bog, Wallingford White Rocks National Recreation Area Poor Fen Lost Pond Bog, Mount Tabor Black Spruce Swamp Bennington County Lye Brook Wilderness, Sunderland Red Spruce- Lowland Spruce-Fir Forest Bourne and Branch Pond, Sunderland Red Spruce- Spruce-Fir-Tamarack Swamp Shallow Emergent Marsh Kelly Stand Road, Sunderland Glastenbury Mountain, Glastenbury Lottery Road Swamp, Shrewsbury National Park Service: Appalachian Trail Calcareous Red Maple-Tamarack Swamp Northern Vermont Piedmont Orleans County South Bay Wildlife Management Area, Coventry and Newport Red Maple- Sedge Meadow Wild Rice Marsh River Mud Shore Alluvial Shrub Swamp Sweet Gale Shoreline Swamp Buttonbush Swamp Appendix A / 409

11 Long Pond Natural Area, Greensboro Caledonia County Steam Mill Brook Wildlife Management Area, Walden and Stannard Lowland Spruce-Fir Forest Red Spruce- Spruce-Fir-Tamarack Swamp Poor Fen Shallow Emergent Marsh Sweet Gale Shoreline Swamp Roy Mountain Wildlife Management Area, Barnet Red Pine Forest or Woodland Washington County Bliss Pond, Calais Calais Town Forest Town of Calais Chickering Bog Natural Area, Calais Red Spruce- Rich Intermediate Fen Rich Fen Washington, Caledonia, and Orange Counties Groton State Forest, Marshfield, Peacham, Groton, Plainfield, and Orange (includes Marshfield Cliffs, Peacham Bog, Stoddard Swamp, Spruce Mountain, and Lord s Hill) Montane Yellow Birch-Red Spruce Forest Red Spruce- Boreal Talus Woodland Northern Hardwood Talus Woodland Boreal Acidic Cliff Black Spruce Woodland Bog 410 / Wetland, Woodland, Wildland

12 Shallow Emergent Marsh Sedge Meadow Caledonia and Orange Counties Pine Mountain Wildlife Management Area, Topsham, Newbury, Groton, and Ryegate Rich Mesic Red Oak- Hemlock- Northern Hardwood Talus Woodland Southern Vermont Piedmont Orange County Randolph Village Floodplain, Randolph Village of Randolph Sugar Maple-Ostrich Fern Riverine Floodplain Forest Windsor County White River Wildlife Management Area, Sharon Sugar Maple-Ostrich Fern Riverine Floodplain Forest River Cobble Shore Calcareous Riverside Seep Rivershore Grassland Eshqua Bog Natural Area, Hartland New England Wild Flower Society Hemlock- Rich Fen Hartland Rivershore Natural Area, Hartland River Sand or Gravel Shore River Cobble Shore Rivershore Grassland Wilgus State Park, Weathersfield Mesic Red Oak- White Pine-Red Oak-Black Oak Forest Silver Maple-Ostrich Fern Floodplain Forest River Cobble Shore Appendix A / 411

13 Little Ascutney Mountain, Weathersfield Little Ascutney Wildlife Management Area Mesic Red Oak- Temperate Acidic Outcrop Temperate Acidic Cliff Skitchewaug Wildlife Management Area, Springfield Red Maple-Black Gum Swamp Windham County Bellows Falls Village Forest, Bellows Falls Town of Rockingham White Pine-Red Oak-Black Oak Forest Jamaica State Park, Jamaica Mesic Red Oak- Temperate Acidic Outcrop Hemlock Swamp River Cobble Shore Rivershore Grassland Townshend Dam Floodplain, Townshend U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sugar Maple-Ostrich Fern Riverine Floodplain Forest River Cobble Shore Rivershore Grassland Lowell Lake, Londonderry Black Mountain Natural Area, Dummerston Mesic Red Oak- Red Pine Forest or Woodland Pitch Pine-Oak-Heath Rocky Summit Dry Oak-Hickory-Hophornbeam Forest Temperate Acidic Outcrop J. Maynard Miller Town Forest, Vernon Town of Vernon Hemlock- Mesic Maple-Ash-Hickory-Oak Forest Red Maple-Black Gum Swamp Vernal Pool 412 / Wetland, Woodland, Wildland

14 Northeastern Highlands Orleans County Lake Willoughby Beach, Westmore Town of Westmore Lake Sand Beach Willoughby State Forest, Westmore and Sutton Boreal Talus Woodland Rich Red Spruce- Boreal Calcareous Cliff Essex County Bill Sladyk Wildlife Management Area, Holland, Norton, Warner s Grant, and Warren Gore Sweet Gale Shoreline Swamp Brousseau Mountain and Little Averill Lake, Averill Kingdom State Forest and Little Averill Pond Natural Area Red Spruce- Cold-Air Talus Woodland Boreal Acidic Cliff Open Talus Lake Sand Beach Black Spruce Swamp Brighton State Park, Brighton Red Pine Forest or Woodland Nulhegan Basin, Conte National Wildlife Refuge (includes Yellow Bogs and Mollie Beattie Bog) and West Mountain and Wenlock Wildlife Management Areas (includes Moose Bog, Ferdinand Bog, Dennis Pond, and West Mountain), Lewis, Brighton, Ferdinand, and Brunswick U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Lowland Spruce-Fir Forest Montane Yellow Birch-Red Spruce Forest Appendix A / 413

15 Spruce-Fir-Tamarack Swamp Black Spruce Swamp Intermediate Fen Poor Fen Black Spruce Woodland Bog Alluvial Shrub Swamp Sweet Gale Shoreline Swamp Umpire Mountain, Victory Victory State Forest Cold Air Talus Woodland Open Talus Victory Basin, Victory Victory Basin Wildlife Management Area Victory State Forest Protected with the assistance of Lowland Spruce-Fir Forest Spruce-Fir-Tamarack Swamp Black Spruce Swamp (difficult to access) Black Spruce Woodland Bog Shallow Emergent Marsh Sedge Meadow Alluvial Shrub Swamp 414 / Wetland, Woodland, Wildland