Flax Pond Environmental Study

Aerial Imagery from NYSDEC

Flax Pond Infrared 2006

Flax Pond - NYSDEC - Color - 2004

Flax Pond - NYSDEC - Infrared - 1974

Photographs
Green Crab with eggs icon by Sandy Richard

Tidal Channel

Wrack
Waypoint Eight

Marsh Elder (Shrubs)
Waypoint Seven

Tidal Channel
Waypoint Thirteen

Low Marsh
Waypoint Ten

Vegetated Beach
Waypoint Eleven

High Marsh
Waypoint Six

Gravel
Waypoint Fourteen

Blue Mussel Bed
Waypoint Fifteen

High Marsh
Waypoint Seventeen

Panne
Waypoint Nine

Rock Jetty

Environmental Boundaries

West Group
Brianna Bisogno
Elizabeth Gangone
Edward Huang
Shy'Kim Powell
Jabar Richards

Polygons
Brianna Bisogno
Elizabeth Gangone
Edward Huang
Shy'Kim Powell
Jabar Richards

UP

SH
Marsh Elder

SH

HM

UP
Mixed with sand

VB

LM

Labels

Tussocks (1974)

TS

Central Group
Imani Barnes
Granville Fairchild
Brendan Fitchett
Ashlie Major

Polygons

WR

GR

TC

LM/HM

East Group
Julia Crowley
Amanda Furcall
Marguerite Jones
Priscilla MacDuff
Ruby Náter

Vegetated Beach

Panne
Horseshoe crabs and fiddler crabs

MS

Panne
horseshoe crabs

horse shoe crabs

UP/SH

GR
Asian shore crabs under rocks

South Group
Brittany Barnett
Kendall Harris
Rachel Lalmansingh
Nikki Seitelman

SH
Marsh Elder.

PH

GL

Bridge

Blue Mussel Beds - July 25, 2008

Mussel Bed 1

Mussel Bed 2

Mussel Bed 3
Very few mussels

Blue Mussels

GPS Data

Waypoints

Lots of Distichlis spicata

Short form Spartina alterniflora

Tall form Spartina alterniflora

Covered by 2 inches of water

With Poison Ivy

Distichlis spicata and Spartina patens

Dead plants are branched; live ones are young shoots without much branching.

Spartina patens and Distichlis spicata

Marsh Elder

Distichlis spicata, Spartina patens, and Juncus gerardii

Tussock - Photo taken by Sandy Richard

Channel bordered by mudflats

025 - MS/GL/LM
Glasswort, short form Spartina alterniflora

Spartina patens, tall Spartina alterniflora, and a few Distichlis spicata

Spartina patens

Narrow, winding with Mud Snails

Spartina patens, tall Spartina alterniflora, Sea Blite

Spartina patens - extensive area

Spartina patens - extensive area - same area as point 36

Spartina patens - extensive area - same area as points 36 and 37

Spartina patens and tall Spartina alterniflora

Sea Lavender

With Mud Fiddler Crabs

Bayberry, Soapwort, Wormwood, Rosa rugosa, and Solidago sempervirens

Beach

Long Island Sound

Overwash Lobe

Mostly Distichlis spicata

Distichlis spicata and Juncus gerardii

Some tussocks

Red Cedar and Oaks

Distichlis spicata in bloom

Tracks

ACTIVE LOG
Distance 2.3 mi
Min Alt 0.451 ft
Max Alt 61.952 ft
Max Speed 3.3 mph

Path

South end of bridge

Tide gauge

North end of bridge

Post Oak

South end of west jetty

Steeply sloped gravel bank

Rosa rugosa, Wormwood

Dense Poison Ivy, Bayberry, and Rosa rugosa, some Black Cherry

Ammophila breviligulata

Narrow strip of Spartina patens on slope

On slope

Narrow strip of tall Spartina alterniflora

Tall Spartina alterniflora

Narrow strip of Spartina patens continuous with point 16

With some wrack

Sassafras - about 20 plants, 2 feet tall

Red Cedar and Prickly Pear Cactus

Marsh Elder with Distichlis spicata and Spartina patens

Short Spartina alterniflora

Tidal creek

Overwash lobe

Small tidal creek

Small patch of Distichlis spicata and Sea Lavender

Several juvenile Limulus about 2 inches wide

Sea Blite and Glasswort

Some Glasswort

Marsh Elder and Groundsel

With Salsola kali

Rosa rugosa and Wormwood

ACTIVE LOG
Distance 3.5 mi
Min Alt 0.451 ft
Max Alt 49.336 ft
Max Speed 4.2 mph
Avg Speed 1.4 mph

ACTIVE LOG
Distance 3.8 mi
Min Alt 0.451 ft
Max Alt 57.222 ft
Max Speed 28.8 mph
Avg Speed 1.7 mph

Waypoints
Green Crab with eggs icon by Sandy Richard

Avg Speed 1.5 mph

Group Field Study Areas

West

Central

East

South