Original Vegetation at Fort Edwards

    When The Fort Edwards Foundation had a Comprehensive Plan of our site done in the mid 1990s, we had a listing of plant species found on the site that could have been there when Joseph Edwards arrived in the eighteenth century. We are using that list as the basis for a landscape plan that will afford opportunites for educating our visitors about the life of Hampshire County's early settlers. Unfortunately, there are a number of new, invasive species that must be removed before a new landscape plan can be implemented. Along with the work erecting more of the Stockade model we are currently involved in a project to create a landscape plan and begin construction of walking trails and colonial indigenous plantings. If you would like to help with this project, please contact us. Thank you.

Trees

Box Elder - Acer negundo

Serviceberry - Amalanchier arborea

Mockernut Hickory - Carya tomentosa

Hackberry - Colds occidentalis

Flowering Dogwood - Cornus florida

Hawthom - Craetegus sp.

Omen Ash - Fraxinus pennsylvanica

Black Walnut - Juglans nigra

Tulip Poplar - Liriodendron tulipifera

Apple - Malus sp.

Pine - pinus sp.

Sycamore - Platanus occidentalis

White Oak - Quercus alba

Red Oak - Quercus rubra

Black Locust - Robinia pseudoacacia

Sassafras - Sassafras albidum

Shrubs

• Spicebush - Lindera benzoin

Vines

• Clernatis - Clematis sp.
• Virginia Creeper - Parthenocisus quinquefolium
• Poison Ivy - Taxidendron radicans
• Grape - Max sp.

Perennials and Grasses

• Broomsedge - Andropogon virginiana
• Aster - Aster sp.
• Chickory - Cichorium intybus
• Thistle - Cirsium sp.
• Queen Anne's Lace - Daucus carrota
• Daisy Fleabane - Erigeron annuus
• Black-Eyed Susan - Rudbeckia hirta
• Goldenrod - Solidago sp.
• Cattail - Typha latifolia