SHELTERED COAST WALK
Morton Street
North
to
Christopher Street
Hudson River Observation Point #1
Pier 40
2015
barn swallows
Pier 42 Pile Field
2014
Morton Street North
Observation Point
Looking north one sees a mixture of deciduous broadleaf trees, evergreen conifers, flowering trees, shrubs, grasses, perennials, and wildflowers. On the left beside the walkway, most of the vegetation is native to Asia. On the lawn and to the right, the plants are native to North America, with some exceptions. Birds like cardinals and robins may be seen here all year round and migrating birds such as hermit thrushes, warblers, and several species of sparrow pass through in spring and fall. Insects and spiders can sometimes be found on the shrubs to the left. In damp weather mushrooms of various sorts may appear for brief periods beneath the trees and shrubs.
On or beside the
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On the
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Beside the
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Native
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Northern Bayberry
Native
Aromatic leaves
Juneberry (3)
Native
Edible "berry"
English Oak (4)
European
Look for
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker woodpecker feeding holes on trunk
Black Tupelo
Native
Winterberry
Native
Spirea Goldmound
Asian
Butterfly Bush (2)
Asian
Sweetbay Magnolia (?)
Native
Aromatic leaves
Compact Inkberry
Native
Red Oak
Native
American Sweetgum
Native
Aromatic leaves
Ginkgo, male
Asian
Look for
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker woodpecker feeding holes on trunk
Silver Linden (8)
Asian
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Christopher Street Fountain
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