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Hackettstown Riparian Forest Buffer Restoration
Project
Location:
Bowers Brook, a tributary of the Musconetcong River, along County Route
517 (High Street) at M&M/Mars, Inc., Hackettstown, NJ
Date Planted:
October 27 - December 4, 2001
Land Use:
Corporate
Buffer Composition:
800 Native Trees and Shrubs - 60 species (containerized and balled-and-burlapped)
700 Native Herbaceous Plants - 80 species (gallon- and quart-sized containers)
Buffer Size:
1000 feet x 60 feet (average) on both sides of the stream
 October,
2001 - Before Planting
December,
2001 - After Planting
Design Components
Student
Volunteers
Dominant Native Plant Species
Listed in descending order of frequency of occurrence
Trees - Overstory
Yellow birch -Betula alleghaniensis
Linden - Tilia americana
Sweet birch - Betula lenta
Trees - Understory
American hornbeam - Carpinus caroliniana
Witch hazel - Hammamelis virginiana
Shadbrush - Amelanchier canadensis
Blackhaw - Viburnum prunifolium
Nannyberry - Viburnum lentago
Red cedar - Juniperus virginiana
Shrubs
Gray dogwood - Cornus racemosa
Possumhaw - Viburnum nudum
Steeplebush - Spirea tomentosa
Silky dogwood - Cornus amomum
Swamp rose - Rosa palustris
Arrowwood - Viburnum dentatum
Mountain laurel - Kalmia latifolia
Elderberry - Sambucus canadensis
Winterberry - Ilex verticillata
Buttonbush - Cephalanthus occidentalis
Pinxterbloom azalea - Rhododendron periclymenoides
Plant
Deliveries
Organizations:
Rutgers Cooperative Extension
Musconetcong Watershed Association
M&M/Mars, Inc.
Participants:
Hackettstown High School Future Farmers of America
Trend Landscaping, Inc.
Design
in Place, Ready for Planting
Funding:
United States Environmental Protection Agency 319h Grant Program and New Jersey
Department of Environmental Protection
Grant Administration: North Jersey Resource
Conservation and Development Council
Planting
Completed
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