washington township high school in new jersey in warren county

Signs identify each plant family by its familiar name: Dogwood rather than Cornaceae Rose rather than Rosaceae, Hydrangea, Birch, Laurel, Maple, Heath, Hazelnut, Ash. In a fenced-in, deer proof area, specimens are organized by family and planted in raised beds covered with glacial stones some from the Delaware River, some from the mountain. Since then, in fits and starts, but always under the guidance of local botanist and native plant specialist, Anthony Pasquini, Pohatcong Native Arboretum has become home to an ever-expanding collection of over 150 species of native trees, shrubs,

The arboretum was eleven years in the making, students from the Warren Hills Regional High School planted the first trees here in 2002. Here at the arboretum, visitors can see exactly what some of those plants are. Conservancies all over the state are reestablishing native species wherever they can. The proliferation of non-native species of flora and fauna in New Jersey has long been a concern for ecologists, especially in our fragile wetlands where a sustainable natural balance is imperative. As it approaches Mine Hill Road, butting up to Round Top Mountain, the river enters a Washington Township park, part of Pohatcong Creek Natural Area, and home to Pohatcong Native Arboretum. Just about halfway along its route down to the Delaware Valley, the river crosses State Route 31 between Oxford and Washington Borough.

Its watershed lies parallel and between those of the Musconetcong River to the south and the Pequest to the north. The Pohatcong Creek winds thirty miles through Warren County from its source just west of Hackettstown to the Delaware River south of Phillipsburg, following another of the many Appalachian ridges that run across Northwest New Jersey. Skylands Visitor Magazine - Local Roots Article and photo by Tom Drake

Washington township high school in new jersey in warren county