Oyster Pond, a Coastal Salt Pond Community

Victoria Bustamante

10:00 am – 2:00 pm | Saturday, September 14th

Oyster Pond is the largest and highest quality example of a coastal salt pond community in New York State. The pond is 136 acres and the second largest pond in Montauk. Oyster Pond lies within a completely undeveloped watershed in Montauk Point State Park. Due to its proximity to the shoreline, it periodically opens to Block Island Sound by natural processes making it brackish. Oyster Pond is host to many rare and unusual plants which have adapted to survive in this habitat including Sesuvium maritimum, Chenopodium berlandieri var. macrocalycium, Eupatorium torreyanum, Eleocharis parvula, Lindernia dubia var. anagallidea, Glyceria obtusa, Polygala cruciata, Cyperus filicinus, Juncus brachycarpus, Limosella australis, Viburnum dentatum var. venosum, Ptilimnium capillaceum, and Carex mitchelliana .

Sturdy walking shoes/boots, preferably waterproof, as we will be navigating through some wet areas and puddles and shoreline, walking sticks, binocular, water, and snack (or lunch), tick protection. 

This is a joint trip with the Long Island Botanical Society.

If you have any questions about the trip before registering,  please email montauk@nyflora.org.

All NYFA Field Trips are free and open to all.

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Suggested Donation is $10.