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Black Rock Forest
Since 1990, Brooklyn Botanic Garden has conducted research at the Black Rock Forest in Cornwall, New York. Our work has focused on the plants and vegetation of the forest and how these have changed over the past hundred years.
Black Rock Forest [official site] is located 60 miles north of New York City in the Hudson Highlands. Preserved as a natural area, it contains more than 3,700 acres of upland woods and wetlands. It is used as a field station by members of the Black Rock Forest Consortium and is open to the public for limited recreation.
Vegetation of Black Rock Forest
The principal types of vegetation found in the forest.
Interactive Map
Click on this map to see the plant communities that occur in various parts of the forest.
Common Trees of Black Rock Forest
Print this brochure to help you identify forest trees. (This PDF document is 2 MB and requires Adobe Acrobat.)
Kerry Barringer, Brooklyn Botanic Garden
January 12, 2002
Map and Text © 2002, Brooklyn Botanic Garden