Salisbury in Wicomico County, Maryland — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Open Pond

Photographed by Nate Davidson, July 25, 2014

1. Open Pond Marker

Inscription. From the deck you see several important shallow water plants. Most visible is the broad leaved cattail with its brown, cigar-like top. In the spring, there is a yellow top above the brown. The thin, tall native plant with the pinkish-purple flowers is Swamp Loosestrife which is a native and different specie than the invasive species sold in garden centers. During the late summer you can see a brilliant crimsoned spike of the Cardinal Flower, one of the brightest wetland plant. The small white bouquet-like flowers on the vines all around the other plants are Climbing Boneset (or Climbing Hemp Weed). There is another yellow stemmed vine called Dodder, sometime difficult to view in this area of the pond. A flowering parasite, it is unable to make its own food and therefore may will injure or kill the plants it grows on. Luckily, one of its favorite hosts is poison ivy.

Erected by Chesapeake Bay Gateways Network.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Environment.

Location. 38° 21.1′ N, 75° 34.267′ W. Marker is in Salisbury, Maryland, in Wicomico

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County. It can be reached from S. Schumaker Drive. Located along the Ward Museum nature trail. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Salisbury MD 21804, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is on the Eastern Shore.

It is also in the American Mid-Atlantic,

on the Delmarva Peninsula,

in the Tidewater,

and on the Eastern Seaboard. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once one of the original Thirteen Colonies

and also the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Beach and Birds (within shouting distance of this marker); Wildfowl Blind (within shouting distance of this marker); Dry Thickets (within shouting distance of this marker); Fruited Trees and Vines (within shouting distance of this marker); Welcome (within shouting distance of this marker); Wooded Wetland (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Waterside (about 300 feet away); Wetland Marsh (about 400 feet away).

Photographed by Nate Davidson, July 25, 2014

2. Open Pond Marker

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Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on November 27, 2014, by Nathan Davidson of Salisbury, Maryland. This page has been viewed 391 times since then and 15 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on November 27, 2014, by Nathan Davidson of Salisbury, Maryland. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.