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Quimby Mountain inventory documents more than 500 species, rare finds and chestnut saplings; public meeting planned
Summary
Contractor updates show seven of eight ecological inventory visits completed on Quimby Mountain with more than 500 species recorded, two uncommon plants identified, a local population of a rare reed beetle, and numerous young American chestnut saplings; a public meeting is planned to review the stewardship draft.
Commission Chair Joe Carroll Woodburn reported an ecological inventory update for Quimby Mountain: seven of eight field visits are complete and the contractor has recorded more than 500 species, including two uncommon plants and a locally notable insect population.
"They have discovered over 500 species," Carroll Woodburn said, citing two uncommon plants—the cyperus sedge and yellow screwstem—and a breeding population of a lustrous reed beetle that the contractor says has been recorded at only a few other New Hampshire sites. He also said surveyors found a robust group of American chestnut saplings; "there's a robust population of American chestnut," Carroll Woodburn said, but he noted there are no mature, nut‑producing chestnut trees due to historic blight.
The contractor will produce a detailed report this fall and the commission plans a public meeting where the stewardship plan draft will be presented and the commission will collect public input before finalizing the plan and forwarding it to the Town Council.
