Reestablishment of Crataegus Species Associated With Tennessee Gas Pipeline LLC’s Northeast Upgrade Project Loop 323 in High Point State Park

The Botany Department of the Morris Arboretum of the University of Pennsylvania was contracted by CH2M to provide, in as much as possible, identifications to species level of Crataegus (hawthorn) trees growing in proximity to the expanded natural gas pipeline right-of-way,designated Northeast Upgrade Project Loop 323 (NEUP Loop 323), through High Point State Park in Sussex County, New Jersey. In addition to species identification, seed collection was identified as a task to be completed in the initial phase of this project.