Huckleberry Island

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Coordinates: 40°53′13″N 73°45′28″W / 40.88691°N 73.75766°W / 40.88691; -73.75766
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Huckleberry Island
New Rochelle, New York
Long Island Sound
Administration
United States

Huckleberry Island (or Whortleberry Island) is an island in Long Island Sound and part of New Rochelle, New York. It lies approximately three-fourths mile (1.2 km) east of Davids Island. The 10 acres (4.0 ha) island consists primarily of deciduous forest with virtually no shrubs or herbaceous growth under the canopy. The rocky shoreline supports a marine rocky intertidal community comprising one of the most southerly occurrences of this community type on the North Atlantic Coastline.[1]

In the 19th century local tradition held that the island was the location of the buried treasure of

pirates in history.[2]

Environmental importance

Huckleberry Island provides an undisturbed upland environment for wildlife that is rare in coastal portions of the New York City metropolitan area. The primary significance of the island is its use for

gulls nested near the edge of the rocks along the island's perimeter (mostly at the north end). Other possible nesting birds include green heron and little blue heron
.

This island is listed in the

National Audubon Society 2002 Open Space Conservation Plan as a priority site under the project name Westchester Marine Corridor. Cormorant droppings have been killing many trees at this site, making them unsuitable for nesting by herons and egrets. There is some concern that the non-native Norway maple understory may eventually replace the native hardwood trees.[citation needed
]

References

  1. ^ "Coastal fish & wildlife habitat rating form" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on October 6, 2010. Retrieved March 2, 2009.
  2. ^ A history of the county of Westchester, from its first settlement to the present time, 1848
  3. New York Times
    , August 23, 1987

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40°53′13″N 73°45′28″W / 40.88691°N 73.75766°W / 40.88691; -73.75766

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