Name	Village	Name	Village
Elizabeth Shepherd, Chair	Head of the Harbor	Kaylee Engellener,Chair	Nissequogue
Robin Herrstein	Head of the Harbor	Irwin Bardesh	Nissequogue
Arthur Krantz	Head of the Harbor	Michael Kaufman	Nissequogue
James Kerwin	Head of the Harbor	Dian Knott	Nissequogue
Dina Vivan	Head of the Harbor	Pamela Krath	Nissequogue
Ron Milzazzo	Nissequogue

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The village participates with the village of Nissequogue in a joint village coastal management commission, created in 1988 under federal and state law enacted to protect the quality of coastal environment. Head-of-the-Harbor is represented on the commission by a co-chairman and five other members. The commission reviews actions (such as highway construction, dredging of waterways, or changes in zoning regulations, for example) by the Town of Smithtown, the village of Nissequogue and the village of Head-of-the-Harbor for consistency with the local waterfront revitalization programs (LWRP) adopted by the three municipalities.

Sustaining and sustainable plantings

The villages of Head-of-the-Harbor and Nissequogue encourage the use of native plantings as a form of habitat restoration to preserve the natural character of our sea- and road-scapes. Native plants are more drought-tolerant than non-native species, are adapted to local climate conditions, soils, require minimal if any fertilization, and help maintain natural ecological diversity.

Obviously some plants are adapted to sunny dry locations, others to damp shady ones, and so on. Similarly some trees and shrubs grow to sizes best suited for particular locations in a given landscape. Careful matching of tree to site should prevent it from becoming a hazard in the future.

The trees and shrubs listed below have been chosen because of their value to wildlife for shelter and food. They have been recommended by Nature Conservancy, Cornell Cooperative Extension, and other groups because they are not generally invasive. LIPA provides a list of trees suitable for planting under electric wires.

Acer negundo	box elder
Acer rubrum	red maple
Acer saccharinum	sugar maple
Alus serrulata	smooth alder
Amelanchier arborea	serviceberry
Betula lenta	black birch
Betula nigra	river birch
Betula populifolia	gray birch
Buddleia davidii	butterfly bush
Carya cordiformis	bitternut hickory
Carya glabra	pignut
Carya tomentosa	mockernut
Celtis occidentalis	hackberry
Chamaecyparis thyoides	Atlantic white cedar
Clethra alnifolia	summersweet
Cornus florida	dogwood
Crataegus crus-galli	Cockspur thorn hawthorn
Crataegus uniflora	dwarf hawthorn
Fagus grandifolia	American beech
Fraxinus americana	white ash
Hamamelis virginia	witch hazel
Hydrangea quercifolia	oak leaf hydrangea
Ilex glabra	inkberry
Ilex opaca	American holly
Ilex verticillata	winterberry holly
Juglans nigra	black walnut
Juniperus virginiana	eastern red cedar
Kalmia latifolia	mountain laurel
Larix laricina	tamarack, larch
Lindera benzoin	spice bush
Liquidambar styraciflua	sweet gum
Liriodendron tulipifera	tulip poplar
Magnolia virginiana	sweet bay magnolia
Malus sp.	Crabapples etc
Myrica pensylvanica	Northern bayberry
Nyssa sylvatica	black gum, tupelo
Pinus strobus	white pine
Populus tremuloides	quaking aspen
Prunus maritima	beach plum
Prunus serotina	black cherry
Prunus viriniana	choke cherry
Quercus alba	white oak
Quercus coccinea	scarlet oak
Quercus palustris	pin oak
Quercus prinus	chestnut oak
Quercus rubra	northern red oak
Quercus velutina	black oak
Rhododendron nudiflorum	pink azalea, swamp azalea
Rhus copallina	winged sumac
Rhus glabra	smooth sumac
Rhus typhina	staghorn sumac
Tilia americana	American basswood
Vaccinium angustifolium	low bush blueberry
Vaccinium corymbosum	high bush blueberry
Viburnum acerifolium	maple-leafed viburnum
Viburnum lentago	nannyberry
Viburnum trilobum	cranberry viburnum

No short list can include all native trees and shrubs suitable for planting in our area. For more ideas, you may wish to consult the update of the New York Natural Heritage Program 1990 atlas of New York flora. The lists (9/17/2007) can be viewed online through newsday.com/other/special/natural world/ny-nw-plantlist,0,3062402.htmlst. You may also wish to visit the Brooklyn Botanic Garden site: bbg.org/native alternatives and the National Wildlife Federation s web site: natureserve.org/explorer.