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"Blackjack Oak Point" At Chestnut Neck 11/07 : Blackjack oak, Quercus marilandica, seems scarce on campus and in Port Republic. At Chestnut Neck, however, near the monument in the little park, stands a beautifully-shaped large specimen, and on the "Sandy Trail" along the edge of the Parkway stand several smaller individuals. Today (11/11/07) I found a usually-locked gate open that leads to a trail from the Park out onto a little point of land on Forsythe Refuge property. Neat to find there on that point at least four old blackjack oaks, most taller and larger than the one in the Park. Why there?

"Blackjack Oak Point" At Chestnut Neck 11/07

Port Republic Cemetery :

Port Republic Cemetery

Updated: Oct 12, 2009 7:03am PST

Green Bank Bridge 8-15-07 : One of the best local places for late summer botany.

Green Bank Bridge 8-15-07

On The Other Side Of Hog Island 8-13-07 : Kayaking trip with Julie and Fred Akers from Clark's Landing around Hog Island to the Burlington County side of Mullica River. Neat little spot between the creeks there: various salt marsh plants and insects, fiddler crabs, and at least one freshwater creature, southern leopard frog.

On The Other Side Of Hog Island 8-13-07

PBC Pine Barrens Trip 8-4-07 : A Philadelphia Botanical Club trip led by Ted Gordon: stops on Carranza Road; then by sandy roads to Hampton Central Pond (and two nearby dry ponds) where we spent most of the day; back out of woods to Sandy Ridge and another couple of roadside stops; down Friendship/Speedwell Road [diverted by fire near Atsion]; to Rt 563 where we ended the day at the white fringed orchid site and encountered a number of other PB botanists ending their own, separate trips.

PBC Pine Barrens Trip 8-4-07

Apple Pie Hill : Apple Pie Hill, the highest spot in the NJPB at 205 ft above sea level, is west of Chatsworth a few miles. Neat place.

Goose Ponds 7-18-07 : One of my favorite spots in all the Pine Barrens.

Goose Ponds 7-18-07

Can you use Boyd to ID? : A photo selection for Writing About Nature students, to get you using your Boyd: seeing how it's organized, what can be found there (and what can not), how Boyd's written descriptions help, and so on. How many of these photos can you ID?

Can you use Boyd to ID?

Puzzling Sunflower of Local Wetlands : This odd Bidens has puzzled us last August and this August (2007) again. Looks like B. coronata but leaves are narrow. These photos from Forsythe, road to Gull Pond. Also have found this plant at Green Bank Bridge.

Update: Go here for apparent answer to puzzle.

Puzzling Sunflower of Local Wetlands

Phil Botanical Club Explores Oswego River : August 6, 2006: Walt Bien and Ted Gordon led the Philadelphia Botanical Club on an excursion into the wetlands along the Oswego River on the Warren Grove Bombing Range, where Walt has surveyed and studied for many years. (Thanks to Bill Standaert for list of all species found; thanks to Bill Olson for several tough IDs in the field and from the photos; any remaining ID errors here are mine.)

Phil Botanical Club Explores Oswego River

Winter Botany :

Setaria magna, Forsythe NWR : September, 2005: Setaria magna has appeared around the Forsythe dikes, some inside of South Dike, and dozens of plants inside North Dike. A southern plant, found in NJ only to the southwest -- Supawna Meadows and Delaware Bayshore, according to Rick Radis & Karl Anderson. Neither Rick nor Karl remembers seeing it at Forsythe previously.

Setaria magna, Forsythe NWR

Port Store Barrens : The "Port Store Barrens" is a dry sandy spot, just a couple of acres, on Clark's Landing Road in Port Republic, across the street from the Port Store, alongside the Garden State Parkway. Hosts an interesting collection of NJPB plants, including both species of Hudsonia.

Port Store Barrens

Old Port Road : gallery under construction

Clark's Landing Road : this gallery under construction, as of 8-3-05

Clark's Landing Road

Mullica & Batsto Rivers 6-18-05 : Ted Gordon led about 20 members of the Philadelphia Botanical Club on an excursion to some of the bogs along the Mullica and Batsto Rivers on 6-18-05, a beautiful and cool day. Here's a small sample of the many species observed.

Mullica & Batsto Rivers 6-18-05

Pygmy Plains Warren Grove :

Pygmy Plains Warren Grove

West Virginia May 2004 : Pix from short, wonderful trip to mountains of West Virginia May 22-May 24, 2006.

West Virginia May 2004

UU Property :

Webbs Mill Bog 6-18-08 : A quick stop at this NJPB wonderland with Rick Radis. Water level has dropped to more ideal levels. Rose pogonia blooming numerously, grass-pink a little less so but looking very good; goldcrest just starting to bloom. Elfin skimmers and Pine Barrens bluets both flying. Only had my long lens so photos even less sharp than usual.

Webbs Mill Bog 6-18-08

A quick stop at this NJPB wonderland with Rick Radis. Water level has ...

Updated: Sep 03, 2008 3:44am PST

NJPB Plants Up-close/In-sequence 2009 : Trying to photo (w/macro lens) NJPB plants as they bloom and leaf out, in approximate order of their appearance this year.

NJPB Plants Up-close/In-sequence 2009

Parker Preserve Plants : Plants photo'd at Parker Preserve in the NJPB in and around Chatsworth.

Parker Preserve Plants

Plants photo'd at Parker Preserve in the NJPB in and around Chatsworth ...

Updated: May 28, 2009 7:04am PST

Flowers of Southwestern Utah July 2009 : Some of the plants we saw in Utah July 2009, arranged approximately from low (3000-4000 feet) to high (11,000 feet). Several still in need of ID. Email me if you know one of those please!

Flowers of Southwestern Utah July 2009

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