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bach2yoga
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Saw these today...
http://f2.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/pbfiddler/detail?.dir=/4f97&.dnm=601d.jpg
nice population...
http://f2.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/pbfiddler/detail?.dir=/4f97&.dnm=a588.jpg&.src=ph
Also, recently...
photo of a plant called American Chaffseed. It is S1.1 in NJ, which means it is state endangered, with only one population existing. This plant is also federally endangered.
http://f2.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/pbfiddler/detail?.dir=/4f97&.dnm=d9e4.jpg
A little background on this species: Historically, there were 19 populations of this plant in NJ; 18 of them have been extirpated. "A total of 19 occurrences, only one of which is extant, is known from Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, and Ocean counties (New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection 1994). By the early 1970s there were still four extant occurrences in New Jersey: one in Cape May County, one in Camden County, and two in Burlington County. The Camden County occurrence and one of the Burlington County occurrences were lost, apparently to succession of their habitat resulting, perhaps, from fire suppression. By 1980, only two occurrences of Schwalbea remained in New Jersey. In 1986, the Cape May population was destroyed by the construction of a new road, leaving one extant occurrence" (from Federal recovery document)
Chaffseed also occurs in North and South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida, but these plants are a different genotype. Historically this plant also occured in all the coastal states from Massachusetts to Louisiana, and Kentucky and Tennessee.
Even then, according to the federal recovery document, it was rare within its range.
Chaffseed is a perennial, discovered in 1753, and named for an eighteenth century botanical writeer, Christian Georg Schwalbe. In 1992 it was federally listed as endangered.
This plant is a hemiparasite, it feeds from the roots of a range of associated woody species. It is not known yet exactly which plant species are the host species.
"The most serious threats to its continued existence are fire-suppression, conversion of the habitat for commercial and residential purposes, and incompatible agriculture and forestry practices. The loss of periodic fire from the landscape seems to be the most serious factor in its decline. Residential and commercial development adjacent to populations can also pose a threat since urbanization generally results in fire suppression. " (http://endangered.fws.gov/i/q/saq9f.html)
Renee
http://f2.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/pbfiddler/detail?.dir=/4f97&.dnm=601d.jpg
nice population...
http://f2.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/pbfiddler/detail?.dir=/4f97&.dnm=a588.jpg&.src=ph
Also, recently...
photo of a plant called American Chaffseed. It is S1.1 in NJ, which means it is state endangered, with only one population existing. This plant is also federally endangered.
http://f2.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/pbfiddler/detail?.dir=/4f97&.dnm=d9e4.jpg
A little background on this species: Historically, there were 19 populations of this plant in NJ; 18 of them have been extirpated. "A total of 19 occurrences, only one of which is extant, is known from Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, and Ocean counties (New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection 1994). By the early 1970s there were still four extant occurrences in New Jersey: one in Cape May County, one in Camden County, and two in Burlington County. The Camden County occurrence and one of the Burlington County occurrences were lost, apparently to succession of their habitat resulting, perhaps, from fire suppression. By 1980, only two occurrences of Schwalbea remained in New Jersey. In 1986, the Cape May population was destroyed by the construction of a new road, leaving one extant occurrence" (from Federal recovery document)
Chaffseed also occurs in North and South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida, but these plants are a different genotype. Historically this plant also occured in all the coastal states from Massachusetts to Louisiana, and Kentucky and Tennessee.
Even then, according to the federal recovery document, it was rare within its range.
Chaffseed is a perennial, discovered in 1753, and named for an eighteenth century botanical writeer, Christian Georg Schwalbe. In 1992 it was federally listed as endangered.
This plant is a hemiparasite, it feeds from the roots of a range of associated woody species. It is not known yet exactly which plant species are the host species.
"The most serious threats to its continued existence are fire-suppression, conversion of the habitat for commercial and residential purposes, and incompatible agriculture and forestry practices. The loss of periodic fire from the landscape seems to be the most serious factor in its decline. Residential and commercial development adjacent to populations can also pose a threat since urbanization generally results in fire suppression. " (http://endangered.fws.gov/i/q/saq9f.html)
Renee
It is an awesome plant, but very fragile. I spent a day with some folk working with this plant recently and unfortunately it had a very rough year, some type of herbivory, though not sure what. It's very frustrating to see a lone population struggling.
