Botany

[mjshevlin]

You guys are finding some fantastic Platanthera! I've seen some white ones this year, but no orange.

This one's not a Pinelands species (it was a lucky find in Morris county yesterday), but I think you'll appreciate it:

 

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Nymphoides cordata (Elliott) Fernald- Little floating heart

 

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Coreopsis rosea Nutt.- Pink tickseed

 

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Gratiola aurea Pursh- Golden hedgehyssop

 

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Utricularia purpurea Walter- Eastern purple bladderwort

 

[Teegate]

View attachment 3817 Nymphoides cordata (Elliott) Fernald- Little floating heart

We found them at the Marble Spung on a PBX hike. Nice!

 

[CurMUDgeon]

I'd appreciate an identification of this flower I found in the power line cut / back entrance to Lizard Tail Swamp in Cape May County.
http://i44.tinypic.com/2i8khzs.jpg

 

[manumuskin]

just a guess but could it be a species of violet?

 

[bobpbx]

I'd appreciate an identification of this flower I found in the power line cut / back entrance to Lizard Tail Swamp in Cape May County.
http://i44.tinypic.com/2i8khzs.jpg

That it is Petrorhagia prolifera. Common name is Childing pink.

 

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Smilax laurifolia L.

 

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Eupatorium leucolepis (DC.) Torr.& A.Gray

 

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Eriophorium virginicum L.

 

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Lobelia cardinalis L.

 

[Teegate]

Nice finds Tom.

 

[bobpbx]

View attachment 3880 Eupatorium leucolepis (DC.) Torr.& A.Gray

Tom, what general area; West Burlington County? If you can be specific.

 

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Tom, what general area; West Burlington County? If you can be specific.

Between Quaker Bridge and Batsto.

 

[bobpbx]

Between Quaker Bridge and Batsto.

Thanks Tom. It jumped out at me because I found this relative yesterday. Only the second time I've ever seen it.

 

[CurMUDgeon]

That it is Petrorhagia prolifera. Common name is Childing pink.

Bobpbx -- thanks so much for the ID on the flower from Lizard Tail Swamp. We were stumped on that one!!

 

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Is this a variety of E. hyssopifolium?

 

[bobpbx]

Is this a variety of E. hyssopifolium?

Yes, var. laciniata (preliminarily, I have not keyed it out yet). It has been delisted too.