Pine Barren Flora
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Way past 4 July now! I found several Drosera filiformis flowers of that color in one location. There is something behind that. Key me in.
Yesterday was a good exploring day, not too hot. But the flies got real bad and I was stung by a bee on the inside of my finger (you know how that smarts). The Turks Cap lily was 7 feet tall--along the Papoose Branch, which I followed down to its confluence with the Oswego, the Jewel of the Pines. The road photo is typical of why I love the light in the pines, especially on white sand roads. The photo can never do the light justice, but....
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What is that plant fourth pic down with the square stem like a mint? leaves don't look minty though.
Oh Okay I see in the larger photo is the Turks stem.Never realized they had a square stem.I recognize the flowers but never paid the leaves much mind.
Oh Okay I see in the larger photo is the Turks stem.Never realized they had a square stem.I recognize the flowers but never paid the leaves much mind.
Al, the stem is roundish. That light stripe you see is just coloring on the stem, making it look like it has edges.
1) Liverwort after the big burn in Woodmansie 2) The burn was HOT! 3) Bushy aster (the yellow)
4) Drosera rotundifolia 5) An odd response 6) Where is this? 7) Watershield 8) Xyris smalliana.
4) Drosera rotundifolia 5) An odd response 6) Where is this? 7) Watershield 8) Xyris smalliana.
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I found a new location for Pickerings Morning Glory.
And the yellow orchids seem pretty poor this year or missing entirely at some normal locations.
And the yellow orchids seem pretty poor this year or missing entirely at some normal locations.
Yesterday was the hottest day I've ever spent in the pines in all my life. I've been doing a lot of exploring in Greenwood Forest during the day time, and I love it, the way the sun shines on the sand and vegetation. Driving my truck and rolling out the door to a spot no more than 400 yards away. Drink water liberally my friends.
Humidity was intense, but bugs were non-existent.
Which one looks newer, the one in the photo? I think there are more there.
Al, I'm teasing your eyes with the 3rd photo in post 11. I used watercolor, but do you recognize where that was taken? You should.
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The one you found looks better than these.
http://tinyurl.com/hlknwce
http://tinyurl.com/hnedgow
As for the location of the photo, I am uncertain. It looks like a place in Lebanon we visited together. I have to assume it is Greenwood???
Second photo down in post 12 shows trees at the edge of a spung. They are Nyssa sylvatica, Black Gum. I have never seen them so vibrant as this. This shows what they can be if given the right conditions for growth in our area. I'll have to go back in the fall to get the color.
https://plants.usda.gov/factsheet/pdf/fs_nysy.pdf
https://plants.usda.gov/factsheet/pdf/fs_nysy.pdf
Sorry, I should not have mixed that message in that post. That is for Al (Manumuskin). It was shot down his way.
Can't say as I do know where that is Bob.I can think of dozens of spots right down here in Bevan where old roads that have been gated and disused for quite some time look like that.That appears to be high ground with pines and bluberry .Also a cedar swamp road on the south side of the Mullica river near Egg harbor City looks similar but the green in your pic looks like blueberry whereas the cedar swamp is open beneath the canopy. Is this photo down my way?
could it be the road that heads south at this point here? http://maps.njpinebarrens.com/#lat=39.302675695872914&lng=-75.13175267379762&z=17&type=nj2007&gpx=