All,
At 10AM this morning Bobpbx and I met at Atsion with the express intent to search out rare plants. So for over 7 hours today we did just that, spending most of the day in the Great Swamp. Before we get to the rare ones, here is a little trivia question. Can you name this plant that has gone to seed? If you know the answer don't keep it under your hat
Now to the rare plants. This one is called Prenanthes autumnalis commonly called Pine Barren Rattlesnake Root. Bob knew of one location in the pines this plant grew, and now we know two.
Then off to find this one. It is called Xyris caroliniana commonly called Sand Yellow-eyed Grass. This is a very rare plant found along the transition between water and dry land. They were all in one area, and even though the area near it was exactly the same, there was nothing outside of the small pocket we found.
And while looking for these plants we found some very early Pine Barren Gentian looking quite nice.
And towards the end of the day we stopped along a road to check out some plants, and while looking across the road I noticed this. This is a perfect example on how to search for property stones or monuments in the woods. The clue here is the private property and state property sign on adjacent trees, and the final clue is the three blazes on the right tree.
The the outcome was a state monument along with a cement monument I stepped on and crushed. Oops!
The location is along a road off of 206 is Hammonton. See if you can spot it one day in your travels.
Guy
At 10AM this morning Bobpbx and I met at Atsion with the express intent to search out rare plants. So for over 7 hours today we did just that, spending most of the day in the Great Swamp. Before we get to the rare ones, here is a little trivia question. Can you name this plant that has gone to seed? If you know the answer don't keep it under your hat
Now to the rare plants. This one is called Prenanthes autumnalis commonly called Pine Barren Rattlesnake Root. Bob knew of one location in the pines this plant grew, and now we know two.
Then off to find this one. It is called Xyris caroliniana commonly called Sand Yellow-eyed Grass. This is a very rare plant found along the transition between water and dry land. They were all in one area, and even though the area near it was exactly the same, there was nothing outside of the small pocket we found.
And while looking for these plants we found some very early Pine Barren Gentian looking quite nice.
And towards the end of the day we stopped along a road to check out some plants, and while looking across the road I noticed this. This is a perfect example on how to search for property stones or monuments in the woods. The clue here is the private property and state property sign on adjacent trees, and the final clue is the three blazes on the right tree.
The the outcome was a state monument along with a cement monument I stepped on and crushed. Oops!
The location is along a road off of 206 is Hammonton. See if you can spot it one day in your travels.
Guy
