FNJP participants, the following note is is from our good friend Dr. Lena Struwe: Dear all, it is that time of year again! Spring is coming and with it, the annual Personal Bioblitz. Each year we run a global biodiversity exploration project here at Rutgers named the Personal Bioblitz, which is a challenge and collaboration to find as many species as possible during 2.5 months - wherever you are, any time of the day, and from beginner to expert level. This is your invite to join … [Read more...] about The 2022 Rutgers Person Bioblitz: March 1-May 15
Seabeach Amaranth Video’ “A Rare Species on the Move”
The Department of Environmental Protection has recently released a video on our endangered seabeach amaranth, Amaranthus pumilus. A number of scientists have been documenting the distribution and challanges facing this very unusual marine edge species, and the video captures their work and facts that surround this tiny plant. Here is a link to the video: https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/8ef3760b8f46470b91847762f10437af JRA, 2/2022 … [Read more...] about Seabeach Amaranth Video’ “A Rare Species on the Move”
Updated lists for NJ Bryophytes and Slime Molds now available on line
One of our State's botanists, Kerry Barringer, has updated the regional lists for our diminutive friends the mosses, liverworts, and slimemold. Kerry's passion for this group of small plants and the fascinating slime molds has yielded a great web site with modern taxonomic lists of species. The lists are annotated with collection history and county wide information making them an important contribution to the knowledge on ther Flora of New Jersey. Kerry's lists can be … [Read more...] about Updated lists for NJ Bryophytes and Slime Molds now available on line
Lidar as a tool for botanical surveys
Lidar, light distance and ranging, is a relatively new technological advance in imaging. Using lasers mounted on planes or ground based vehicles, this device captures millions of distance measurements that can be manipulated using computer software to produce visual displays that are both spectacular and more acturate than normal photography. A recent National Geographic television show provided a glimpse of how useful this imagry is for archaeology. The researchers have used … [Read more...] about Lidar as a tool for botanical surveys
November’s Plant of Month and Guess That Plant Absence
Flora of New Jersey Project Followers: The November Plant of the Month & Guess This Plant were missing from the web site for an unknown reason. FNJP apologizes for its absence. Posts were made yet they failed to appear on the home page. I have corrected the problem and the posts are now available for the December pages. I'll recycle this year's November plant selections in the 2018 season. Sorry for the delay. Joe Arsenault Flora of New Jersey Project, … [Read more...] about November’s Plant of Month and Guess That Plant Absence