Order: Poales Family: Poaceae Dichanthelium commutatum (Schult.) Gould senso lato Lower Taxa: Dichanthelium commutatum var. ashei (Pearson ex Ashe) Mohlenbr.; Dichanthelium commutatum var. commutatum; Dichanthelium commutatum var. latifolium (Lamson) Gould Origin: Native Habit: Perennial, rosette forming grass Habitat: Dry sandy to mesic loamy soils; Open dry road edges, fields and sparsely canopied upland woodlands Range: Statewide, few NE counties without herbarium … [Read more...] about Dichanthelium commutatum (Schult.) Gould – The Variable Rosette Grass
Dichanthelium columbianum (Scribner) Freckman
Order: Poales Family: Poaceae Dicanthelium columbianum (Scribner) Freckman Synonymy: Dichanthelium sabulorum (Lam.) Gould & C.A. Clark var. thinium Hitchc.; Panicum acuminatum Sw. var. columbianum (Scribn.) LeLong; Panicum columbianum Scribn.; Panicum columbianum Scribn.var. oricola (Hitchc. & Chase) Fernald; Panicum columbianum Scribn.var. thinium Hitchc. & Chase; Panicum portoricense Desv. Ex. Ham.; Panicum sabulorum Lam. Var. thinium (Hitchc. & Chase) C.F. Reed; … [Read more...] about Dichanthelium columbianum (Scribner) Freckman
Last 2013 Phone Conference this Saturday 10/5/2013
Flora of New Jersey Participants and friends: The last quarterly meeting of 2013 will be a telephone conference call this Saturday October 5 at 10AM. The normal meeting topics such as yearly progress and setting goals for the up coming botanical year 2014 will be discussed during the conference call. The call in number is: 1-857-232-0300 The participant code is: 969554 Hope to hear all of our members this Saturday! "See" you then, Joe Arsenault, FNJP … [Read more...] about Last 2013 Phone Conference this Saturday 10/5/2013
Dr. Ruth Patrick, 1907 – 2013
Dr. Ruth Patrick, a life member of the Philadelphia Botanical Club, passed away Monday September 23, 2013. Dr. Patrick was a pilar of the Phiadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences where she lead the Limnology Department for decades. Dr. Patrick was still active and coming into the office until she was 100! Dr. Patrick became a Life Member of PBC nearly as soon as it was available. Dr. Patrick's legacy includes many accomplishments. She was the formost authority on rivers and diatoms. She … [Read more...] about Dr. Ruth Patrick, 1907 – 2013
Brooklyn Botanical Garden Science Program in Jepoardy
Attention New Jersey and other NYC regional botanists, or anyone interested in the flora of the New York City metropolitan area. The BBG science personnel and the programs they administer need our help. Word has been spreading in the botanical community about the planned closure of the BBG science program. This will include the inhouse reseach and behind the scene work as well as public access and participation. The woody plant atlas will no longer have inputs and all the good work done … [Read more...] about Brooklyn Botanical Garden Science Program in Jepoardy