FIELD TRIPS OF THE CLUB 



Trip of May 20 to Watciiung. N. J. 



Eight persons were present on this trip and over 400 species of 

 plants were identified out of the recorded flora of 1,455 species 

 from the area. Some time was spent observing exotic plants which 

 have persisted after former cultivation or have definitely escaped 

 and become naturalized, including Lonicera morroztn, L. bella, 

 Jliica i}ii>ior, Myosotis arvcnsis, Moms alba, Wisteria sinensis, 

 Mains piunila, Ginkgo biloba, Calycanthus floridus, Catalpa bigno- 

 nioides, Tilia tovientosa. Spiraea prunifolia var. plena, S. bil- 

 liardii, Clielidonium majus, Galium molliigo, Elaeagmis umbellata, 

 Hydrangea paniculata. Berberis thunbcrgii, Ligustrmn vnlgare, 

 L. ovalifoliiim, L. obtusifolium, Pleuropterus ciispidatits, Cotinus 

 coggxgria, Dcutsia scabra. Fraxiniis excelsior, Salix lucida, Yucca 

 filanientosa, Azalea japonica, CJiaenouieles lagenaria, and Core- 

 opsis grandiflora var. villosa. In full anthesis were found great 

 stands of Cardaniine prafcnsis, Campe barbarea, Senecio aureus, 

 Zicia cordata, Eleocharis tenuis, and the sedges. Carex stricta, 

 C. digitalis, C. vulpinoidea, C. crinifa, and C. rosaeoides. In the 

 woodlands we saw in flower many species, including Scirpus plani- 

 folius. Ranunculus recurvatus, R. hispidus, R. abortivus, Arisaema 

 triphyllum, Viola palmata, V. rostrata, Panax trifolium, Aralia 

 nudicaulis, two highlights of the trip, Galeorchis spectabilis and 

 Obolaria virginica, and still a few specimens of Anemonella thalic- 

 troides. Attention was called to the two types of leaves on \lola 

 triloba and on Nintooa (Lonicera) japonica. In the dry fields Cra- 

 taegus coccinea, l^accinium atrococcum, V. vacillans, Galium apa- 

 rinc, and Aronia melanocarpa were found in bloom, and in wetter 

 places, Ranunculus bulbosus, R. repens \a.r. floreplenus, Viola cucul- 

 lafa, V. papilionacea. Cardaniine bulbosa, Triosteum aurantiacum, 

 and Sisymbrium nasturtiuni-aquaticum. Cryptogams identified in- 

 cluded Lycopodium flabelliforme, Coriolus pubescens, C. versi- 

 color, Ceriomyces crassus, Leucobryuui glaucum, Onoclea sensi- 

 bilis. Aspidium marginale, Polystichum acrostichoides, Pteridium 

 latiusculum, Osmunda cinnaniomea, O. claytoniana, and Osniun- 

 dopteris virginiana. 



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