FIELD TRIPS OF THE CLUB 

 March 17, 1935 



This field meeting was attended by fourteen members and 

 guests who hiked in the Pine Barren region northeast of Lake- 

 wood, N. J. 



Along the borders of several cultivated fields the small 

 plants of Draba verna or Whitlow Grass and Stellaria media, 

 thee ommon Chickweed, were in full bloom. The former is in- 

 teresting from its habit of producing cleistogamous flowers, and 

 the latter, a hardy immigrant from the Old World, takes pos- 

 session of all fields the minute cultivation ceases. Scleranthus 

 annuus or Knawal, also naturalized from Europe, was abundant 

 in fields near Lakewood having little awl-shaped leaves and 

 spreading creeping branches. Though not in flower it might eas- 

 ily be mistaken for Mountain Pink. 



The buds of Acer rubrum, Populus tremuloides , and a species 

 of Salix had swollen noticeably, and staminate catkins of Alnus 

 rugosa were hanging loosely in the breeze. 



Species of red-fruited lichens on the borders of the sand roads 

 were Cladonia cristatella mostly forma vestita and beauvoisii, 

 some splendidly fruited cups of Cladonia pleurota and occa- 

 sionally good specimens of Cladonia macilenta with little red 

 tips. The brown fruited Cladonia floridana which reacts yellow 

 upon application of KOH was very common. Less so was 

 Cladonia calycantha which resembles C. verticillata but for its 

 squamulose cups. This is a typical Pine Barren Lichen. We 

 found several colonies of the tiny cactus-like Cladonia papillaria 

 forma molariformis growing densely on the sides of the sand 

 road. C. rangiferina and a form much denser but not as tall was 

 also frequent. Others seen were C. squamosa, coniocraea, ver- 

 ticillata, and forms of carpophora. A green algae-like substance 

 covered the earth in places and was spattered with pinkish dots. 

 Cladonia uncialis was common everywhere though rather 

 stunted at times due to the sandy substratum and the hot 

 summer sun. 



Pyxidata barbulata showed pink in the bud and should be in 

 bloom three weeks hence. Epigea repens also disclosed swelling 

 buds of potential fragrance. Several plants of Ilex opaca were 



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