{"id":72398,"date":"2016-09-15T13:47:29","date_gmt":"2016-09-15T20:47:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev-clm-blog.pantheonsite.io\/?p=72398"},"modified":"2016-09-15T13:47:29","modified_gmt":"2016-09-15T20:47:29","slug":"final-visit-to-the-shale-barrens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/?p=72398","title":{"rendered":"Final visit to the shale barrens"},"content":{"rendered":"

My internship has concluded and it was a very good experience. \u00a0I had to leave earlier than I expected, which meant I didn’t get to visit every place in the park I wanted to, but things happen. \u00a0Perhaps I will visit again. \u00a0I found over 20 new populations of state-listed plants in the canal including 4 entirely new rare species. \u00a0I also found a population of Ptilimnium nodosum<\/em> (Harperella) which is a federally-endangered plant. \u00a0Check out my previous entry for more details on that find.<\/p>\n

I learned a lot about managing a large database of rare plants. \u00a0The amount of rare plant records for this park meant that I\u00a0couldn’t possibly survey for all of them in one field season. \u00a0One challenge was prioritizing which plants to survey for. \u00a0I gravitated towards the shale barren habitats within the park. \u00a0I found these to be the most interesting to survey.<\/p>\n

My last trip into the field was to survey a shale barren habitat. \u00a0I found a new population of the globally-vulnerable (G3) Trifolium virginicum<\/em>. \u00a0This is one of the discoveries I was most excited about. \u00a0I can’t quite explain it but I really enjoy seeing this plant. \u00a0On this field trip I found a population with newly established clumps\u00a0and one clump that had seedlings sprouting. \u00a0I was pretty excited when I saw this and considered it a fitting end to my internship experience at the Chesapeake and Ohio National Historical Park.<\/p>\n

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Trifolium virginicum<\/em>. One clump of a new population I found on my last day of field surveying.<\/p><\/div>\n

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This picture shows the habit of the seed heads to hang down around the base of the plants. They blend in very well with the shale talus.<\/p><\/div>\n

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This is a closer view of the seed heads. If you look closely you can see the seedlings sprouting.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Coleman Minney<\/p>\n

Field Botany Intern<\/p>\n

Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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