{"id":73933,"date":"2017-01-26T11:20:04","date_gmt":"2017-01-26T18:20:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev-clm-blog.pantheonsite.io\/?p=73933"},"modified":"2017-01-26T11:20:04","modified_gmt":"2017-01-26T18:20:04","slug":"five-months-of-field-work-in-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/?p=73933","title":{"rendered":"Five months of field work in photos"},"content":{"rendered":"

June<\/strong>: Training at the North Carolina Botanic Garden (NCBG), group field day at Connetquot River State Park, training\/camping trip in Delaware and New Jersey, and our first few scouting trips in Long Island.<\/p>\n

My coworkers and I posing as carnivorous plants during our training at the North Carolina Botanic Garden (NCBG).<\/p><\/div>\n

A delicious breakfast at the NCBG training.<\/p><\/div>\n

My coworkers, Gio and Barbara, in the Connetquot River on our first field day. Most of us newbies swamped our boots.<\/p><\/div>\n

Eastern prickly pear cactus (Opuntia humifusa<\/em>)\u00a0on a beach in Delaware.\u00a0Definitely a top contender\u00a0for prettiest native plant of the field season.<\/p><\/div>\n

Some cool bones on a beach dune in Delaware.<\/p><\/div>\n

Indian pipe (Monotropa uniflora<\/em>) in the Delaware woods. This plant is parasitic so it has no need for chlorophyll (the chemical used in photosynthesis that makes photosynthetic plants green).<\/p><\/div>\n

A rare orchid, the snakemouth orchid (Pogonia ophioglossoides<\/em>), in a bog in New Jersey.<\/p><\/div>\n

More orchids in the magical NJ bog – this was one of those sights\u00a0that makes up for the heat, bugs, and exhaustion.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

In addition to orchids, there were carnivorous pitcher plants (Sarracenia sp<\/em>)!<\/p><\/div>\n

Mountain laurel (Kalmia latifolia<\/em>) in some New Jersey woods. Kalmia was one of the first plants we learned to identify, and one of the lasts plants we collected (it was ripe in mid-November).<\/p><\/div>\n

A grove of white cedar trees (Chamaedaphne thyoides<\/em>) in New Jersey.<\/p><\/div>\n

Blooming common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca<\/em>) in a New Jersey field – we collected milkweed’s fluffy pods later in October.<\/p><\/div>\n

We stayed in a hotel the last night of our 7-day camping trip – I was very happy to be in a real bed again.<\/p><\/div>\n

Virginia glasswort (Salicornia depressa<\/em>) at Cow Meadow Park – the first site my field partner and I scouted on our own. We found out later\u00a0that glasswort is edible (it’s called sea bean in the culinary world), but very salty.<\/p><\/div>\n

July<\/strong>: More scouting, more rare plants, and our first independent collections in Long Island.<\/p>\n

A salt marsh path in Seatuck National Wildlife Refuge from which we collected black grass (Juncus gerardii<\/em>).<\/p><\/div>\n

A rare eastern spotted box turtle (Terrapene carolina<\/em>).<\/p><\/div>\n

An ant stuck in a rare carnivorous thread-leaved sundew plant (Drosera filiformis<\/em>)!<\/p><\/div>\n

Rare carnivorous horned bladderworts (Utricularia cornuta<\/em>).<\/p><\/div>\n

Meadow beauty (Rhexia virginica<\/em>) at Sears Bellows County Park. We collected this species here in September.<\/p><\/div>\n

Our black huckleberry (Gaylussacia baccata<\/em>) collection from Connetquot River State Park.<\/p><\/div>\n

August-September:\u00a0<\/strong>more scouting and collecting.<\/p>\n

The beautiful crimson-eyed rose mallow (Hibiscus moscheutos<\/em>) at Merrill Lake Sanctuary.<\/p><\/div>\n

Butterfly weed (Asclepias tuberosa<\/em>) at Conscience Point National Wildlife Refuge.<\/p><\/div>\n

A boquet of marsh lavendar (Limonium carolinianum<\/em>) and salt marsh fox glove (Agalinis maritima<\/em>) in Wading River Marsh.<\/p><\/div>\n

Patridge pea (Chamaecrista fasciulata<\/em>) at Scallop Pond Preserve.<\/p><\/div>\n

Chicken of the woods (Laetiporus<\/em> sp.) – unfortunately I didn’t realize this fungus is edible and delicious until later!<\/p><\/div>\n

My field partner, Emily, by the fish hatchery during our lunch break at Connetquot River State Park.<\/p><\/div>\n

Me, quite content, collecting American sea rocket (Cakile edentula<\/em>) at Nickerson Beach.<\/p><\/div>\n

Eastern prickly pear (Opuntia humifusa<\/em>) at Welwyn Preserve – I ate some of the delicious fruits on my birthday, but got a few prickles in the process.<\/p><\/div>\n

A monarch caterpillar on the leaves of some common milkweed we were collecting.<\/p><\/div>\n

October:<\/strong>\u00a0some quality time in the office, then back into the field.<\/p>\n

I spend a week and a half in the office after getting a laceration in a salt marsh from some broken glass, and I spend a lot of quality time with the office cat, Miss Kitty.<\/p><\/div>\n

I also made lots of herbarium vouchers, including this woolgrass (Scirpus cyperinus<\/em>) specimen.<\/p><\/div>\n

Finally back in the field! Seaside goldenrod (Solidago sempervirens<\/em>) and woolly beach heather (Hudsonia tomentosa<\/em>) by a nice, bleavhed\u00a0crab exoskeleton at Cupsogue Beach.<\/p><\/div>\n

Dune Rd in Westhampton floods twice a day with each high tide. It was an interesting adventure to drive through.<\/p><\/div>\n

The seed heads of some rabbit tobacco (Pseudognaphalium obtusifolium<\/em>) I collected at Cupsogue Beach.<\/p><\/div>\n

November: <\/strong>our\u00a0last collections of the season.<\/p>\n

A beautiful fall view at Gardiner County Park.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Another beautiful fall view, at Caleb Smith State Park.<\/p><\/div>\n

Some very late blooming American sea rocket (Cakile edentula<\/em>) in Accaounauc Harbor.<\/p><\/div>\n

Cakiles late-blooming buddy, evening primrose (Oenothera biennis<\/em>), also in Accabonauc Habor.<\/p><\/div>\n

Eastern groundselbush (Baccharis halimifolia<\/em>) fluff.<\/p><\/div>\n

The 6PM sunset on our last day in the field.<\/p><\/div>\n

Thanks for the great experience CLM. I hope my readers have enjoyed my posts and learned a few things about plants!<\/p>\n

Best,<\/p>\n

-Laura<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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