{"id":76298,"date":"2017-07-06T08:57:19","date_gmt":"2017-07-06T15:57:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev-clm-blog.pantheonsite.io\/?p=76298"},"modified":"2017-07-06T08:57:19","modified_gmt":"2017-07-06T15:57:19","slug":"week-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/?p=76298","title":{"rendered":"Week One"},"content":{"rendered":"

I started my internship on June 15 at the Greenbelt Native Plant Center in Staten Island, NY.\u00a0 The first couple of days were spent getting set up at the office, exploring the nursery and doing some work in the Seed Lab.\u00a0 The next week began with three days in the field on the east end of Long Island.\u00a0 We visited several different habitats and learned numerous native species.\u00a0 All in all we hiked over 20 miles through dunes, high salt marsh, pitch pine lowlands, inland coastal mixed hardwood forests and freshwater wetlands.\u00a0 Having lived on the east end of Long Island for the past 3 years, I am ashamed to say I had been to only 1 of the sites that we scouted.\u00a0 In this part of the state where residential development continues at an unrelenting pace, the profound beauty and tranquility of these natural areas provides a stark contrast. \u00a0I am inspired to be doing work supporting the resiliency and protection of these precious resources.\u00a0 I look forward to many more adventures and to starting our seed collections in the weeks to come.<\/p>\n

Sarah, Mid-Atlantic Regional Seed Bank<\/p>\n

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High Salt Marsh, Hubbard County Park<\/p><\/div>\n

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Juncus gerardii<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

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Eubotrys racemosa,<\/em> still holding last seasons beautiful seed heads, common in the adjacent pine barrens<\/p><\/div>\n

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Hither Woods in Montauk, mixed hardwood coastal forest carpeted with Carex pensylvanica<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

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Native thistle breakfast for a bumble bee<\/p><\/div>\n

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Walking Dunes Trail in Montauk with Quercus ilicifolia, Hudsonia tomentosa<\/em> and Ammophila breviligulata<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

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The “Wind Tunnel” with Napeague Harbor in the distance<\/p><\/div>\n

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Calopogon pulchellus,<\/em> a rare orchid we were hoping to find in bloom in one of the bogs among the dunes<\/p><\/div>\n

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Otis Pike Preserve, Pinus rigida<\/em> showing evidence of a prior burn<\/p><\/div>\n

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More Carex pensylvanica<\/em>, I love the contrast of lush green and the scorched, denuded trees<\/p><\/div>\n

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Comptonia peregrina<\/em>, rarely able to be collected, which we found in great numbers and loaded with fruit<\/p><\/div>\n

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Catalpa speciosa<\/em> blossoms, I have never gotten to see this tree in bloom<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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