MARCH COLLECTIONS

March 29, 2006

Bronx Co., New York

54238-54245 Bronx, New York Botanical Garden. Voucher for a leaf tissue and DNA sample collected for the New York Botanical Garden Forest DNA Barcoding Project; funded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.

Coll.: M. Nee & K. Cameron

54238 Caprifoliaceae Lonicera fragrantissima Lindl. & Paxt.

Shrub with several arching stems, 2.5 m. tall, to 3 cm. in diameter; bark loose, in long, more or less papery. Along bridge on side of Lower Twin Lake, not certain if planted or not, brushy, disturbed area with both native, naturalized and planted species, with Aralia elata, Phellodendron amurense. Flowers fragrant, visited by by Apis mellifera (2:45 P.M., sunny); corolla white; anthers yellow.

40°52'02'N, 73°52'36"W. alt. 59 ft.

54239 Pinaceae Pinus strobus L.

det. M. Nee, 2006

Tree 10 m. tall, 20 cm. in diameter. Cones from ground. Several trees here at edge of bridge over Twin Lakes, planted in partly wooded area.

40°52'05'N, 73°52'35'W. alt. 59 ft.

54240 Liliaceae Galanthus nivalis L.

det. M. Nee, 2006

Common in places at edge of lawn, forming clumps, near Operations Building, with Aralia elata, Cornus mas, mixture of wild and cultivated species. Inner tepals with green zone at tip. Flowers nodding.

40°51'40'N, 73°52'25'W. alt. 83 ft.

54241 Cornaceae Cornus mas L.

det. M. Nee, 2006

Cultivated shrub 4.5 m. tall, 18 cm. in diameter, between Family Garde and Operations Building. Bark light brown, finely flaky. Flowers odorless, bright yellow.

40°51'40'N, 73°52'25'W. alt. 83 ft.

54242-54243 Very thin soil over bedrock, edge of Garden and Montgomery Conifer Collection across from the Bronx Zoo.

54242 Brassicaceae Arabidopsis thaliana (L.) Heynh

det. M. Nee, 2006

40°51'22'N, 73°52'27'W. alt. 49 ft.

Erect rosette herbs in thin, frost-worked soil over bedrock. Also present in slightly deeper soil on grass sward, but mostly smaller there and not yet blooming. Petals white.

54243 Lamiaceae Lamium purpureum L.

det. M. Nee, 2006

Only a few plants. Corolla pinkish purple.

40°51'22'N, 73°52'27'W. alt. 49 ft.

54244 Aceraceae Acer rubrum L.

det. M. Nee, 2006

Male tree 9 m. tall, 30 cm. in diameter. Bronx River floodplain near highway bridge by Bronx Zoo. Bud scales and flowers red; filaments white at base, pink distally; anthers red, then turning black after pollen released.

40°51'25.5'N, 73°52'35'W. alt. 45 ft.

54245 Betulaceae Alnus glutinosa (L.) Gaertn.

det. M. Nee, 2006

Tree 12 m. tall, 20 cm. in diameter. Male inflorescences hanging; old fruiting cones brown. At bridge over Bronx River by the Snuff Mill.

40°51'32.6'N, 73°52'34.5'W. alt. 49 ft.