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Photographed some Utricularia striata and Utricularia gibba side by side to show some of the differences. Record is for the Utricularia striata though.

Fruit about 2 cm in diameter. Naturalized in a brushy field. Photographed in February and June 2019.

Donald J. Trump State Park, Indian Hill Section.

Hugh Wilson's entry in our Longest Dandelion Leaf competition: 77 cm!

Robbie Holdaway's enormous dandelion from 38 Wyn Street, with a 61.5 cm long leaf.

I could be wrong, but gosh, i hope I am right.

Hammond's Yellow Spring Beauty (Claytonia virginica var. hammondiae) -TNC Arctic Meadows Preserve

? It looks very “Hollyish”

I think so

Jonathan's Woods, on rocks in shallow, rocky stream, at waterline and below

On a wet, de-barked, rotting log.

Chaffy receptacle? What does that look like?

S. Dumosum: can be purple,
S. Racemosum mostly white
S. Tenuifolium? Slender fleshy leaves, but not chartaceous bracts

Laurel-leaf greenbrier. Also known as "blaspheme-vine", for reasons readily apparent on examining its large, woody, thorny stems.

Edwin b forsythe nwr, may be bightensis; location not exact

herb; the last 6 photos contrast this species with the similar-looking C. grisea which was growing in the same field (C. grisea to the left, C. amphibola to the right)

Leopard gecko

One of the few, if not the only places R. prinophyllum is found in the state

Capsules with stipitate hairs

:3 @swampythings
I completely overlooked this guy. Thanks for finding it.

Cedar swamp

Female tree forming fruits! Also, winter leaf bud getting set to break bud. Really tricky to find any leaves for identification marker.

Pine Barrens thoroughwort. Globally vulnerable, but this may be the largest population in New Jersey, a whole field of it.

Quite a few here, all female. Some 20 feet tall. Cephaleuros lichen on leaves.

Glade