Some of the wildlife at Marine Park. The patter of duck feet on the water as they take off makes me smile.
Marine Park Fauna
Flower
Red and White Mums
Two-toned Chrysanthemums are special.
White Mums
Some pale Chrysanthemums from November at the New York Botanical Garden (nybg.org)
NYBG Reds
A selection of red flowers and leaves.
Hydrangeas and Leaves NYBG
Hydrangeas in the Fall are just as pretty as when they were in full bloom.
Sandy Hook Flora
As part of the littoral picnic one of the activities was to go on a walk to study plants by the shore. Alex and Zi showed us many plants. Sandy Hook’s ecology is part of the Pine Barrens which where there before the glaciers. Atlantic coastal pine barrens – Wikipedia
Between 170–200 million years ago, the Atlantic coastal plain began to form.
The Barrens formed in the southernmost and newest land area in New Jersey 1.8 to 65 million years ago, during the Tertiary era.
Over millions of years, the rising and falling of the coastline deposited minerals underground, culminating with the end of the last ice age about 12,000 years ago, when plants and trees began growing in what is now New Jersey.
Forest fires have been a common occurrence before habitation by humans. Fire has played a major ecological role in the Pinelands, and the ecotypes “suggest that short fire intervals may have been typical in the Pine Plains for many centuries, or millennia.” New Jersey Pine Barrens – Wikipedia
NYBG Flowers 1
Some traditional flowers at the NY Botanical Garden, Bronx, NY.
High Line
A local walk on the High Line Park, New York City.
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