Highland Park Regional Chapter will have a table at the EARTH Center field day/open house event this Saturday August 20 (11AM 4PM). Please come and stop by. We could use volunteers for each of the 2 shifts 1st shift: 11AM to 1:30PM (incl. installation)2nd shift: 1:30 to 4:30PM (incl. packing up) Please write us at if you can help.
Where: Delaware and Raritan Canal path (Meet on the parking lot near the canal bridge) Area of the Van Wickle historical house 1289 Easton Avenue (near Demott lane traffic light) Franklin Township (this is the Somerset section of Franklin Township) Herve Barrier will lead the Nature Walk. The objective is to identify as many plants as possible. Be ... Read more
Our objective is to Increase plant identification skills of the whole group. Be ready to take pictures of plants and plant anomalies (e.g., insect leafminers, galls, etc.); we will post the observations on iNaturalist.org. You may want to get an account on that site if you don't have one yet.Hervé Barrier will lead the Nature ... Read more
Notes on Historically Important NJ Native Trees
And The Peoples of North America
Talk by Hubert Ling, Ph.D. Primitive photosynthetic organisms are generally ignored and unknown. However, these plants are essential to our survival and continually interact with humans in a multitude of ways. These are tales of adventure, discovery, amazement, sickness, and death and life. Along the way, you will see the 1 mm organism which can be observed from ... Read more
We will have a nature walk in Tamarack Hollow Preserve, a Middlesex County Park. It has sandy soils (the area is cretaceous) and has a large colony of mountain laurel. The area is mostly shaded and the path wide. We will focus on plant anomalies, interactions with insects, with fungi, etc.). Past observations at this time of ... Read more
We will have an informal tour of this 2-acre park of native plants which is managed and maintained by volunteers. We will conduct a bioblitz on the site and report the observations of Inaturalist.org. Check out some of the plants which are growing in the Native Plant Sanctuary: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=182150&subview=map&verifiable=any If you wish, bring your lunch; ... Read more
We are delighted to announce the following lecture by Hubert Ling, PhD, former NPSNJ president, at the East Brunswick Public Library or on zoom. Invasive Plants and Their Impact on Our Environment. Are they Growing in Your Back yard? Invasive plants, decrease the ecological health of our world, decrease available food and nesting areas, reduce biological diversity, and ... Read more
