Bog Asphodel - Narthecium ossifragum – Lily family - Latin name of ossifragum, means 'bone breaker'. A lack of calcium in bog plants as a whole would have lead to nutrient deficiencies in those cattle that grazed there.

Three extraordinarily beautiful wildflowers, Pine Barrens Gentian, Bog Asphodel and Swamp Pink, provide a lesson in the importance of New Jersey’s Pine Barrens to preserving global biodiversity.

May 18, 2023 · It appears there are only three true cases of endemic Pine Barrens plants. One is bog asphodel, a beautiful wildflower in the lily family, with bright yellow flowers. It occurs only in a scarce, specialized habitat: open, boggy fens along slow-flowing creeks or rivers.

The New Jersey Pine Barrens, also known as the Pinelands or simply the Pines, is the largest remaining example of the Atlantic coastal pine barrens ecosystem, stretching across more than seven counties of New Jersey.

Pine forests give the Pine Barrens its typical aspect. In these forests, pitch pine covers 30 percent or more of the ground and contributes 50 percent or more of the tree stems I inch or more in diameter.

The South Carolina Department of Natural Resources Heritage Trust Program has protected a population of the pine barrens treefrog through registration of a gas line rights-of-way in Kershaw County.

Bog Iron is encountered in slow moving Pine Barrens streams when iron oxide and tannic acid form a precipitate that may form in 40 years or more. Green Sand Marl, or Glauconite, occurs in ancient shorelines along the edge of the Inner Coastal Plain.

Jun 7, 2020 · On cloudy and humid summer evenings, it’s a wonderful place to hear and perhaps even see and photograph the reclusive Pine Barrens Tree Frog. Though the boardwalk is hardly ever crowded, weekdays are optimum and on many days, you can have it all to yourself.

Three extraordinarily beau-tiful wildflowers, Pine Barrens Gentian, Bog Asphodel and Swamp Pink, provide a lesson in the importance of New Jersey’s Pine Barrens to pre-serving global biodiversity.

May 24, 2022 · Robert Laucks, founder of the Facebook group Bog Iron Outdoors, speaks about his passion for the Pine Barrens and shares some of his favorite photos.