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Icius subinermisObserv.
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Long Island City, Queens. On wall inside building. Unfortunately not collected.
Video clip here: https://x.com/elaphrornis/status/1787914046815006916
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Género AphisObserv.
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Long Island City, Queens. 29th Street at Skillman Avenue. Base of planted tree. On Vicia sativa but apparently not on adjacent Vicia hirsuta.
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Lenteja Rústica (Vicia sativa)Observ.
elaphrornisDescripción
Long Island City, Queens. 29th Street near Skillman Avenue. Base of planted tree. Together Vicia hirsuta.
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Vicia hirsutaObserv.
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Long Island City, Queens. 29th Street near Skillman Avenue. Base of planted tree. Together with Vicia sativa. Leaflets & leaves of Vicia hirsuta much more slender than those of Vicia sativa.
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Observ.
elaphrornisDescripción
Long Island City, Queens. 29th Street at Skillman Avenue. Base of planted tree. Together with Capsella.
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Bolsa de Pastor (Capsella bursa-pastoris)Observ.
elaphrornisDescripción
Long Island City, Queens. 29th Street at Skillman Avenue. Base of planted tree. Together with Arabidopsis.
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Achicoria (Cichorium intybus)Observ.
elaphrornisDescripción
Long Island City, Queens. Skillman Avenue. Between sidewalk & fence. Most Chicory plants with flowering stalks (minus flowers) well developed.
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Pasto Espiguilla (Bromus tectorum)Observ.
elaphrornisDescripción
Long Island City, Queens. Skillman Avenue. Neglected sidewalk space for street tree.
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Observ.
elaphrornisDescripción
Long Island City, Queens. Skillman Avenue, between sidewalk & fence. Poor view of leaves unfortunately, not entirely sure of identification.
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Gorrión Doméstico (Passer domesticus)Observ.
elaphrornisDescripción
Kings Highway B/Q subway station, Brooklyn.
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Llantén Menor (Plantago lanceolata)Observ.
elaphrornisDescripción
Long Island City, Queens. Skillman Avenue, tree pit.
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Mastuerzo de Indias (Lepidium didymum)Observ.
elaphrornisDescripción
Marine Park area, Brooklyn. Edge of sidewalk space, have noted species here regularly in previous years.
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Observ.
elaphrornisDescripción
Marine Park area, Brooklyn. On Groundsel Bush at fence beside sidewalk. Have observed the species on same tree in previous years. Several larvae seen.
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Tribu TephritiniObserv.
elaphrornisDescripción
Marine Park area, Brooklyn. On Groundsel Bush at fence beside sidewalk. At least two seen.
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Mariquita Asiática (Harmonia axyridis)Observ.
elaphrornisDescripción
Marine Park area, Brooklyn. On Groundsel Bush at fence beside sidewalk.
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Gorrión Doméstico (Passer domesticus)Observ.
elaphrornisDescripción
Marine Park area, Brooklyn. Nestling, dead, apparently House Sparrow, possibly from nest in hollow cross bar of traffic lights, at base of which the bird was found.
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Abejorro del Noreste de Estados Unidos (Bombus impatiens)Observ.
elaphrornisDescripción
Marine Park, Brooklyn. Grassy area near Lenape Playground. Visiting White Clover.
Video clip here: https://x.com/elaphrornis/status/1787574073448665141?s=46&t=phF3duWEmx0MWbLYKAFuNA
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Lenteja Rústica (Vicia sativa)Observ.
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Marine Park, Brooklyn. Edge of wilderness area west of Lenape Playground.
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Carretón Rosado (Trifolium pratense)Observ.
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Marine Park, Brooklyn. Edge of wilderness area west of Lenape Playground.
Only a few Red Clover plants seem to be in flower at present, last photo shows different clump without visible flowers.
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Hierba Gallinera (Stellaria media)Observ.
elaphrornisDescripción
Marine Park, Brooklyn. Edge of wilderness area west of Lenape Playground.
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Mosca Calígrafa del Oriente (Toxomerus geminatus)Observ.
elaphrornisDescripción
Marine Park, Brooklyn. Edge of wilderness area west of Lenape Playground. On Stellaria media flower.
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Colleja (Silene latifolia)Observ.
elaphrornisDescripción
Marine Park, Brooklyn. Wilderness area west of Lenape Playground.
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Observ.
elaphrornisDescripción
Marine Park, Brooklyn. Grassy area between Avenue U & Lenape Playground
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Tréboles Agrios o Vinagreras (Género Oxalis)Observ.
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Marine Park, Brooklyn. Grassy area between Avenue U & Lenape Playground.
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Observ.
elaphrornisDescripción
Marine Park, Brooklyn. Grassy area between Avenue U & Lenape Playground.
Either Geranium pusillum or Geranium molle, leaf shape suggests former which I think is the species most common in this kind of habitat.
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Trifolium dubiumObserv.
elaphrornisDescripción
Marine Park, Brooklyn. Grassy area between Avenue U & Lenape Playground.
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Myosotis strictaObserv.
elaphrornisDescripción
Marine Park, Brooklyn. Grassy area between Avenue U & Lenape Playground.
Leaf underside photos show uncinate hairs especially on midrib, other diagnostic features of species visible in photos of whole plants & closeups of flowers.
Will add additional photos later from fresh material collected, including closeups of uncinate hairs on leaf underside.
See the following article:
Jones, A. & Rumsey, F. 2019. Myosotis stricta: a likely native and overlooked forget-me-not in Britain. BSBI News 141: 8-9.
https://www.bsbi.org/wp-content/uploads/dlm_uploads/BSBI-News-141-website-version.pdf
Explanation of photographs:
Photos 1-9 (cellphone) & 15-22 (camera) taken in field (site as described & with coordinates as given).
Remaining photos taken in the lab on 7 May 2024.
Smallest division of stage micrometer = 0.1 mm.
Additional References:
Gleason, H. A. & Cronquist, A. 1991 (2009). Manual of Vascular Plants of Northeastern United States and Adjacent Canada. The New York Botanical Garden, New York. xlvi, 993 pages.
Rhoads, A. F. & Block, T. A. 2007. The Plants of Pennsylvania: An Illustrated Manual. 2nd edition. University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia. vii, 1042 pages.
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Cerraja (Sonchus oleraceus)Observ.
elaphrornisDescripción
Marine Park area, Brooklyn. Edge of sidewalk beside building.
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Gamarza (Matricaria discoidea)Observ.
elaphrornisDescripción
Marine Park area, Brooklyn. Sidewalk fissures, Hendrickson Street at Avenue U. Well established here. (Pineapple weed is extremely common as a sidewalk crack plant in some areas/blocks, yet absent in other places.)
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Cebadas (Género Hordeum)Observ.
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Mill Basin area, Brooklyn. Inner edge of sidewalk by building.
