Whether it is Winter or any other
season
New Jersey is one of the most populous states
never-the-less
it has a 42% tree cover
with Parsippany being recognized as
THE TREE
CITY
for the past 40,000 years
because the First Children planted
the
original groves of Weirwoods
in the eastern section of the township
where you can still find a few hardy specimens
of this species in a
secret hollow
that the ice age glacial cover did not reach
but these
wise and aware ancient ones are rare
and you are more likely to
encounter
much younger Weirwoods
that were planted from seeds
flown
on the Space Shuttle Columbia in 1997
and provided by the NJ State
Forest Nursery in Jackson having been planted in habitats that
contain
other outstanding and popular Parsippany
native plants some
of which
may be endangered or of local concern
such as the Wahoo,
Erect Bindweed,
Meadow Cuckoo-flower, Spiny Coontail,
Green
Adder's-mouth, Floating Heart,
Northern Panic Grass,
Strawberry-tomato,
Hooker's Orchid, Indian Physic,
Black-girdle
Woolgrass, Lace-lip Ladies'-tresses,
Humped Bladderwort, and every
artist's favorite, Stylosanthes biflora,
also known as
Pencil-flower
which ironically has recently become hard to find in
Pencil-vania.
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