{"id":616,"date":"2019-03-14T15:14:22","date_gmt":"2019-03-14T15:14:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ds.guilford.edu\/classes\/english\/228-2019s\/?p=616"},"modified":"2019-03-14T15:14:22","modified_gmt":"2019-03-14T15:14:22","slug":"the-vascular-plants-of-camp-dark-waters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ds.guilford.edu\/classes\/english\/228-2019s\/uncategorized\/the-vascular-plants-of-camp-dark-waters\/","title":{"rendered":"The Vascular Plants of Camp Dark Waters"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Continuing with Witmer Stone\u2019s findings of different specimens of plants between 1899 to 1910 on Camp Dark Waters\u2019 land, John Braxton and Wayne R. Ferren Jr. studied and compared the plants found in 2015 on the same lands to Witmer Stones discoveries in the past. Stone found 327 herbarium specimens of plants during is time collecting and studying on Camp Dark Waters\u2019 land. To start off Braxton and Ferren, examined 72 herbarium specimens that Stone collected in Medford. It appeared that 70 of these species are currently growing at Camp Dark Waters. When Stone collected specimens, he started to label the locations where he found these planets, so 69 out of the 72 specimens were labeled designating either \u201cFlora of Catocksin<\/g>\u201d or \u201cVicinity of Catoxen Cabin\u201d. The \u201cMedford\u201d label was found with three of the specimen which indicated that they were collected from a different location very near to \u201cMedford.\u201d But, when carefully inspecting again, it turned out that two of the specimen had the label \u201cMedford.\u201d These two specimen<\/g> were matching because their labels were either \u201cCatocksin<\/g>\u201d or \u201cCatoxen\u201d, which meant that 99% of the 72 specimens are growing in Medford currently and near or at Camp Dark Waters. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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One sample of a specimen that Witmer Stone collected in Medford, New Jersey (photo in The Vascular Plants of Camp Dark Waters, Medford, New Jersey, 1912 to 2015<\/em>)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Compared to Stone\u2019s 327 specimens of plants he collected, there are only 141 identified vascular planets found at Camp Dark Waters in 2015. There has been a real decrease in plant life since 1910, which can be studied more closely to understand this decline. It was wondered if the specimen that Stone found labeled \u201cMedford\u201d, were found in another location, not at Camp Dark Waters. By randomly selecting 61 herbarium specimen collected by Stone that is not currently growing at Camp Dark Waters, Braxton and Ferren analyzed these species. Out of the 61, 58 of these specimen or 95 % were collected from the location of \u201cCatocksin<\/g>\u201d or \u201cCatoxen\u201d. The rest of the three specimens were labeled \u201cMedford\u201d, and since we know some of Stones labels of \u201cMedford\u201d were matching specimens collect at \u201cCamp Catoxen\u201d. It\u2019s likely that all the specimens labeled \u201cMedford\u201d were gathered in the vicinity of Camp Catoxen. It\u2019s probable that the 261 specimen that Stone found in Medford long ago was in the vicinity of what currently is Camp Dark Waters. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Another Specimen that Witmer Stone collected in Medford, New Jersey (Photo in The Vascular Plants of Camp Dark Waters, Medford, New Jersey, 1912 to 2015)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Now, I know you\u2019re wondering, \u201cWhy are there only 141 specimens currently in the vicinity of Camp Dark Waters instead of 261 when Stone studied the land in 1911? Well, there are multiple factors that contribute to this change which includes: ecological succession, the shift in human inhabitants bordering in the camp affects species composition and lastly the heavy use of the land by campers. All of these elements have affected the changes in natural life throughout the years because nothing stays constant. I will dive deeper into the details of each element in the next blog. But for right not, everything in nature is constantly adjusting and adapting to new conditions, but this is the beauty of the natural world. Everything has to keep moving forward, so all species can thrive and survive on this earth.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Fun addition: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the appendix one of the article The Vascular Plants of Camp Dark Waters, Medford, New Jersey, 1912 to 2015 <\/em>by John Braxton and Wayne R. Ferren Jr. list all the species that are grown at Camp Dark Waters. This image is only the first page of the list, but there are four more continuous pages of listed species.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Photo credit: The Vascular Plants of Camp Dark Waters, Medford, New Jersey, 1912 to 2015 <\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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