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Asiatic Wall Jumping Spider (Attulus fasciger)Observer
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Marine Park area, Brooklyn. Indoors on kitchen counter top, at edge of sink.
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Common Blue Violet (Viola sororia)Observer
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Marine Park area, Brooklyn. Sidewalk space, Hendrickson Street.
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Japanese Mazus (Mazus pumilus)Observer
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Marine Park area, Brooklyn. Sidewalk fissure, Hendrickson Street.
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Hairy Bittercress (Cardamine hirsuta)Observer
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Brooklyn, 13th Street & Kings Highway. Concrete container for plants outside building, with “weeds”.
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Purslane Speedwell (Veronica peregrina)Observer
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Brooklyn, 13th Street & Kings Highway. Concrete container for plants outside building, with “weeds”. Also in sidewalk fissure. (Also in same container Cardamine hirsuta, Erigeron sp., Oxalis sp.)
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Bonfire Moss (Funaria hygrometrica)Observer
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Long Island City, Queens. Thomson Avenue sidewalk space.
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Japanese Pagoda Tree (Styphnolobium japonicum)Observer
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Long Island City, Queens. Skillman Avenue between Thomson Avenue & Queens Blvd. Cultivated street tree, observation mainly to draw attention to the yellowish stains left on sidewalk from fallen fruits from previous year (many still on trees). Always notice these stains at this time of the year. Anyone know the chemical compound?
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Mouse-ear Chickweeds (Genus Cerastium)Observer
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Long Island City, Queens. Skillman Avenue between Queens Blvd & Thomson Avenue. Sidewalk fissures.
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Shepherd's-Purse (Capsella bursa-pastoris)Observer
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Long Island City, Queens. Skillman Avenue between Queens Blvd & Thomson Avenue. In neglected sidewalk spaces & along cement base of fence separating road from railway tracks.
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Shepherd's-Purse (Capsella bursa-pastoris)Observer
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Flatlands area, Brooklyn. Sidewalk spaces for street trees. Several sidewalk spaces along Flatbush Avenue, Shepherd’s-purse very noticeable now, in flower & most also with fruits.
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Common Chickweed (Stellaria media)Observer
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Flatlands area, Brooklyn. Sidewalk space for street tree. Conspicuous by presence of well developed flowers, usually Stellaria in this habitat apparently lacking flowers is Stellaria apetala.
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Dandelions (Genus Taraxacum)Observer
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Flatlands area, Brooklyn. Sidewalk space for street tree. Two examples. Many in bloom in this type of habitat, flowers flat on ground.
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American Robin (Turdus migratorius)Observer
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Marine Park, Brooklyn. Grassy areas between Ave U & Lenape Playground. Photos added in reverse order.
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Four-lined Silverfish (Ctenolepisma lineatum)Observer
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Marine Park area, Brooklyn. Kitchen floor. (Photographed in container & released.)
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Chickweeds (Genus Stellaria)Observer
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Marine Park area, Brooklyn. Sidewalk space for street tree.
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Common Mouse-ear Chickweed (Cerastium fontanum)Observer
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Marine Park area, Brooklyn. Sidewalk space for street tree.
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Red Deadnettle (Lamium purpureum)Observer
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Marine Park, Brooklyn. Grassy area south of Avenue U.
These patches with many plants flowering.
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Henbit Deadnettle (Lamium amplexicaule)Observer
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Marine Park, Brooklyn. Grassy area south of Avenue U.
These patches with many plants flowering.
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European Field Pansy (Viola arvensis)Observer
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Marine Park, Brooklyn. Grassy area south of Avenue U.
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Henbit Deadnettle (Lamium amplexicaule)Observer
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Marine Park, Brooklyn. Grassy area south of Avenue U (between Ave U & Lenape Playground).
Henbit not yet flowering forming maroon patches on ground (often with Hairy Bittercress).
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Shepherd's-Purse (Capsella bursa-pastoris)Observer
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Marine Park, Brooklyn. Grassy area beside Lenape Playground.
(Note: Capsella bursa-pastoris rosettes are very visible all over NYC now, in sidewalk spaces for street trees, pavement cracks, etc., some in flower but mostly without fruits.)
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Red Deadnettle (Lamium purpureum)Observer
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Marine Park, Brooklyn. Grassy area beside Lenape Playground.
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Hairy Bittercress (Cardamine hirsuta)Observer
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Marine Park, Brooklyn. Grassy area beside Lenape Playground.
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Dicots (Class Magnoliopsida)Observer
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Marine Park, Brooklyn. Between golf course & Nature Center trail. Under dry rotten piece of wood. Perhaps Veronica seedlings.
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Typical Glass Snails (Genus Oxychilus)Observer
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Marine Park, Brooklyn. Between golf course & Nature Center trail. Under dry rotten piece of wood.
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Family JulidaeObserver
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Marine Park, Brooklyn. Between golf course & Nature Center trail. Under dry rotten piece of wood.
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Common Striped Woodlouse (Philoscia muscorum)Observer
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Marine Park, Brooklyn. Between golf course & Nature Center trail. Under dry rotten piece of wood.
Video clip: https://x.com/elaphrornis/status/1774541841053991235?s=20
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Ivy-leaved Speedwell (Veronica hederifolia)Observer
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Marine Park, Brooklyn. Between golf course & Nature Center trail.
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American Robin (Turdus migratorius)Observer
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Marine Park, Brooklyn. Between golf course and Nature Center trail.
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Lesser Celandine (Ficaria verna)Observer
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Marine Park, Brooklyn. Between golf course & Nature Center trail.
