[APD] Lobelia cardinalis observations

["Jerry Smith" <jerrytheplater at hotmail_com>]

I went for a hike on New Year's Eve in the Norvin Green State Forest in 
Bloomingdale, NJ and noticed some very healthy Lobelia's in the Post's Brook 
where the Hewitt to Butler trail crosses the brook. This made me take a 
mental note to see what they looked like in the Spring. I went today and 
they had a few leaves that were dieing, but otherwise they looked very fresh 
and green. They are growing in a protected eddy of a very swiftly flowing 
rocky stream. They are about 6 inches below the waters surface. They will 
not get any direct sun as it is densely wooded at this point. I can see the 
dried flower stalk from last years flowers still present. I guess I am 
surprised that they stayed a fresh looking green all winter. We just had 
about 6 inches of snow on Wednesday and it is still on the ground at the 
higher elevations(1100 feet) in the woods. Today was sunny and in the high 
40's low 50's. The water is very cold. It hurts my fingers to keep them in 
it for more than a few minutes.

Jerry Smith in Bloomingdale, NJ


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