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This list of botanical gardens and arboretums in New Jersey is intended to include all significant botanical gardens and arboretums in the U.S. state of New Jersey [1] [2] [3] Name Image
It is also known as the jacaranda, blue jacaranda, black poui, Nupur or fern tree. Older sources call it J. acutifolia , but it is nowadays more usually classified as J. mimosifolia . In scientific usage, the name "jacaranda" refers to the genus Jacaranda , which has many other members, but in horticultural and everyday usage, it nearly always ...
The name is of South American (more specifically Tupi-Guarani) origin, meaning fragrant. [3] The word jacaranda was described in A supplement to Mr. Chambers's Cyclopædia, 1st ed., (1753) as "a name given by some authors to the tree the wood of which is the log-wood, used in dyeing and medicine" and as being of Tupi-Guarani origin, [4] [5] by way of Portuguese. [6]
What would Los Angeles be like without the nearly 30,000 jacaranda trees on city streets? It depends on who you ask. "The tree stands for California at its worst: all flash, no substance, a pain ...
This category contains the native flora of New Jersey as defined by the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions. Taxa of the lowest rank are always included; taxa of higher ranks (e.g. genus) are only included if monotypic or endemic. Include taxa here that are endemic or have restricted distributions (e.g. only a few ...
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The real estate market in New Jersey is sending mixed signals, according to the New Jersey Real Estate Network. On one hand, a 12.5% year-over-year increase in median sales prices across all...
Former New Jersey governor Foster M. Voorhees created the park with donation of his 325-acre (1.32 km 2) farm; scenic views of Round Valley Reservoir and Spruce Run Reservoir; an observatory and astronomy education center, operated by the New Jersey Astronomical Association, offers the largest working telescope accessible to the public in the ...