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Downer is the New Jersey state soil. The Downer has four soil horizons: Surface layer: dark grayish brown loamy sand; Subsurface layer: grayish brown sandy loam; Subsoil - upper: yellowish brown gravelly sandy loam; Subsoil - lower: yellowish brown sand and coarse sand; The Downer Series was established in 1960 in Gloucester County. Downer ...
Daviesia epiphyllum is a rigid, erect and spreading, glabrous shrub that typically grows to a height of 0.3–1.5 m (1 ft 0 in – 4 ft 11 in). Its branches are reduced to flattened, staghorn-shaped phylloclades 5–20 mm (0.20–0.79 in) wide, the leaves reduced to oblong phyllodes 3–12 mm (0.12–0.47 in) long and 3–8 mm (0.12–0.31 in) wide with cuspidate, sharply-pointed tips.
Epiphyllum (/ ˌ ɛ p ɪ ˈ f ɪ l əm /; [3] "upon the leaf" in Greek) is a genus of epiphytic plants in the cactus family (Cactaceae), native to Central America and South America. Common names for these species include climbing cacti, orchid cacti and leaf cacti, though the latter also refers to the genus Pereskia.
Fall is a great time in New Jersey to see a fantastic array of yellows, oranges, and reds on the leaves of trees and shrubs. This year the colors have been especially brilliant.
Island Beach State Park is a New Jersey state park located just south of Seaside Park on the Barnegat Peninsula in Berkeley Township, Ocean County, New Jersey, United States. The park is operated and maintained by the New Jersey Division of Parks and Forestry. Most of the park encompasses the former borough of Island Beach.
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A plant called Epiphyllum splendidus was crossed with Disocactus crenatus by Hovey & Co. of Boston in about 1870, [9] [10] but the so-called "Epiphyllum" is actually a reddish-flowered form of Disocactus. [10] Edward Frederick Anderson thinks Pseudorhipsalis spp. are in the parentage of epiphyllum hybrids. [11]
Epiphyllum phyllanthus, commonly known as the climbing cactus, is a species of epiphytic cacti. It has no leaves, instead having stems that photosynthesise. It is thought to be pollinated by hawkmoths, as the flowers only open at night and produce a strong fragrance.