Between Sand Street Beach and West Meadow Creek
Stony Brook NY, Late April 2024
Description: Tight clump of long, green basal leaves with a tall stalk topped with dried flowers (paniculiform inflorescence) left over from last summer/fall. Growing in rocky beach between Smithtown Bay and West Meadow Creek.
Avalon Nature Preserve: Forest Sanctuary
Stony Brook NY, Late May 2024
Description: Leaves are green, smooth, ovate, with single toothed margins. Horizontal lenticils are visible on the gray-colored bark plates of this mature tree.