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  1. To come: water lilies (Lenape); bergamots (McDade); bee balm (Dunnfield); rhododendron (Dingmans). Enjoy!^mmj 5:31 AM May 19th via HootSuite
  2. Don't eat this one! After weeks of sweet flowers, here's a park plant you want to leave alone-Freeman Tract Road. ^mmj ow.ly/i/Dw4L 4:49 PM May 18th via HootSuite
  3. Two flowered cynthia is like a dandelion on a thin 2-ft. stem. Look in woods and meadows May to August^mmj ow.ly/i/vBbq 5:05 AM May 18th via HootSuite
  4. Under the boardwalk--River Road has reopened and here's the new support for the boardwalk trail around the swamp^mmj ow.ly/i/DkFj 2:31 PM May 17th via HootSuite
  5. Snacking on leftovers south of Smithfield.^mmj ow.ly/i/Dfj0 ow.ly/i/Dfja 4:35 AM May 17th via HootSuite
  6. Shadbush is a tree/shrub blooming about when shad come upriver in May/June. Look at HQ swamp^mmj ow.ly/i/vwx0 5:35 AM May 16th via HootSuite
  7. River Rd will close from park HQ to Hialeah on Thurs 5/17 from midnight Wed/Thurs to 3:00 p.m. Thurs.for construction & repair^mmj... 4:41 AM May 16th via HootSuite
  8. Not just violet! Downy yellow violets bloom in May and June. Check along Dunnfield Hollow Trail^mmj ow.ly/i/vwtz 5:31 AM May 14th via HootSuite
  9. Gaywings (fringed polygala) look like little pink airplanes. They fly at HQ & Millbrook Village in May and June^mmj ow.ly/i/vwt2 5:25 AM May 12th via HootSuite
  10. Buttermilk Falls, Walpack Center, NJ 5/11/12^mmj ow.ly/i/CzFD 2:34 PM May 11th via HootSuite
  11. False hellebore has huge ribbed yellow-green leaves that wither by summer. Look May to July at Dingmans^mmj ow.ly/i/vwrj 5:25 AM May 10th via HootSuite
  12. Red and yellow flowers of wild columbine adorn rocky outcrops beginning in April. Look at Buttermilk Fall, NJ^mmj ow.ly/i/vwqT 5:21 AM May 8th via HootSuite
  13. Wild geranium or crane’s bill bloom along the Dingmans boardwalk and many other trails from April to June^mmj ow.ly/i/vwqx 5:20 AM May 6th via HootSuite
  14. Pinxter flower is a pink azalea blooming May to June. Look in dry or wet forests for this showy shrub^mmj ow.ly/i/vwoK 5:15 AM May 4th via HootSuite
  15. We've started posting evetns in the park for this season.. Take a look at the schedule as it fills in at (^mmj) ow.ly/aF8R9 2:12 PM May 2nd via HootSuite
  16. In for a landing... Fringed polygala (gaywings) are already touching down on McDade Trail. More on them on May 12.^mmj ow.ly/i/BldM 2:02 PM May 2nd via HootSuite
  17. Bullhead lily is a round aquatic native blooming all summer starting in May. Look at Blackor Stucki Ponds^mmj ow.ly/i/vwp7 5:15 AM May 2nd via HootSuite
  18. Would you recognize an alien invaders ... check out Mile-a-minute weed. ^mmj More at ow.ly/aDxJH ow.ly/i/Bcny 1:44 PM May 1st via HootSuite
  19. Pale green bells hang from the arched stem of Solomon’s seal in May. Look at Dingmans or Buttermilk Falls^mmj ow.ly/i/vwop 5:15 PM Apr 30th via HootSuite
  20. Mayapple gives a flower in May and a fruit in the summer. Look at Buttermilk Falls and Thunder Mt NJ^mmj ow.ly/i/vwng 5:10 AM Apr 28th via HootSuite
  • Name Del Water Gap NPS
  • Location Pennsylvania / New Jersey.
  • Web http://www.nps.go...
  • Bio Delaware Water Gap, a part of the National Park System, preserves natural & historic areas along the Delaware River less than 2 hours from NYC & Philadelphia.
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