The Vascular Plants of Cape May Point State Park Cape May County, New Jersey

Abstract

SurrON, P. (Cape May Bird Observatory, Cape May Point, NJ 08212), R. MEYER (5 Railroad Lane, White House Station, NJ 08889) AND R. STALTER (Dept. Bio. Sci., St. John's Univ., Jamaica, NY 11439). The vascular plants of Cape May Point State Park, Cape May County, New Jersey. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 117: 294-300. 1990.-The vegetation at Cape May Point State Park, Cape May County, New Jersey was extensively studied from June 1977 to November 1985 by P. Sutton; while specimens were collected from July 1987 to October 1988 by R. Stalter. Three hundred seventy-seven specific and subspecific taxa of vascular plants were identified in 219 genera and 79 families. Panicum mutabile is a new record for New Jersey. Nine species are new records for Cape May County. Largest families are Poaceae (64 species) and Asteraceae (64 species) and Asteraceae (62 species) with Panicum, Juncus and Solidago as largest genera. Thirty-four percent of the taxa are not native to the United States.