A Preliminary Study of the Vascular Plants of Bayswater State Park, New York City, New York.A preliminary survey of the vascular flora of Bayswater State Park, New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. , New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , a 4.9 hectare site bordering Jamaica Bay Jamaica Bay, c.20 sq mi (50 sq km), SW Long Island, SE N.Y., separated from the Atlantic Ocean by Rockaway Peninsula; the Rockaway Inlet links it to the sea. The shallow bay has many islands, and its shores are generally marshy. , consists of 144 species with 116 genera genera, in taxonomy: see classification. and 53 families. The largest families in the flora are the Asteraceae (21 species) and Poaceae (17 species). The rarest plant observed is Aster tenuifolius, a New York State rare plant. The largest genus is Trifolium (5 species); all Trifolium species are alien. Non-native species, 52.12% of the flora, are a major component of the natural vegetation. Richard Stalter, Steve Kollar, Shahryar Eshaghian, Affaf Munir, Kristy Haley, Manika Malik, Nelson Tang, Lauren Fisher, Deanna Barranco, Grace D'Oria St. John's University Jamaica, New York |
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