Just an observation on Mimulus guttatus in the east: M. guttatus isn't listed as occurring in Massachusetts in the 2011 Vascular Plants of Massachusetts: A county checklist, 1st revision (available to order through the MA Natural Heritage website, due to go online sometime). The checklist is based on records in herbaria and other firm documentation, so if anyone does find it in Massachusetts (outside of a garden), it would probably be a state record and a specimen should be submitted to one of the local herbaria.
Pat ---------------------------------------------------------- Patricia Swain, Ph.D. Community Ecologist Natural Heritage & Endangered Species Program Massachusetts Division of Fisheries & Wildlife 1 Rabbit Hill Road Westborough, MA 01581 508-389-6352 fax 508-389-7891 http://www.nhesp.org Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2012 09:42:26 -0400 From: Jason Berg <[email protected]> Subject: Mimulus guttatus populations on the east coast Hello, In addition to searching for M. guttatus populations in New York, I would also be interested in collecting fruits next month in the following east-coast states: Pennsylvania Massachusetts New Hampshire Maine Connecticut New Jersey As many of you who work with M. guttatus know, the species is not as widesp= read on the east coast as it is in its native west-coast region. I apprecia= te any information pertaining to the location of this species in the aforem= entioned states. Thanks in advance! Best, Jason Berg Doctoral student Biological Sciences-BEES Graduate Program University of Maryland College Park, MD 20742 Email: [email protected]=
