Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Any plant of the genus & Æschynomene.
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Several occurrences of the federally-listed threatened plant, Knieskern's beaked-rush (Rhynchospora knieskernii), have also been documented within the Reserve boundaries, as well as the sensitive joint-vetch (Aeschynome), Seabeach Amaranth (Amaranthus pumulis), and American chaffseed (Schwalbea americana), all federally-listed as threatened plants.
Jacques Cousteau National Estuarine Research Reserve, New Jersey 2007
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