However, because the Gould family brought in topsoil and exotic plants from many areas of the world, we have both native New Jersey Pine Barrens species , and introduced species. Amanita flavorubens . Obviously, one of the factors determining which organisms we have on campus is our climate. For federal government climate classification purposes, we are in southern New Jersey, along with the rest of the New Jersey Pinelands. Here's a summary of recent temperature and precipitation data for southern New Jersey.
Numbers listed in parentheses are the approximate number of taxa that have been identified to date.