by admin | Dec 14, 2010 | Ecology, Horticulture
David Campbell of Queensbury has established the Adirondack Botanical Garden. Their mission is to promote education in the fields of horticulture, botany, and ecology in the Adirondacks and Capital Region of New York State. For more information go to their website...
by admin | Dec 14, 2010 | Ecology, Invasive Species
This is from Tom Rawinski, Botanist, Durham Field Office, N A State & Private Forestry, USDA Forest Service, Durham, NH. As a society, we are beginning to recognize that a burgeoning deer population is a problem of our own creation – an unintended...
by admin | Dec 14, 2010 | Plant Distribution, Plant Organizations, Publications, Apps, and Websites
Canadensys announces the release of VASCAN, the Database of Vascular Plants of Canada, a comprehensive list of all vascular plants reported in Canada, Greenland (Denmark) and Saint Pierre and Miquelon (France). http://data.canadensys.net/vascan/ Canadensys is a...
by admin | Dec 11, 2010 | Happenings, Plant Organizations
Finger Lakes Native Plant Society Newsletter Articles December 2010 Bailey’s Sedge, Carex baileyi, A New Addition to the Flora of Tompkins County – David Werier Name That Plant Contest. Ithaca’s Third Annual Designing with Native Plants Symposium Native...
by admin | Dec 3, 2010 | Happenings
The Long Island Native Grass Initiative presents its first annual native plant symposium Opportunities and Challenges of Working with Native Plants. This full day symposium will focus on the advantages of ecotypic (genetically local) native plant applications in...