by admin | Jul 31, 2010 | Field Techniques, Publications, Apps, and Websites
If you would like another option for looking at topo maps of New York or other places in the US you can use this new map from ESRI on Arcgis.com. If you click on Basemaps on the top of the map you can look at different maps including aerials and USGS maps. Its very...
by admin | Jul 31, 2010 | Taxonomy
Many scientific name changes have been made in the Aster Family lately and there are a number of places you can go to refresh your memory on the changes to asters and goldenrods. Here are some websites where you can read up on them: A list of name changes in...
by admin | Jul 27, 2010 | Field Trips
Over twenty NYFA members enjoyed our field trips and annual meeting in the Cranberry Lake area over the weekend. We saw many interesting plants in the beautiful poor fens of the area and after a hearty lunch provided by Ed Frantz at his camp, we elected this...
by admin | Jul 27, 2010 | Rare Plants
The giant pine drops that were rediscovered last year north of Plattsburgh reappeared this year in the exact same spot. It’s still a mystery why this plant has become so rare in New York after being seen many times across the state in the late 1800s and early...
by admin | Jul 24, 2010 | Field Techniques
An unintended consequence of the decline of the newspaper business (our local newspaper is getting really thin now) is the loss of newsprint to press plants. Maybe we should press them between iPads! Any other suggestions? (an iPress?) – Steve Young
