by admin | Jun 22, 2010 | Field Techniques
The iPad now has a good app for handwriting recognition and I would like to know if anyone has tried it in the context of taking plant lists in the field. See: http://www.macworld.com/article/152136/2010/06/writepad_ipad.html My ultimate goal would be to have an app...
by admin | Jun 14, 2010 | Plant Sightings, Rare Plant Surveys, Rare Plants
Small whorled pogonia (Isotria medeoloides), a federally threatened orchid, was discovered in Orange County, New York in late May by Kimberly Smith, a botanist for DEC’s New York Natural Heritage Program and the Office of State Parks, Recreation and Historic...
by admin | Jun 11, 2010 | Horticulture, Invasive Species
The New York Natural Heritage Program has received two reports this year of Japanese Lilac-tree, Syringa reticulata, naturalizing in floodplains, one in Columbia County and one in Saratoga County. In Columbia County it was reported as a dominant in one area. It has...
by admin | Jun 10, 2010 | Plant Distribution, Plant Sightings, Rare Plant Surveys, Rare Plants
It had been 25 long years since the state rare Dragon’s Mouth Orchid (Arethusa bulbosa) was seen on Long Island. Kim Smith, New York Natural Heritage Program State Parks Botanist was bushwacking through some wet thickets in a state park in Suffolk County when...
by admin | Jun 8, 2010 | Publications, Apps, and Websites
The 2010 Rare Plant Status Lists, edited by Steve Young, are now available from the New York Natural Heritage Program Botany Program. Go to www.nynhp.org and click on Rare Plant Information on the left side. The 2010 list will be a .pdf file at the top.
