by admin | Aug 25, 2009 | Happenings
The field trip to Mendon Ponds was an amazing day. We may have a new record for genera seen in one day. Stay tuned to this site for photos and the final tally. Below is one photo by Steve Daniel as a teaser.
by admin | Aug 25, 2009 | NY Flora Association
The new NYflora.org is scheduled to be live on Thursday!
by admin | Aug 21, 2009 | Natural History, Plant Identification
From Steve Young – When we were in Catskill Marsh last week we came across many examples of narrow-leaf cattail with double spikes that joined together to form the gap you see in the photo below (sorry for the bad focus). I had never seen this before and would...
by admin | Aug 16, 2009 | Field Techniques, Invasive Species, Rare Plant Surveys
From Steve Young: On Thursday the 13th of August I joined Chris Zimmerman of The Nature Conservancy and Melissa Kalvestrand, a graduate student at SUNY Albany, on a trek through the freshwater tidal marsh and mudflats of Catskill, or Ramshorn, marsh. Melissa gathered...
by admin | Aug 13, 2009 | Taxonomy
Click here to see an interesting article on taxonomy by CAROL KAESUK YOON. I like the last paragraph, copied below, which shows the value of the profession. Just find an organism, any organism, small, large, gaudy, subtle — anywhere, and they are everywhere — and get...
