by admin | Jul 10, 2009 | Natural History, Plant Identification, Publications, Apps, and Websites
The New York State Department of Transportation now has a website featuring plants that can be dangerous to touch or with dangerous sap. There is information about the plants along with photographs. Access the site at:...
by admin | Jul 7, 2009 | Plant Identification
In 2008 Steve Young filmed Tony Reznicek identifying Carex species during the NYFA Sedge Workshop in Saint Lawrence County. These videos are now being made available on YouTube. On YouTube click on Channels and search for nyflora1. The Carex videos will be listed. ...
by admin | Jun 30, 2009 | Plant Sightings, Rare Plant Surveys
A new large occurrence of rhodora, Rhododendron canadense, was found in southern Franklin County this Spring and a new occurrence of fragrant wood-fern, Dryopteris fragrans, was found on a mountainside in the northern part of the county. Both occurrences were found by...
by admin | Jun 26, 2009 | Plant Organizations
A copy of the recently completed Biennial Report is now available as a pdf on the BRI website: http://www.nysm.nysed.gov/bri/. As required, the report is electronic and cannot be distributed as a printed copy. The report highlights the activities of the past two years...
by admin | Jun 19, 2009 | Ecology, Natural History
See the progress Purdue University is having on reviving the American chestnut. Click here.
