by admin | Mar 10, 2011 | What's Blooming
NYFA board member Aissa Feldmann saw skunk cabbage blooming in a swamp at Stony Kill Farm near Beacon in Dutchess County on March 9th while performing surveys for New England cottontail. The snow was patchy (see photo) so she didn’t see the process of snow...
by admin | Mar 9, 2011 | Classes and Workshops, Field Trips, Happenings
Learn about the ecology of the Long Island Central Pine Barrens and take part in other educational fun shops, field trips and a kids Discovery Center. Fun for the whole family. More information is available at their website. CLICK HERE to access it. Rain date June...
by admin | Mar 8, 2011 | Natural History, Plant Identification, Publications, Apps, and Websites
Margaret Conover, a botanist from SUNY Stony Brook, has written an interesting overview of how botany has been taught in American high schools from 1800 to the present. She states that just over 100 years ago nearly all high-school students studied botany for a full...
by admin | Mar 8, 2011 | Publications, Apps, and Websites
Glen Mittelhauser is in the final stages of compiling and editing a field guide to the Cyperaceae of Maine (collaborative effort with Alison Dibble, Matt Arsenault, Don Cameron, Jill Weber, Sally Rooney, and Arthur Haines) and is on track for having this guide...
by admin | Mar 7, 2011 | Quiz
Look on the website quizlet.com and you will see many sets of electronic flashcards that can be used to test your knowledge of the flora of a variety of areas from states (Ohio, North Carolina) to local flora. For New Yorkers, you should try the Ohio set since it has...
