by Kyle J Webster | Feb 7, 2011 | Horticulture, Rare Plants
Washington, D.C. – Only 39 percent of the nearly 10,000 North American plant species threatened with extinction are protected by being maintained in collections, according to the first comprehensive listing of the threatened plant species in Canada, Mexico and the...
by Kyle J Webster | Feb 4, 2011 | Herbarium Techniques, Plant Organizations
The following three videos show the techniques used at different herbaria for mounting plants. Many herbaria in this country and in New York use the same techniques but some of them may glue the specimens and some may use herbarium tape or stitching. Some may include...
by Kyle J Webster | Feb 3, 2011 | Funding and Jobs
POSITION: Assistant Plant Inspector SALARY: $15.93/hour APPOINTMENT: Temporary, Non-Competitive LOCATION: Otsego County POSITION DESCRIPTION: As an Assistant Plant Inspector, you will be assigned to the Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) Control Program. The objective of the...
by Kyle J Webster | Feb 1, 2011 | Field Techniques, Publications, Apps, and Websites
If you want to enter GPS coordinates in web-based maps it can be a hassle to convert the coordinate systems depending on how you record them. There is a great website that does it for you and with one click will go to the web map you want. It is called leware.net...
by Kyle J Webster | Jan 31, 2011 | Plant Distribution
Recently I was looking at species of Rosa in the New York Flora Atlas. When I looked at the genus I noticed that the genus map had Cortland County as the only county without a record of any species of Rosa. That made me curious to find out if any other common genera...
