by Kyle J Webster | 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 Kyle J Webster | 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...
by Kyle J Webster | Aug 12, 2009 | Plant Sightings, Rare Plant Surveys
On August 6th, Kim Smith of the New York Natural Heritage Program visited a known population of Platanthera cristata (Yellow-crested Orchis) on Long Island. This species is endangered in New York and known from only a few sites in the state, so it is a very rare sight...
by Kyle J Webster | Aug 11, 2009 | Invasive Species
From Holly Menninger at Cornell: Invasive species were a prevalent theme at the Ecological Society of America’s annual meeting in Albuquerque, New Mexico, August 3-7. For those of you not able to attend but interested in the research, I’ve created a page...
by Kyle J Webster | Aug 9, 2009 | Happenings, Plant Identification
New England Botanical Club SEPTEMBER WORKSHOP “ASTERS of NEW ENGLAND” Lead by Arieh Tal Saturday, 19 September 2009 10 AM for 2-hour indoor session, followed by afternoon field foray $10 (cash or check made out to NEBC) 101 O’Neil Hall College of the Holy Cross, 1...
