by Kyle J Webster | Jul 16, 2009 | Plant Uses
From Dorothy J. Allard: Working with the USDA Forest Service and its partners, I am coordinating a volunteer project to collect native seeds for use in vegetation restoration and erosion control in the northeastern US. This year we are hoping to solicit botanists who...
by Kyle J Webster | Jul 14, 2009 | Happenings
If you are on Staten Island this summer join the Protectors for one of their many plant walks. Their schedule for July through September has just been released. See them by clicking here.
by Kyle J Webster | 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 Kyle J Webster | 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 Kyle J Webster | 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...
