The NYFA Blog
SUNY ESF Video Introduction to Mosses
Here is a nice video about the basics of mosses and a way to use buttermilk or stale beer to grown them in your backyard. It runs about 2 minutes and features interpretive naturalist Rob Carr. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tY-Wahvppqw
Follow a Bryological Expedition to Cape Horn
Bill Buck, from The New York Botanical Garden, is on a bryophyte collecting trip to the islands off Cape Horn, the southernmost point of South America, with colleagues that include Jim Shevock, Blanka Shaw, and Juan Larraín. An excerpt from his most recent blog post...
The Cheetah of Mosses
Not noted for their speed and agility, the individuals in this species of peat moss are "the most genetically uniform widespread group of plants known." It turns out that each individual Sphagnum subnitens in northwestern North America is genetically identical and...
Upcoming bryology workshops
There are three upcoming bryological courses and excursions this spring! They're not being held in our region, but many bryophytes are quite cosmopolitan so it's likely that you'd encounter species that occur in New York. Certainly the lab skills and camaraderie would...
Andrews Moss Foray Announced
From Keith Bowman at Syracuse Univerisity - I am happy to announce this year's Andrews Foray. It will be held in upstate New York around Syracuse. The details are listed on the website which can be found at the following link....
The Crum Bryological Workshop for 2010 Announced
The Crum Workshop will be held this year in Tobermory, Ontario, Canada, at the very tip of the Bruce Peninsula, sticking out into Lake Huron, on September 23-28, 2010. Save the dates. There will be more information later in the year about facilities, etc. Our local...
October 2008 NY Rare Moss List Now Available
Aissa Feldmann of the New York Natural Heritage Program has just posted the new rare moss list for New York State. This is the first revision of the moss list since the late 1980s and reflects the recent work of Nat Cleavitt, Sue Williams and Nancy Slack. Click Here.
Support NYFA
Make a Donation Today!
Follow Us On Social Media
