by admin | Jul 8, 2010 | Field Trips
From Steve Young – NY Natural Heritage Program Earlier in June I travelled down to the South Fork of Long Island where, with funding from The Nature Conservancy, I explored various natural areas in search of rare plant populations that have not been seen in 20...
by admin | May 20, 2010 | Field Trips
We had nine enthusiastic plant people participate in two days of plant walks in Allegany State Park. On Saturday morning May 15 we traveled to the southern end of the park and hiked up the trail to Bear Cave Rocks and Mount Seneca. At Bear Cave Rocks we wanted to...
by admin | May 13, 2010 | Field Trips
Butternut Valley Alliance and the New York Flora Association sponsor “Wildflowers and other Invasive Species”: a nature walk Sunday, June 6 from 1:30 to 5 p.m. Along the Butternut Creek (Otsego County) At “Elmwood”, 133 Peet Road, Morris, NY (Turn off State Hwy 51 and...
by admin | May 9, 2010 | Ecology, Field Trips
At the end of my street in the Capital District of New York, there is a beautiful red maple swamp. Even though I don’t own it I think of it as mine because I probably venture into in more often than anyone in the neighborhood. Red maple swamps are some of my...
by admin | Jan 22, 2010 | Bryophytes, Field Trips
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...
by admin | Sep 17, 2009 | Field Trips, NY Flora Association
The tropical storm last Friday threatened to cancel the field trip to Napeague last Saturday but the rain ended by Saturday morning and allowed a group of hardy plant enthusiasts to look at plants in the dunes, swales and salt marsh. The search for Schizaea pusilla...
