Azolla filiculoides found in Ulster County, New York

Pacific mosquito fern (Azolla filculoides), an exotic aquatic fern, has been found in Ulster County this summer by DEC Riparian Buffer Coordinator Kevin Grieser.  He has it occurring in two water bodies near New Paltz.  These are the first reports for this species in...

Kudzu in Albany, Here and Gone

In 2006 a DEC forester was taking his afternoon exercise walk in downtown Albany and noticed this big leafy legume vine smothering a privacy fence.  He took some digital pictures and notified Jerry Carlson, DEC State Plant Pathologist, of the location.  Ken Carnes,...

Another Invasive Grass to Watch Out For

We recently posted an alert for false brome grass but Marilyn Jordan from TNC Long Island is also concerned about wavy leaf basketgrass showing up in New York. Oplismenus hirtellus (L.) P. Beauv. ssp. undulatifolius (Ard.) U. Scholz Reported though the Mid-Atlantic...