by admin | May 15, 2011 | Plant Identification, Publications, Apps, and Websites
In a recent post the new tree identification Apple app Leafsnap was featured. I collected 5 tree leaves today to see how well it worked. Here are the results: 1. American elm – It had it listed as its 4th guess. 2. Witch hazel – It was not in the...
by admin | May 8, 2011 | Education and Research, Field Techniques, Plant Identification
Many years in development, the leaf identification app Leafsnap is finally available for the iPhone and iPod touch with camera and wifi connection. It will be interesting to see how it will be integrated into dendrology and other flora classes. See the YouTube video...
by admin | Apr 26, 2011 | Plant Identification
This invasive plant can take over a floodplain understory and although the yellow masses of flowers may look pretty, it should be removed if possible. It is blooming now (late April and early May) so keep a lookout for it....
by admin | Apr 16, 2011 | Plant Identification, Plant Sightings
Entry and photos by Steve Young. Mid-April is the flowering time of the rare Pixiemoss, Pyxidanthera barbulata. In New York there are only two locations, on Long Island, but only one of them has a significant number of plants. This tiny plant grows in low clumps on...
by admin | Apr 11, 2011 | Education and Research, General, Horticulture, Plant Identification
This is an article from the Green Local 175 in Rome/Utica: Helsinki, Finland (SPX) Apr 5, 2011 Could “interventions” bring children closer to nature? Researchers in Finland think so. A new study published in HortTechnology compares urban and rural...
by admin | Mar 8, 2011 | Natural History, Plant Identification, Publications, Apps, and Websites
Margaret Conover, a botanist from SUNY Stony Brook, has written an interesting overview of how botany has been taught in American high schools from 1800 to the present. She states that just over 100 years ago nearly all high-school students studied botany for a full...
