by Kyle J Webster | Feb 26, 2011 | Plant Identification, Plant Sightings, Quiz
This is a simple slideshow of common wildflowers with birds singing in the background. The photographer needs to work on his focus but it’s nice to see these in the winter and anticipate things to come. Try to guess what they are as they come up (don’t...
by Kyle J Webster | Feb 22, 2011 | Plant Identification, Plant Sightings
How many of these plants, mosses, and fungi do you recognize? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWR3YkJ4008
by Kyle J Webster | Feb 16, 2011 | Plant Identification
I just returned from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy where I watched IBM’s Watson computer compete against humans in a game of Jeopardy. The huge auditorium of the EMPAC building was full of people (mostly students) interested in watching the...
by Kyle J Webster | Jan 21, 2011 | Bryophytes, Classes and Workshops, Field Techniques, Field Trips, Happenings, Plant Identification, Taxonomy, Uncategorized
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...
by Kyle J Webster | Jan 11, 2011 | Plant Distribution, Plant Identification, Publications, Apps, and Websites
A website is now available for the New Manual of Vascular Plants of Northeastern United States and Adjacent Canada. Visit this website to find out more about this exciting project which is being organized by Rob Naczi of the New York Botanical Garden.
by Kyle J Webster | Dec 31, 2010 | Plant Identification, Publications, Apps, and Websites
The Minnesota Wildflowers website, http://www.minnesotawildflowers.info/page/home, has many beautiful photos and lots of information about wildflowers that also occur in New York. You just may find that missing photo to help you identify a plant you discovered in New...
