by Steven Daniel | Nov 28, 2020 | General, Plant Identification, Plant Sightings, What's Blooming
It’s nearly December. Goldenrods and asters are long gone, leaves have turned and fallen. Yet I remain in denial – I simply haven’t been able to call an end to the botanizing year. Besides dried weeds, milkweed pods and other winter delights, there is...
by Daniel Spada | Sep 28, 2020 | Plant Distribution, Plant Sightings, Uncategorized
In 2016 I was fortunate enough to consult for the Adirondack Chapter of The Nature Conservancy. My job involved exploring Noblewood Park at the mouth of the Boquet River in Willsboro, NY, and documenting the plants growing there. Noblewood Park is owned and...
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 | 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 admin | 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 admin | Jan 8, 2011 | Plant Sightings, Rare Plant Surveys, Rare Plants
From Kim Smith – NY Natural Heritage State Parks Botanist This was an exciting year for botanical discoveries in New York state parks. Everyone heard about the federally-threatened Isotria medeoloides (small whorled pogonia) that turned up in Orange County in...
