by admin | Aug 30, 2009 | Happenings, NY Flora Association, Plant Sightings
The NYFA trip to Mendon Ponds and the Auburn Trail in Railroad Mills on August 22 set a new one-day record for genera seen at 258! The old record was 243 at Alley Pond Park in Queens in 2008. The Mendon area is very diverse with eskers, ponds, marshes, a kettlehole...
by admin | Aug 28, 2009 | Plant Sightings
From Steve Daniel in Rochester: These were seen Thursday at WhiteBrook wetlands, part of the Crescent Trail, Town of Perinton, Monroe County.
by admin | Aug 26, 2009 | Plant Sightings
From Patrick Raney, SUNY ESF: These were some of the plants in bloom around Mount Marcy August 10-12 Solidago cutleri is in bloom at (Mt. Marcy, Basin, Gothics) Minuartia groenlandica is in bloom and all over (same area, and Saddleback Mtn) Cornus canadensis Kalmia...
by admin | Aug 12, 2009 | Plant Sightings, Rare Plant Surveys
On August 6th, Kim Smith of the New York Natural Heritage Program visited a known population of Platanthera cristata (Yellow-crested Orchis) on Long Island. This species is endangered in New York and known from only a few sites in the state, so it is a very rare sight...
by admin | Aug 3, 2009 | Natural History, Plant Sightings, Plant Uses
There is a series of three article where Gerry Moore, botanist at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden and NYFA board member, answered questions about the flora of New York City. See the questions and answers starting here. The series was discontinued after the three...
by admin | Jul 29, 2009 | Happenings, Plant Sightings
The first BioBlitz at Utica Marsh was held on Saturday, June 27, 2009. Congratulations to all participants! What is a BioBlitz? It’s a one-day intensive survey of all living organisms in a designated area. Why run a BioBlitz? (1) to document which species live...
