by admin | Oct 7, 2009 | Rare Plant Surveys, Rare Plants
From Steve Young: Giant pine drops had not been seen along Lake Champlain since 1963 when it was observed on Valcour Island. This summer one plant was found along a trail north of Plattsburgh by Lawrence Gillett, a retired SUNY Plattsburgh geology professor. This...
by admin | Oct 7, 2009 | Plant Sightings, Rare Plant Surveys, Rare Plants
From Steve Young: On September 7 Anne Johnson, Nancy Eldblom, and David Werier were exploring the town of Waddington in St. Lawrence County when they came across a population of about 5 stems of Huperzia selago in dry sandy soil in a poor pasture reverting to a thick...
by admin | Sep 19, 2009 | Field Techniques, Happenings, Plant Identification, Rare Plant Surveys
The New York State Biodiversity Research Institute and New York State Museum are sponsoring a Biology and Conservation lecture series in October. A variety of speakers will present lectures on recent biodiversity research and conservation initiatives in the state. The...
by admin | Sep 8, 2009 | Rare Plant Surveys
From Steve Young: I searched a powerline in southern Albany County today looking for plants of Blephilia ciliata, downy wood-mint, that were last seen there in 1998. This is only one of three locations in the state for this rare plant. The area was on dry limestone...
by admin | Aug 16, 2009 | Field Techniques, Invasive Species, Rare Plant Surveys
From Steve Young: On Thursday the 13th of August I joined Chris Zimmerman of The Nature Conservancy and Melissa Kalvestrand, a graduate student at SUNY Albany, on a trek through the freshwater tidal marsh and mudflats of Catskill, or Ramshorn, marsh. Melissa gathered...
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...
