by admin | Jan 25, 2011 | Field Trips, Rare Plants
If you are tired of the frigid cold and mountains of snow, here is a sampling of some of my favorite photos from the summer of 2010 that I took during my travels around Long Island. Something to look forward to next field season. Keep abreast of our newsletter and...
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...
by admin | Dec 2, 2010 | Rare Plants
CLICK HERE to see the New York Natural Heritage Program’s rare plant list that you can sort by family, scientific name, common name, Heritage rank or protected status.
by admin | Aug 21, 2010 | Plant Sightings, Rare Plant Surveys, Rare Plants
From Steve Y0ung, NY Natural Heritage Program – This federally-threatened plant is known from Virginia north to Vermont. Learn more about it at the Center for Plant Conservation website HERE. In New York, there was only one historical collection, from the...
by admin | Aug 7, 2010 | Plant Sightings, Rare Plants
Botanist David Werier rediscovered this state endangered sedge in Chemung County this summer. It had not been seen in the state since a specimen was collected in 1966 in Rensselaer County and was listed as state historical by the New York Natural Heritage Program....
by admin | Aug 5, 2010 | Plant Sightings, Rare Plants
Luke Ormond found New York’s 9th population of the rare sea pink (Sabatia stellaris) in a salt marsh near Riverhead this week. This beautiful wildflower is only found on the east end of Long Island in New York and makes a good subject for photography. You can...
