by admin | May 19, 2009 | What's Blooming
The Capital District Friday Field Group visited the TNC Hannacroix Ravine Preserve in Clarksville last Friday May 15, 2009. Bob Ingalls sent along this list of plants they saw in bloom. Aquilegia canadensis – Columbine Barbarea vulgaris – Yellow Rocket...
by admin | May 5, 2009 | Happenings, What's Blooming
In Western New York, Karen Schreiner reported on the Genesee Valley Conservancy annual bluebell walk that they host every year. It’s near the Genesee River, on 400+ acres of easement protected property. She refers to it as Mertensia City. Her photos below...
by admin | Apr 29, 2009 | Plant Organizations, What's Blooming
Besides the Central New York effort described below there is a national effort to monitor phenology. From their website – The USA National Phenology Network brings together citizen scientists, government agencies, non-profit groups, educators and students of...
by admin | Apr 28, 2009 | Plant Organizations, What's Blooming
What is Project Budbreak? The web site has been established to help citizen scientists observe the effects of climate change on native plants in central New York. Associated with a national effort, a network of citizen scientists is being established in central New...
by admin | Apr 21, 2009 | Plant Sightings, What's Blooming
Late April is a good time to see our wildflower flora coming back to life after a long winter. You can spot individual species coming up before the rush of May and June when hundreds of species are blooming. In and around the red maple swamp at the end of my street...
by admin | Apr 17, 2009 | What's Blooming
Today I took my son fly fishing along the Upper Hudson at North River in the Adirondacks and along the banks of the river the alder catkins were blooming. Also seen were the white fruits of poison ivy and the capsules of evening primrose, highbush cranberry fruits...
