Coastal Plain Flora at Crooked Pond

Rich Ring, Chief Botanist, New York State Natural Heritage

Saturday, September 28th | 10 am – 3 pm

The coastal plain ponds of Long Island are hot spots of rare plant diversity in New York.  The complex of ponds at the Long Pond Greenbelt has some of the best-preserved examples of this rare habitat. Depending on water levels we will look for several rare sedges at Crooked Pond and vicinity, including species of beakrush (Rhynchospora), spikerush (Eleocharis), nut sedge (Scleria), and umbrella grass (Fuirena).  Rose coreopsis (Coreopsis rosea) and other flowering plants should be present as well.  Please bring a hand lens, water, lunch, sunscreen, snacks, and footwear suitable for mud, and take tick precautions. We will meet at the Long Pond Greenbelt Nature Center, and walk through the woods less than 1/2 mile to the Ponds.  

This trip is co-sponsored by the Long Island Botanical Society.

If you have any questions about the trip before registering,  please email coastalplain@nyflora.org.   All NYFA field trips are free and open to all.