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Vol. 35(1) 2024 Winter

• The Historical and Contemporary Halophytic Flora of Onondaga Lake and the Montezuma Wetlands Complex – by Alex Petzke
• Halophytes of the Beaver Kill – by Daniel Atha
• Canandaigua Botanical Society Sesquicentennial Celebration – by Bruce Gilman
• Resolving the Species Entity of Aconitum noveboracense (Ranunculaceae) – by Michelle Mi-Jeong Yoo
• Assessing Survivorship of Planted and Seeded Species Within Restored Great Lakes Coastal Wetlands Along Lake Ontario – by Rene Belleville
• Cedar Lake/Bonaparte Weekend Field Trip, June 16 and 17, 2023 – by Donna Vogler
• Grasses of New York Workshop, August 2023 – by Katie Beeles
• Smartweed Field Trip – by Ed Frantz, Anne Johnson, and Patty Butter
• Message from the President – Dan Spada

Vol. 35(2) 2024 Spring

• Spring Well, Speedwell: a Guide to the Spring Veronicas of New York’s Roadsides, Lawns, and Fields – by Chris Graham
• 2024 Winter Plant Workshop – Kate O’Connor
• Three Falls Woods Trip, May 21st, 2023 – by Sara Stebbins
• Message from the President – by Dan Spada
• The Strange and Fascinating Dwarf Mistletoe, Arceuthobium pusillum Peck – by Steven Daniel
• Long Lake Lollygag, Herkimer County – by David DuBois

Vol. 35(3) 2024 Summer

• Observation and Thoughts on the Spring Curls in a Hardwood Forest – Tom Yancey
• Field Trip: Flora of Lorraine Gulf, May 19 – Siel Rae Zembsch
• NYFA Trip to Three Mile Creek Barrens, June 8, 2024 – Bernie Carr
• Message from the President – Dan Spada

Vol. 35(4) 2024 Fall

• Report from the NYFA Ward Pound Ridge Ramblers – Patricia Butter, Mark Horton-Sacha, and Mei Wu
• Grass Workshop, 2024 – Jonathan Shaw
• Spring Wildflowers at Chimney Bluffs, Wayne County – Bruce Gilman
• Labrador Hollow Trip – John Titus
• Message from the President – Dan Spada
• A Field Trip to Globally Rare Inland Salt Marshs – Norm Trigoboff, with photos by Fred Haynes
• NY Fern Identification Weekend Workshop – June 2024 – Megan Wilckens
• Camp Stonehaven Exploration, Sunday, June 23rd, 2024 – Ray Curran

Vol. 34(1) 2023 Winter

• Notes on Some Weedy Bedstraws – by Michael Hough
• Phylogeography of Schoenoplectus americanus (Cypeaceae) un the United State: ecolutionary history of a widespread halophyle – by Alex Petzke
• Exploring life cycle limitations in the threatened Leedy’s roseroot in New York State – by Rachael Renzi
• Montauk Miracle Mile, Big Reed Pond, Montauk County Park, September 24, 2022 – by Daniel Atha and Vicki Bustamante
• Chubb River Cruise, July 30, 2022 – by Sue Pierce
• Late July Botanizing in Northern Jefferson County – by Kyle J. Webster
• Flashbot in the Adirondacks – by Dan Spanda
• Exploring the Shavertown Peninsula – August 14, 2022 – by Dan Spada
• Remembering Nancy Slack – by Tom Phillips
• Remembering Ken Hull

Vol. 34(2) 2023 Spring

• Skunk Cabbage Shows US the Way to Spring – by Steve Young
• NYFA Early SPring Wildflowers at Joralemon Park, Albany County, 5/1/2022 – by Ruth Brooks and Chris Graham
• Workshop: Identification of Plants in Winter – by Barbara Chase
• Some Observations of a Lilium michiganense Population in Western New York – Timothy A. Tatakis
• Note on a Recently Discovered Nonnative, Nonnaturalized State Record Plant – by Alex Petzke
• NYFA Field Trip – Flora of Goose Pond Mountain, Orange County, NY, 8/27/22 – by Daniel Atha and Patricia Butter
• New York’s Protects Native Plants Act – The Need for Change – by Joseph M. McMullen
• Note on an Exciting Botanical Find – by Anne Johnson

Vol. 34(3) 2023 Summer

• Zurich Bog Field Trip – by Rachel Schultz
• Spring Wildflower at John Burroughs Nature Sanctuary – by Andrew Leonardi
• Hudson River Ice Meadows Field Trip – June 11, 2023 – by Steve Young
• David Hunt Memorials – by various authors

Vol. 34(4) 2023 Fall

• The Ferns of New York: A NYFA Workshop, June 24-25, 2023 – by Fred Haines
• Field Trip Report, LAke Julia Preserve, 8 July 2023 – by Bruce Gilman
• Field Trip to Hitchens Pond Bog, Saturday, August 19 – by Steven Daniel
• What Are Those Yellow Growths on the Butterfly’s Head?? – by Steven Daniel
• Submitted Remembrances of Dr. Andrew P. Nelson
• Message from the NYFA President – by Dan Spada

Vol. 33(1) 2022 Winter

• Cyperus echinatus and Cyperus brevifolioides in Westchester County, NY – by Patricia Butter
• Rethinking Rarity: sundial lupine (Lupinus perennis L.) performance compared across two microhabitats ina reclaimed gravel pit – by Ian Winick
• Rick Hair Lichen, Cystocoleus ebeneus (Dillwyn) Thwaites, New to New York State – by Norm Trigoboff and Scott LaGreca
• From Abandonded Cattle Pasture to Historical Grasslands – Restoration and Prescribed Fire at Ganondagan State Historic Site – by Kyle J. Webster
• Update to the National Wetland Plant List – by Joseph McMullen
• Field Trip to SUNY MOrrisville Arboretum – by Steve Young
• Annual Trip to Whiteface Mountain 2021 – by Steve Young
• A Damp Search for VanBrunt’s Jacobs Ladder (Polemonium vanbruntiae) at MKNHP – by Dan Spada and Steve Young
• 2021 Additions to the St. Lawrence County Flora – by Anne Johnson and Steven Daniel

Vol. 33(2) 2022 Spring

• Hidden rubies: the (re)discovery of a coastal peatland on Lake Ontario and a test of restoration techniques – by Rachel Schultz and Sarah Kirkpatrick, Department of Environmental Science and Ecology, SUNY Brockport
• An investigation into the control of European dewberry (Rubus caesius) and the genetic and phenetic differences accross populations in the Finger Lakes region of NYS – by Alexis Davis, Kathyrn Amatangelo, and Kyle Webster
• Binnewater June 2021 Field Trip Report – by Chris Graham
• Checklist of Vascular Plants at Ganondagan State Historic Site, Victor, NY – by Kyle J. Webster
• Update on Japanese Tree Lilac (Syringa  reticulata) in New York State – by Steve Young, NY Natural Heritage Program
• Notes on Calypso (Calypso bulbosa (L.) Oakes var. americana (R. Br.) Luer) Habitat – Ray Curran and Steve Young

Vol. 33(3) 2022 Summer

• Spiranthes sheviakii, a new orchid species – by Michael Hough
• The Why and How of Spring Wildflower Development – by Joseph McMullen
• Spring Wildflower Trip in Chenango County, May 14, 2022 – by Selma Rosenthal
• First Report of Chaerophyllum tainturieri (Apiaceae) for New York State – by Daniel Atha
• Botanizing Along the South Taconic Trail, Mayy 22, 2022 – by Claudia Knab-Vispo
• Lorraine Gulf Trip, June 25, 2022 – by Robert Wesley
• Rediscovery of Juniperus horizontalis in Onondaga County and the first record of J. x ambigens in New York – by Michael Hough

Vol. 33(4) 2022 Fall

• Archaeobotanical Research at Batram’s Garden – by Alexandria Mitchem
• Ampersand Mountain Old Growth Expedition, August 21, 2022 – by Bernie Carr, Ray Curran, and Dan Spada
• 2022 Early Season Grass Workshop June 10-12, 2022 – by Sara Stebbins
• Late Season Grass Workshop August 5-7, 2022 – by Stephen Langdon
• NYFA Field Trip to Whiteface Mountain – by Steve Young
• Glacial Geology and Ferns of Wolf Gull – by Bruce Gilman
• Annual Meeting Recap, September 10, 2022
• Nancy Slack, NYFA Conservationist of the Year – by Chris Berte and Tom Phillips
• Mohawk Bike Trail Petal Pedal – by Steve Young

Vol. 32(1) 2021 Winter

• Rediscovering Historical Botanical Records – 2020 (Re)finds – by Steven Daniel
• Patterns of Changes in Vegetation and Forest Structure in the Pine Barrens of Long Island, NY – 2020 New York Flora Association Research Award – by Joanna Lumbsden-Pinto
• Update to the National Wetland Plant list and Related Changes to New York Flora Atlas – by Joseph McMullen
• Richard Andrus – 2020 Plant Conservationist of the Year Recipient – by Connie Tedesco
• A Flora for New York State – by David Werier
• NYFA Botany Quiz 2020 – by Steve Young

Vol. 32(2) 2021 Spring

• Non-anthocyanic or Green Morphs – by David Werier et. al.
• New York City EcoFlora EcoQuest, CLIMBING THE WALLS – by Daniel Atha and Lydia Paradiso
• The subspecies of Arisaema triphyllum (Jack-in-the-pulpit) in NY – by Michael Hough
• New rare Plant Finds Submitted to the NY Natural Heritage Program in 2020 – by Steve Young

Vol. 32(3) 2021 Summer

• Streptopus xoreopolus (Liliaceae) in New York – by Michael Hough
• Hudson River Ice Meadows Trip – by Amy David
• Discovery of Fragrant Ladies’-Tresses (Spiranthes odorata) in New York State – by Joseph McMullen
• Altona Flat Rock Trip, June 19, 2021 – by Anne Johnson

Vol. 32(4) 2021 Fall

• The Scrupulous Reproduction of Fen Grass-ofParnassus (Parnassia glauca): An Exercise in Floral Focus – by Brian Pfeiffer
• Field Trip to Lake Champlain – August 15th and 15th, 2021 – by Steven Daniel
• A Brief Aside on the Odor of Apios amaericana – by Steven Daniel
• New York Flora Association/Adirondack Botanical Society Joint Field Trip to Four Peaks, July 17th, 2021 – by Stephen Langdon
• The 2021 New York Flora Annual Meeting – by Anna Stalter
• NYFA Botany Quiz 2021 – by Steve Young
• Catherine Landis, Conservationist of the Year Award Recipient, 2021 – by Annabel Roberts-McMichael
• Hudson River Ice Meadows Trip, July 10, 2021 – by Jackie Donnelly

Vol. 31(1) 2020 Winter

• Stories from the Herbarium: New Zealand Ferns at SUNY ESF – by Nancy B. Walker-Kopp
• Riddell Park Field Trip Report – July 13, 2019 – by Dan Spada
• Non-Native Tree Species Range Documentation Project – by Ian Fleming, Rebecca Hargrave, and Jared Young
• D&H Canal Visit – by Connie Tedesco
• NYFA Trip to Tongue Mountain’s Deer Leap Trail – My Impressions and Observations – by Meena Haribal
• History of the New York State Botanist Position – by Scott LaGreca
• Cystoperis tenuis (Mackay’s Fragile Fern) – by Bob Dirig

Vol. 30(2) 2020 Spring

• Rare Plants of moreau Lake State Park – by Jackie Donnelly
• We Have Cactus in New York? Yes, and Two Species! – by Steve Young
• Descurainia sophia (L.) Webb ex Prantl (Brassicaceae) Rediscovered in New York City after more than 100 years – by Susan J. Hewitt, Daniel Atha, and David J. Ringer
• Fourth Annual Winter Plant Workship and a Review of Evergreen Tree Groups – by Joseph McMullen
• Additions to the St. Lawrence County Flora, 2019 – by Anne Johnson
• New Rare Plant Finds Submitted to the NY Natural Heritage Program from 2019 – by Steve Young

Vol. 30(3) 2020 Summer

• A Day at the Fair(grounds) – by David Werier
• Northern Forest Atlas Project – by Raymond Curran on behalf of Northern Forest Atlas Foundation
• A Tale of Two Trees – by Joe McMullen and Barb Root
• Wildflowers of New York State: Canada Goldenrod – by Knowlton Foote
• Botanical Notes and Photos

Vol. 30(4) 2020 Fall

• Botanical Finds on the Sands of Eastern Irondequoit Bay – by Kyle J. Webster
• Stories from the Herbarium: The Power of the Virtual Herbarium – by Steve Young
• Field Notes from the Rockefeller State Park Preserve – by Patricia Butter
• Phyllanthus tenellus, Mascarene Island Leaf Flower, Growing Sponrtaneously in New York City – by Susan J. Hewitt and Daniel Atha
• Snorkeling for Isoetes – by Steven Daniel
• New, Noteworthy, or Otherwise Interesting Wild Plants of New York State Found During a Late July to Early August Field Trip – by David Werier

Vol. 30(1) 2019 Winter

• New York Flora Atlas – General Information, Update on Usage Analytics, and Sponsorship Program – by Joseph McMullen, NYFA Treasurer
• Hempstead Plains Flora Field Trip Report – by Steve Young, NYFA Secretary
• Monitoring the Adirondack Alpine: Soils and Plant Abundance in New York’s Highest Ecosystem – by Connor Moore, Columbia University, 2018 NYFA grant recipient
• New Rare Plant Finds Submitted to the NY Natural Heritage Program in 2018 – by Steve Young, Chief Botanist, NYNHP
• Botanical Note: Caulophyllum thalictroides vs. C. giganteum
• Botanical Note: Use Flash Like Wedding and Fashion Photographers – by Frank Knight
• 2018 Additions to the St. Lawrence County Flora – by Anne Johnson, NYFA Editor

Vol. 30(2) 2019 Spring

• Trout Lily, Erythronium americanum Discoveries – by Dr. Tom Yancey
• Botanical Note: 2019 Rare Plant List from the New York Natural Heritage Program, compiled by chief botanist Steve Young
• Harlem Valley Fens and Knolls Trip, July 21, 2018 – by Chris Graham
• Assessing the climate change vulnerability of two rare alpine taxa: Nabalus boottii and Nabalus trifoliolatus var. nanus – by Kristen Haynes
• Third Annual Identification of Plants in Winter Workshop – by Joe McMullen
• NYFA Field Trips and Workshops for 2019
• Help Improve the Atlas – a note from Anna Stalter, Associate Curator, L. H. Bailey Hortorium Herbarium (BH)

Vol. 30(3) 2019 Summer

• Trillium Hanky-panky Along Bog Meadow Brook Trail – by Jackie Donnelly
• Noteworthy Plants from Roberto Clemente State Park, Bronx, New York – by Daniel Atha and Zihao Wang
• Non-native Sedge Spotted at Letchworth State Park – by Kyle Webster
• New York Flora Association 2019 Annual Meeting, Sunday, August 4, Letchworth State Park Octagon Shelter
• New England Aster, Symphyotrichum novae-angliae – by Knowlton C. Foote
• Lonesome Bay State Forest – Trip Report. May 18, 2019 – by Steven Daniel
• Botanical Notes

Vol. 30(4) 2019 Fall

• Remembering Dick Mitchell – by Steve Young, Dan Spada, Bob Zaremba, and David Werier. Compiled by Steve Young
• The Mouth of Black Creek, Esopus, NY – by Joe Bridges and Nava Tabak
• Valcour Island Adventure – by Dan Spada
• New York Flora Atlas Interest and Use Continues – by Joe McMullen
• 2019 Sedge Workshop Summary – by Jessica Ray
• Botanical Notes:
  • Michael Hough’s Flora of Cortland and Onondaga Counties, New York;
  • Jerry Jenkins’ Sedges of the Northern Forest: A Photographic Guide;
  • Daniel Atha explains types and typification.
• NYFA Annual Meeting, Letchworth State Park, August 4, 2019, Recap – by Anna Stalter
• Day 2 of the Tongue Mountain Uplands and Wetlands Trip, June 29-30 – by Rich Ring

Vol. 29(1) 2018 Winter

• 34 Years Later: Vegetation Change in the Adirondack Alpine Zone of New York – by Monica Dore, SUNY Oneonta
• A Legacy of Fire in the Clintonville Pine Barrens of New York – by Emily Dolhansky, Yale University
• The Adirondack Orchid Survey Completes Its First Season – by Steve Young, New York Natural Heritage Program
• Spiranthes ovalis var. erostellata, New to New York – by Steven Daniel and Anne Johnson
• The 2017 Rare Plant Status Lists Now Available
• Update on New York Flora Atlas Sponsorship Program – by Joseph McMullen, Treasurer, New York Flora Association
• 2017 Additions to the St. Lawrence County Flora – by Anne Johnson, with photos by Steven Daniel
• Puzzle: Winter Reds and Greens – by Anna Stalter
• Volume 27 of the Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Society, Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of New York State, by David Werier has been published!

Vol. 29(2) 2018 Spring

• Spring corydalis (Corydalis solida (L.) Clairv.) naturalized in the Northeast and locally invasive in the mid-Hudson Valley of New York – by Christopher Mangels
• An Ode to Botany (and Smart Phones!) – by Scott Ward
• Second Annual Winter Plant Identification Workshop – by Joe McMullen
• A New Look for nyflora.org
• NYFA Notes and Photos
• NYFA Field Trips and Workshops for 2018

Vol. 29(3) 2018 Summer

• Protecting a Rare Mint (Pycnanthemum verticillatum (Michx.) Pers. var. verticillatum) in Urban New York City – by Rebecca Carden
• Evening Primrose (Oenothera biennis/O. parviflora) – Knowlton Foote
• Clapper Lake: Woods, Marsh and Bog – Trip Report. June 17, 2018 – by Steve Young, NYFA Secretary
• New County Records – by Steve Young, NY Natural Heritage Program
• Tug Hill Gulf Trip – by Anne Johnson
• On the Desecration of Nature – by Tom Rawinski
• New York Flora Association 2018 Annual Meeting

Vol. 29(4) 2018 Fall

• 2018 Grass Identification Workshop – by Jasmine S. Peters
• Fun with Common Names – by Steve Young, NYFA Secretary
• Graham Mountain Seep Field Trip – by Dan Spada
• The Trouble With Milfoil – by Anne Johnson
• Valcour Island Field Trip – by Dan Spada
• Ausable River Delta Field Trip – by James Battaglia
• Whiteface Field Trip Report – by Steve Young, NYFA Secretary
• The 2018 NYFA Annual Meeting Report – by Steve Young, NYFA Secretary
• Smartweeds of the Lower Hudson Region Field Trip Report – by Steve Young, NYFA Secretary
• Eastman Hill Flora Trip, Tompkins County 6/10/18 – by Whitney Carleton
• Learn 10 Wetland Plants Trip Report, Woodlawn Preserve, Schenectady – by Steve Young, NYFA Secretary
• Petal Pedal along the Ausable River trip report – by Steve Young, NYFA Secretary

Vol. 28(1) 2017 Winter

• Those Maddening Name Changes – by Steven Daniel
• How New York Saved its Ash – by Molly Marquand
• Botanizing in New York: Bittersweet [Celastrus scandens & Celastrus orbiculatus] Findings – Scott Ward, SUNY Brockport
• NYFA Trip: Mill Brook First Growth Forest and Mill Brook Fen, 7/9/16 – by Dan Spada
• New Endangered and Threatened Plant Records for New York State 2016– Compiled by Steve Young, Chief Botanist, NY Natural Heritage Program
• Sugarloaf Mountain Field Trip – by Rich Ring
• An Engaging Late Fall Activity for Everyone [Botrychium hunting]– by Anne Johnson (with help from Steven Daniel)
• 2016 Additions to the St. Lawrence County Flora – by Anne Johnson

Vol. 28(2) 2017 Spring

• Cuckoo-flowers of NY [Cardamine pratensis L.] – by Michael Hough
• Winter Plant Identification Workshop – A Review – by Joseph McMullen
• What is a Native Plant Nursery? – by Steve Young, NYFA Board
• Resurrecting an Herbarium at Oswego – by Andrew P. Nelson
• Geum × catlingii and the Geums of NY – by Michael Hough
• NYFA Field Trips and Workshops for 2017

Vol. 28(3) 2017 Summer

• Children’s Book Review: Karl, Get Out of the Garden! Carolus Linnaeus and the Naming of Everything by Anita Sanchez, illustrated by Catherine Stock – reviewed by Frank Knight
• Indian Pipe, Monotropa uniflora L. – by Knowlton Foote
• The New Adirondack Orchid Survey – by Steve Young, Adirondack Botanical Society
• Botanical Trip to Lucky Star Alvar, June 14, 2017 – by Steve Young
• Upcoming New York Flora Atlas Sponsorship Program – by Joe McMullen, Treasurer, New York Flora Association
• Field Trip: Tug Hill Botany Weekend – by Anne Johnson
• 2017 Grasses of New York Workshop Review – by Louise Barteau

Vol. 28(4) 2017 Fall

• Fredonia College Lodge Nature Preserve Field Trip, July 1, 2017 – by Priscilla and Jon Titus
• The subspecies of Highbush Cranberry (Viburnum opulus L.) – by Michael Hough
• Prominent Botanist and Educator Mike Kudish named New York’s 2016 Native Plant Conservationist of the Year
• Syracuse sedges (Carex spp.) and limestone ledges – by Scott Ward
• Field Trip Report: Plants Along the St. Lawrence, September 16, 2017 – by Steven Daniel
• Jones Beach Field Trip. September 9, 2017 – by Steve Young, NY Natural Heritage Program
• Warner Hill Outing, May 21, 2017 – by Rich Ring
• New York Flora Association Annual Meeting, August 20, 2017, The Catskill Center, Mount Tremper, NY – by Steve Young
• Chenango Valley State Park Field Trip, August 26, 2017 – by Connie Tedesco
• Monumental Upcoming New York Flora Checklist by David Werier

Vol. 27(1) 2016 Winter

• The Cardinal Flower, Lobelia cardinalis L.– Knowlton Foote
• New York Flora Association Research Award Project Summary: “Measuring Rhodiola integrifolia subsp. leedyi [Leedy’s roseroot] microsite” – by Kali Mattingly
• In Memoriam – St Lawrence County Botanist Nancy Eldblom
• The Reach of the New York Flora Association – by Joseph M. McMullen
• 2015 Additions to the St. Lawrence County Flora – by Anne Johnson
• Preview of Upcoming 2016 Field Trips and Workshops

Vol. 27(2) 2016 Spring

• Anne E. Perkins M.D. (1873–1961) – by Edith F. Schrot
• Wait. What? MORE violets? – by Harvey Ballard
• Developing Coefficients of Conservatism Values for New York’s Native Flora – by Rich Ring, New York Natural Heritage Program
• Upcoming events

Vol. 27(3) 2016 Summer

• A Look at Persicaria (and one Polygonum) at Alley Pond Park – by Steve Young, NY Natural Heritage Program
• Narrow Hill (Chemung County) Field Trip – by Scott Ward
• West Point Botany Weekend, led by David Werier May 21-22, 2016 – by Nava Tabak
• The New York Rare Plant Program is Back on Track! – by Steve Young
• A New Large Population of Green Milkweed Discovered (Asclepias viridiflora) – by Steve Young
• Have a New County Record? Send Me the Data. – by Steve Young

Vol. 27(4) 2016 Fall

• Joint Annual Meeting an Enjoyable Weekend – by Steve Young, NYFA Board
• Name Changes in Newcomb’s Wildflower Guide
• Garden Club of East Hampton receives 2015 Plant Conservationist Award – by Anna Stalter
• NYFA Aquatic Workshop August 12-14, 2016, co-sponsored by Bailey Hortorium – by Steven Daniel
• Altona and Clintonville Trip July 30 and 31 – by Anne Johnson
• Whiteface Mountain Field Trip – by Steve Young, NYFA Board
• Wild Occlupanids – by Joan Zeller
• Botanical Note: Orchids have the smallest seeds of any flowering plant – by Steven Daniel

Vol. 26(1) 2015 Winter

• Great Plains Ladies-tresses (Spiranthes magnicamporum) Discovered in New York State – by Daniel F. Brunton
• Collections at the Landis Arboretum – by Ed Miller, Curator
• Notes of Botanical Interest
• New York’s Invasive Species Regulations Become Effective in March 2015 – by Joseph M. McMullen
• 2014 Additions to the St. Lawrence County Flora – by Anne Johnson
• Carex quiz

Vol. 26(2) 2015 Spring

• John Burroughs: Father of the American Wildflower Guide – by Frank Knight
• NYFA Botany Symposium and Champlain Valley Bioblitz
• Native and Introduced Acorus in NY – by Michael Hough
• Another naturalizing Exotic: Investigating the Impact of a popular street tree, Syringa reticulata – by Chris Teter
• Field Trips and Workshops for 2015
• Willow Challenge

Vol. 26(3) 2015 Summer

• Shades of Green – by Joseph M. McMullen
• Native Plant Summit
• NYFA 25th Anniversary: A Message from the Last State Botanist – by Richard S. Mitchell
• Requests from Readers
• Adventures with Freshwater Algae – by Anne Johnson

Vol. 26(4) 2015 Fall

• The two OXes of Pakatakan Mountain: AdOXa and Oxalis – by Michael Kudish
• Flowering Plants that Lack Green – by Joseph M. McMullen
• Massawepie Field Trip Report – by Anne Johnson
• Ferns and Clubmosses Field Trip in Chenango County, June 2015 – by Joseph M. McMullen
• NYFA Annual Membership Meeting 2015 – by Anna Stalter
• Introduction to Grasses Workshop recap – by Kevin Bliss
• Petal Pedal Along the Warren County Bikeway – by Steve Young

Vol. 25(2) 2014 Spring

• What’s Scent got to do with it? – by Rosalie C.F. Burdon
• Things Found Botanizing, addendum
• Bryophytes of the Hoxie Gorge Area – by Norm Trigoboff and Michael Hough
• SUNY Fredonia’s Bioblitz at the College Lodge in Western New York
• Plants Included in Proposed Invasive Species Regulations – by Joseph M. McMullen
• Photomorphogenic Effects of UV-B Radiation and a-Tocopherol Treatment on Brassica rapa – by Tiffany Marie Wong
• Notes of Botanical Interest
• Field Trips and Workshops for 2014
• NYFA Board Nominees for 2014

Vol. 25(3) 2014 Summer

• Frederick Pursh and the Discovery of Hart’s-Tongue Fern – by Joseph M. McMullen
• NYFA Annual Membership Meeting recap – by Anna Stalter
• Field Trip Report: Catskill Flora – by Rich Ring
• Plant Conservationist of the Year: Anne Johnson
• Note from the Editor: Tribute to Nancy Eldblom – by Anne Johnson
• Notes of Botanical Interest
• NYFA Newsletter: Past, Present, and Future – by Anna Stalter

Vol. 25(4) 2014 Fall

• Hail Fall Foliage – by Tierney Rosenstock
• Field Trip to Allenburg Bog recap – by Joanne Schlegel
• Indian River Lakes Conservancy trip recap – by Don Faber-Langendoen

Vol. 24(1) 2013 Winter

• An Update to the 2010 Flora of St. Lawrence County – by Anne Johnson, Lisbon, NY
• Crossbills and Sweetgum Trees – by Steven Daniel, Rochester, NY
• The Breakup [of the snapdragon family] was Rough – by Steve Young, NY Natural Heritage Program

Vol. 24 (2) Spring 2013

• The Voice of Plants – Plants Speak Volumes without Saying a Word – by Joseph M. McMullen
• The Hudson River Ice Meadows in Winter – by Evelyn Green
• Susquehanna and Chenango River Floodplains – by Kenneth Hull
• Chemung River Valley Field Trip led by David Werier, June 23-24, recap – by Louise Raimondo
• Field Trips and Workshops for 2013

Vol. 24(3) Summer 2013

• A Sticky Situation: Salvia glutinosa in Southeastern New York – by Nava Tabak
• Plant Conservationist of the Year: Emily DeBolt
• Solanum dulcamara L., Climbing Nightshade – by Knowlton Foote
• Annual Meeting Recap – by Steve Young
• Common Mosses of the Northeast and Appalachians – Review by Tom Phillips
• A New Botanical Duo [Google & Bing] – by Steve Young, NY Natural Heritage Program
• Bark: A Field Guide to Trees of the Northeast by Michael Wojtech, 2011 – Review by Anna Stalter
• Field Trip Report: Fitzgerald Pond, 3 Jun.

Vol. 24(4) Fall 2013

• Mildred Faust, Ph.D. A Noted Central New York Botanist (1899-1988) – by Knowlton Foote
• Amelanchier Workshop: Plant Identification at Flood-Stage, recap – by Michael Burgess
• Grasses of New York Workshop Jul. 19 at Bailey Hortorium, led by David Werier, recap – by Nava Tabak
• Fruit and Leaf Quiz –
• Some St. Lawrence County Gentians – Natalie Aldrich, photographer
• Early Bluegrass – Poa cuspidata – A Native Species Rediscovered in Western NY after 170 Years, and a Lesson in Using Manuals – by Steven Daniel
• 2013 Additions to the St. Lawrence County Flora – by Anne Johnson

Vol. 23(1) 2012 Winter

• Carex aggregata Rediscovered in New York – by Steve Young, New York Natural Heritage Program
• Field Trip Recap: Altona Flat Rock Pavement Barrens, Clinton County, Jul. 23, 2011 – by Anne Johnson
• NYFA and the Niagara Frontier Botanical Society Aster and Goldenrod Workshop recap – by Priscilla Titus
• Puttyroot (Aplectrum hyemale) discovered in Monroe County – by Steve Young
• NYFA receives 501(c)3 status
• Announcements & Reminders,
• Selected Upcoming Regional News and Happenings
• Hot off the Presses: Arthur  Haines, Flora Novae Angliae and Aris Auders & Derek Spicer, Encyclopedia of Conifers

Vol. 23(2) 2012 Spring

• Wetland Indicator Status Rankings: What do they Mean and Why do we Care – by Joseph M. McMullen, Terrestrial Environmental Specialists, Inc.
• 2012 Workshops and Field Trips (announcements)
• NYFA News
• NYS Botanical Discoveries: New Endemic Yellow-eyed Grass, Xyris bracteicaulis, Described From Long Island
• Selected Upcoming Regional News and Happenings
• Hot off the Presses: BARK: A Field Guide to Trees of the Northeast by Mchael Wojtech & Field Manual of Michigan Flora by Edward G. Voss and Anton A. Reznicek

Vol. 23(3) 2012 Summer

• Wolffia in New York – by Connie Tedesco
• Sedge Workshop With Tony Reznicek June 20-21, SUNY ESF Wanakena Ranger School, Recap – by Kim Smith, NY Natural Heritage Program
• What is Dick Mitchell Doing? – by Dick Mitchell
• The Standing Ones and the Completed Circle – by Johnie Leverett, Native American, 1941-2004
• NY Natural Heritage Program moves to SUNY ESF (not physically)
• Chemung Valley Field Trip Recap – by David Werier

Vol. 23(4) 2012 Fall

• The Story behind the Species Name: Ithemer Bingham Crawe, M.D.
• A Message from Kim Smith
• Field Trip Summary: Deer Creek Fens and Dunes – by Andy Nelson
• Juncus Workshop with Wesley Knapp recap – by Steven Daniel
• Where to Deposit Herbarium Specimens – by David Werier
• C. Barre Hellquist Leads Aquatic Plant Identification Workshop, 18 Aug. recap – by Rich Ring
• Joint NYFA/LIBS Goldenrod Workshop, 15 Sep. recap – by Rich Kelly
• Crustose Lichen Workshop, 6-7 Oct. recap – by Scott LaGreca, Curator, Cornell University Plant Pathology Herbarium
• Newsletter Editor Needed
• An Old Quote that Resonates to This Day – by Charles Darwin

Vol. 22(1) 2011 Winter

• Naetrocymbe saxicola new for New York State – and other interesting lichen records from the Chaumont Barrens alvar site – by Scott LaGreca, PhD, Berkshire Museum
• Protecting New York’s Ash: A Call to Action – by Kimberly Smith, New York Natural Heritage Program
• Early Detection of Invasive Plant Species: A Procedural Guide for Botanists – by Steve Young, New York Natural Heritage Program
• The Rare Plant Reintroduction Policy of the New York Natural Heritage Program – by Steve Young, New York Natural Heritage Program
• In Memory of Bob Ingalls – by Tom Phillips and Nancy Slack
• Botanical Lessons from Bob Ingalls – by Joseph M. McMullen
• Remembering Bob Ingalls – by Steve Young
• St. Lawrence County Peatlands Field Trip Recap – by Bernard P. Carr
• NYFA Announcements: Annual meeting and Board of Directors election slate
• Selected Upcoming Regional Events
• Reminders and Musings

Vol. 22(2) 2011 Spring

• Native Plants for Rain Gardens – by Emily DeBolt, Fiddlehead Creek Native Plant Nursery
• New York Counties Lacking Records for Common Genera. Let’s Fill the Gaps! – by Steve Young, New York Natural Heritage Program
• Did You Know… – by Troy Weldy, Eastern New York Capter, The Nature Conservancy
• NYFA Annual Meeting Notes – by Kimberly Smith and Steve Young, New York Natural Heritage Program
• Awards, Announcements, Reminders, Musings

Vol. 22(3) 2011 Fall

• “May the Turf of the Sedges they Loved … Keep them Perennially Green” – A Local Connection to Sedge Giants of the early 19th Century: Henry Sartwell and Chester Dewey – by Steven Daniel
• A Note on Sensitive Stamens – by Knowlton Foote, PhD/li>
• NYFA’s Botrychium workshop at Bailey Hortorium recap – by Anna Stalter
• NYFA‘s Late Spring Salix workshop with David Werier recap – by Luke Cannon
• NYFA 2011 Sedge Workshop with Tony Reznicek – by Steven Daniel
• NYFA Field Trip to Bergen Swamp and Letchworth State Park Jul. 31 and Aug. 1, 2011, recap – by Steven Daniel
• Seeking Your Input
• Hot off the Presses: “Non-invasive” cultivar? Buyer beware.
• “The Identification of Grasses” (poem) ” by H. D. Harrington
• Reminders

Vol. 21(1) 2010 Winter

• Slender False Brome (Brachypodium sylvaticum ssp. sylvaticum): A New Invasive Plant in New York – by Steven Daniel and David Werier
• The St. Bonaventure University Herbarium – by Stephen W. Eaton
• Imponderables, Editor’s Correction, Winter Musings, CyberBotany
• For Your Consideration, Handy Resources

Vol. 21(2) 2010 Spring

• American Ginseng (Panax quinquefolius) – Facts and Folklore – by Joseph M. McMullen, Terrestrial Environmental Specialists, Inc.
• NYFA Business, Amended and Restated Bylaws
• Upcoming Events: 2010 NYFA Field Trips
• 2009 Genera Quest Wrap-up – by Steve Young, New York Natural Heritage Program
• Handy Resources, Musings, Seeking Your Comments
• Other Selected Regional Events

Vol. 21(3) 2010 Summer

• Gardening With Native Plants: Winterberry (Ilex verticillata) – by Emily DeBolt, Fiddlehead Creek Farm and Native Plant Nursery
• New Native Orchid Discoveries in New York [small whorled pogonia (Isotria medeoloides) & dragon’s mouth orchid (Arethusa bulbosa)] – by Steve Young
• NYFA Field Trip Recaps: Allegany State Park –
• Upcoming NYFA Events
• Other Selected Regional Events
• Handy Resources
• Cyber Botany
• Musings & Reminders

Vol. 21(4) 2010 Fall

• Northeastern Bulrush (Scirpus ancistrochaetus) rediscovered in New York – by Steve Young, New York Natural Heritage Program
• Another Significant Rediscovery on Long Island – by Steve Young
• Chaumont Barrens Field Trip Recap – by Scott LaGreca, Berkshire Museum
• Lorraine Gulf Field Trip Recap – by Anne Johnson
• Ithaca Sedge Workshop Recap – by Steven Daniel
• Bramble Ramble Recap – by Bonnie Isaac
• NYFA Annual Meeting Notes Recap – by David Werier
• Cyber Botany: Andrews Bryophyte Foray species lists available online
• Book News: Nancy Eldblom & Anne Johnson, Plants of St. Lawrence County, NY: An Annotated Checklist of Vascular Flora
• Selected Upcoming Regional Events
• Reminders and Musings

Vol. 20(1) 2009 Spring

• Hypotrachyna and Other Lichen Stories with Hypotrachyna showmanii new for New York State – by David Werier
• New York Plants / New York People – Dr. Robert Naczi, Curator of North American Botany, The New York Botanical Garden
• Imponderables & Spring Quotes
• Upcoming Events: Genera Quest 2009, etc.
• Handy Resources
• Alerts: Hemlock Woolly Adelgid & Emerald Ash Borer
• NYFA Board of Directors Class of 1012 Election Slate
• Message from the President – by Ed Frantz, NYSDOT

Vol. 20(2) 2009 Summer

• Climatically Buffered Wetlands in New York State: Implications for Climate Change and Conservation – Patrick A. Raney, SUNY-ESF, Syracuse
• Imponderables, Regional Rarities & Summer Thoughts
• Carex lupuliformis: A vernal pool Specialist? – by Laurie Swift, New York Natural Heritage Program
• Upcoming Events: Genera Quest 2009, etc.
• Flora Association Annual Membership Meeting Recap – by David Werier
• Handy Resources
• Alert: Emerald Ash Borer Detected in New York State
• Alert: “Rock Snot” [Didymosphenia geminata] is Becoming Established in New York State Streams
• Eastern North America Yarrow [Achillea spp.] Study Needs Your Help – Justin Ramsey, University of Rochester
• Report on NYFA Board Elections
• NYFA is Seeking Member Involvement – Ed Frantz

Vol. 20(3) 2009 Fall

• A Dynamic New York Flora Association – by Troy Weldy
• Soapwort (Saponaria officinalis L.) – by Knowlton C. Foote, Ph.D.
• Imponderables, Regional Rarities, and Fall Musings
• NYFA Crataegus Workshop Led By Arthur Haines – by David Werier
• NYFA Sedge Workshop – by Kim Smith, NY Natural Heritage Program
• NYFA Grass ID Workshop – by Connie Tedesco
• Alerts – Invasive Grass to Watch For: Slender False Brome (Brachypodium sylvaticum)
• Mt. Skylight Field Trip – by David Werier
• Genera Quest 2009: Mendon Ponds/ Auburn Trail sets New Genera Quest Record – by Steve Young
• Genera Quest Napeague Trip Avoids the Rain – by Steve Young
• Meet the New Board Members
• Herbarium Spotlight: SUNY Plattsburgh – by Chris Martine
• Upcoming Events – Biodiversity Research Institute Lecture

Vol. 20(4) 2009 Winter

• About the New York Flora Atlas – by David Werier and Troy Weldy
• The Auburn Trail at Railroad Mills: Not an Ordinary Rail Bed – by Steven Daniel
• In Memoriam: Rogers McVaugh (1909 – 2009), A Columbia County Perspective – by Claudia Knab-Vispo and Conrad Vispo
• Imponderables, Musings
• From the NYFA Blogroll: DEC Launches New York Nature Explorer
• Regional Spotlight: common bristly clubmoss (Spinulum annotinum) in western NY
• NYFA Happenings: Workshops and Field Trips

Vol. 19(1) 2008 Spring

• NYFA (in conjunction with the Bailey Hortorium) Presents a Violet Workshop with Dr. Harvey Ballard
• 2008 Sedge Workshop – Location Pending
• Organization and Bylaws of New York Flora Association (approved 21 March 2008)
• New York Flora Association Election Slate – Board of Directors
• 2008 Field Trips – Genera Quest
• Botanical Researches in Central Part of State, Part 5 – by Joseph V. Haberer, M.D., transcribed by Steve Young, NY Natural Heritage Program
• Satin Brome (Bromus nottowayanus) in New York – by David Werier
• Flowering Dogwood (Cornus florida) Request – Ashley Brooks, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC

Vol. 19(2) 2008 Summer

• Report on the Election of Board Members – by Andy Nelson
• New York Flora Association’s Northeast Natural History Conference 2008 Botany Related Awards –
• The Rare Hart’s-tongue Fern First Discovered in North America 200 Years Ago in Onondaga County, New York – by Joseph M. McMullen Terrestrial Environmental Specialists, Inc. Phoenix, NY
• Report on the 2008 Violet Workshop May 9-11 – by Steve Young
• Telling Impatiens Without Flowers – by Steve Young
• Report on the Sedge Workshop July 9-11 – by Steve Young
• 2008 New York Rare Plant Status Lists Available – by Steve Young, New York Natural Heritage Program
• Report on Genera Quest 2008– by Steve Young

Vol. 19(3) 2008 Winter

• Dr. Steven Clemants, 1954 – 2008
• Winter Beech [Fagus grandifolia & F. sylvatica] – by Frank Knight, NYS DEC
• Genera Quest Wrap-up 2008 – by Steve Young, New York Natural Heritage Program

Vol. 18(1) 2007 Spring

• NYFA Election [nominees announced]
• Mosses and Liverworts of Clark Reservation – by Keith C. Bowman SUNY ESF
• Invasive Plants on the Horizon and More: A Recap of the Annual Conference of the Invasive Plant Council – by Steve Young
• Prominent Botanists Visit Utica and Nearby Towns. Part 2. – by Joseph V. Haberer, M.D., The Utica Daily Press, March 8, 1924, transcribed by Steve Young, NY Natural Heritage Program
• New York Plants / New York People, A Blast from the Past – by Knowlton Foote, LaFayette, NY
• Ted Grisez, 1921-2006
• Bobbi Angel, Widely known Botanical Illustrator, receives Prestigious Award – by Jackie Kallunki
• Attention All Current and Aspiring Biologists [June Bedford Audubon Society bioblitz announcement]
• Tracking Invasive Plants – Kerry Barringer, Debora Amos (BBG), Meg Wilkinson (IPC NYS)
• New York State Wetlands Forum Conference [announcement] – by Joseph M. McMullen, Phoenix, NY
• 2006 Field Trips and Workshops [announcements]
• The Future of the NYFA Newsletter: Paper or Electronic – by Steve Young
• Project Budburst
• Adirondack Mountain Club Releases New Book: Adirondack Alpine Summits: An Ecological Field Guide, by Nancy G. Slack, Ph.D., and Allison W. Bell

Vol. 18(2) 2007 Summer

• Carex flacca (Heath Sedge) a Non-Native (? Invasive) Addition to the Flora of Tompkins County and South Central New York – by David Werier
• Carex workshop in Warrensburg a Success –
• Upcoming Field Trips of NYFA and the Torrey Botanical Society
• Botanists Discover Some Rare Plants Hereabouts, Part 3 – by Joseph V. Haberer, M.D., transcribed by Steve Young, NY Natural Heritage Program
• Orange Jewelweed (Impatiens capensis Meerburgh) – by Knowlton Foote, Ph.D.

Vol. 18(3) 2007 Winter

• Call for Nominations
• Utica Botanists Collected Many Ferns and Mosses, Part 4 – by Joseph V. Haberer, M.D., transcribed by Steve Young, NY Natural Heritage Program
• New York City Wildflower Week – by Marielle Anzelone, Botanist & Garden Designer, Drosera
• Wolf Gully Field Trip Report – by Bruce Gilman
• Northeast Natural History Conference X
• A Message from Steve Young, Treasurer
• DEC’s Environmental Resource Mapper is Here!

Vol. 17(1) 2006 Spring

• Musk Mallow (Malva moschata L.) – by Knowlton C. Foote, Ph.D.
• New York’s Exploitably Vulnerable Plant Species List – A Need for a Definition of Change – by Joseph M. McMullen, Terrestrial Environmental Specialists, Inc. Phoenix, New York

Vol. 17(2) 2006 Fall

• NYFA Recognizes Botanical Talks at the Northeast Natural History Conference –
• Invasive Species Workshop [report] –
• New York Plants / New York People – by Jonathan H. Titus Assistant, Professor of Biology, SUNY Fredonia and Priscilla Titus, Ecologist, Goldberry Restoration
• otanists who were early Visitors in this Vicinity. Part 1. – by Joseph V. Haberer, M.D., The Utica Daily Press, February 23, 1924, transcribed by Steve Young, NY Natural Heritage Program
• Voucher Specimens Needed
• Publication News – by Steve Young and Gerry Moore

Vol. 16(1) 2005 Spring

• Vascular Flora of the Moose River Plains – by Brian and Eileen Keelan, Rochester, NY
• Botanical and Ecological Resources of Oakwood Cemetery, Troy, NY – by Warren F. Broderick, Lansingburgh, NY
• Chicory – by Knowlton Foote

Vol. 16(2) 2005 Summer

• Updating Plant Names for the Upper Susquehanna Valley Flora, NY – by Erika Graver, Lee Kass, and Todd Egan
• New York People / New York Plants, An update of who is doing what across the state – The Nature Conservancy’s Eastern NY Chapter
• Award goes to ESF Botanist. Dr. Robin Wall Kimmerer won the John Burroughs Medal Award for Gathering Moss: a Natural and Cultural History of Mosses
• Habitat Relationships of Terrestrial Orchids – by J. Hope Hornbeck, SUNY ESF
• Chicory (bibliography for V. 16 no. 1) – by Knowlton Foote
• Targeting Swallowwort – Lindsey R. Milbrath, Research Entomologist USDA-ARS, U.S. Plant, Soil and Nutrition Lab, Ithaca

Vol. 16(3) 2005 Fall

• Callitriche hermaphroditica, Autumnal Water-starwort, Rediscovered – by David Hunt, Ecological Intuition & Medicine, Grafton, NY
• Annual Rare Plant Status Meeting, took place January 11, 2006
• Publication News

Vol. 15(1) 2004 March

• NYFA’s 2004 Field Trip Schedule
• Blue Vervain (Verbena hastata L.) – by Knowlton Foote
• New York People, New York Plants – An update of who is doing what across the state – various SUNY-ESF students
• Amos Eaton’s First Edition of A Manual of Botany – by Stephen W. Eaton, emeritus professor of biology, St. Bonaventure University

Vol. 15(2) 2004 Summer

• Sandplain Gerardia – A Success Story on Long Island, September 2003 – Marilyn Jordan, Ph.D., Conservation Scientist, The Nature Conservancy Long Island and South Fork/Shelter Island Chapters
• New York People, New York Plants – An update of who is doing what across the state – Department of Biological Sciences, University at Albany
• How to Photograph Flowers – by Frank Knight, New York Institute of Photography

Vol. 15(3) 2004 Fall

• Biological Diversity of the Southern Honeoye Valley – Dr. Bruce Gilman, Finger Lakes Community College
• New York People / New York Plants – by Elizabeth Newell, Professor of Biology, Hobart College, Geneva, NY
• A Study of Goldenseal (Hydrastis canadensis) – Supported by NYFA Small Grants Program
• NYFA Board Meets – August 27, 2004
• The Capital District Friday Botany Group – Another in the series on plant groups in New York State
• Publication News – some of the recent publications that are pertinent to NYS botany
• Pest Alert: Sudden Oak Death Update (December 6, 2004) – from the Massachusetts Introduced Pests Outreach Project
• There’s More Than One Blue Cohosh [Caulophyllum thalictroides and Caulophyllum giganteum] – by Steve Young

Vol. 15(4) 2004 Winter

• Cumming Nature Center Plant List – by Suzanne Cordell Strakosh
• New York People / New York Plants – Barbara Bedford, Cornell University
• June Field Trip Valcour Island – announcement
• Willow Workshop – announcement
• Publication News – some of the recent publications that are pertinent to NYS botany

Vol. 14(1) 2003 March

• Rediscovery of Spiny Naiad (Najas marina L.) in New York – Joseph M. McMullen – Terrestrial Environmental Specialists, Inc., Phoenix, NY
• A Great New Botanical Magazine: Plant Talk, published by the National Tropical Botanical Garden, USA – editors
• Eleocharis aestuum (Cyperaceae) in New York – Arthur Haines
• Development of Herbarium Label-Making Software – by Troy Weldy, botanist, NY Natural Heritage Program
• New York People / New York Plants – An update of who is doing what across the state

Vol. 14(2) 2003 June

• Mycology and the New York State Museum – by Dr. John Haines, Mycologist, New York State Museum
• Profile of a Rare Plant: Viola rafinesquii (wild pansy, field pansy, Johnny-jump-up)– by Steve Young, Program Botanist, NY Natural Heritage Program
• Wild Ginseng in New York State – by Jason Denham, Senior Forester, NYS DEC, Division of Lands and Forests
• Are New York’s Forests Healthy? – by Jerry Carlson, Chief, Forest Health and Protection, NYS DEC, Division of Lands and Forests
• New York People / New York Plants – An update of who is doing what across the state

Vol. 14(3) 2003 September

• Our 50th Issue! – Celebrating the History of New York’s Plant Societies
• Origins of the New York Flora Association – by Richard Mitchell, State Botanist, Emeritus
• Origins of the Torrey Botanical Society – Summarized from the online history by Dr. Patrick L. Cooney
• The Long Island Botanical Society – by Eric Lamont, President
• The Niagara Frontier Botanical Society – by Irene Wingerter, Editor of Clintonia
• The Olive Natural Heritage Society, Inc. – by Sam Adams
• The Finger Lakes Native Plant Society – by David Werier, Treasurer and Newsletter Editor
• The Native Plant Collection of the Landis Arboretum – by Ed Miller, Arboretum Volunteer
• A Naturalist’s Guide to Seashore Plants: An Ecology for Eastern North America – review by Gerry Moore, Brooklyn Botanic Garden
• Doodletown Ciphers: Botanical Musings on a Ghost Town – by Richard Mitchell, State Botanist, Emeritus
• Some Lichens from “The Ledges” in Morrisville (Madison County) – by Scott LaGreca, Harvard Univ. Herbaria
• Florida Report with Many Thanks to NYFA – by Richard Mitchell

Vol. 14(4) 2003 December

• A Review of NYFA’s 2003 Activities – by Troy Weldy and Steve Young
• Joralemon Woods Species List – June 14, 2003
• Spring Pond Bog Field Trip Species List – June 28, 2003
• Altona Sandstone Pavement Barrens Field Trip Species List – compiled by Ken Adams, August 9, 2003
• Hudson Highlands Field Trip Species List – compiled by Bob Ingalls, September 6, 2003
• More on New York State Local Plant Groups: Thursday Naturalists History – by Ruth Schottman
• Perennially all-female botany club accepts a guy – by Dick Case, Post-Standard Columnist, Syracuse

Vol. 13(1) 2002 March

• Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta L.) – By Knowlton Foote, Ph.D.
• Bitterweed (Picris hieracioides L.) – An Abundant but Often Overlooked Species – by Joseph M. McMullen, Terrestrial Environmental Specialists, Inc.
• New York Flora Atlas Update – by Troy Weldy, N. Y. Natural Heritage Program

Vol. 13(2) 2002 May

• A perfect day on Schunnemunk – by Richard S. Mitchell
• Epilobium parviflorum, a rare European introduction along the Niagara River – Patricia M. Eckel, Buffalo Museum of Science

Vol. 13(3) 2002 September

• Skirting Schunnemunk – by Richard Mitchell, N.Y. State Museum
• Blue-weed (Echium vulgare L.) – by Knowlton Foote, Ph.D.
• NYFA Under New Management – by Richard Mitchell, Editor

Vol. 13(4) 2002 December

• A Gratitude of Thanks to Richard Mitchell – by Troy Weldy
• Botanical Bibliography of Richard Mitchell
• Summary of the Roger’s Island field trip – by Steve Young

Vol. 12(1) 2001 March

• A New Lichen for New York State [Lecanora minutela Nyl.], and a Brief History of Lichenology in New York – by Scott LaGreca, Harvard University Herbaria

Vol. 12(2) 2001 June

• NYFA Now has a website: nyflora.org – by Richard Mitchell
• NYFA Trip: Wetlands of Oswego County – by Troy Weldy, Richard Mitchell, et al.
• Cuscuta obtusiflora var. glandulosa: More common than we thought – by Steve Young, NY Natural Heritage Program
• Rare orchid searches can be dangerous – by Chuck Sheviak, NY State Museum

Vol. 12(3) 2001 September

• Eugene C. Ogden, State Botanist Emeritus (1905 – 2001) – by John Haines, Larry Syzdek, et al.
• Thoughts About my Predecessors: – by Richard S. Mitchell
• Hydrangeas Gone Wild: An Adventure in Plant Identification and Nomenclature – by Warren F. Broderick, NY State Archives

Vol. 12(4) 2001 December

• Jack Pine at 4000 Feet in the Giant Mountain Wilderness Area, Adirondack Mountains, New York – by Norton G. Miller, New York State Museum
• Shumard oak (Quercus shumardii Buckley) discovered in western New York – by Carol R. Sweeney, Department of Biology, Niagara University, NY
• Sterling Forest Flora – Summary of a Four Year Project – By Richard Mitchell, N.Y. State Museum

Vol. 11(1) 2000 March

• Pseudoscleropodium purum, a European Moss Widely Naturalized in New York State – Norton Miller
• Letter to the Editor – The Board of Directors of the Invasive Plants Council of New York

Vol. 11(2) 2000 June

• A Flora of Schodack Island State Park – by Bernard P. Carr & Cathie A. Baumgartner
• Flora of the Northeast: A Manual of the Vascular Flora of New England and Adjacent New York. Dennis W. Magee & Harry E. Ahles. 1999. University of Massachusetts Press – Review by Richard Mitchell

Vol. 11(3) 2000 September

• Silver Vine, an Oriental Kiwi Berry, Found Escaping Cultivation in Sterling Forest – by Richard S. Mitchell
• Iris virginica L., Southern Blue Flag, Restored to the Flora of New York State – by Patricia M. Eckel & James Bissell
• The Plants of Pennsylvania: An Illustrated Manual. Ann Fowler Rhoads & Timothy A. Block. 2000. Univ. of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia. 1062 pp. – Review by: Richard Mitchell
• The Dumbing of Systematic Biology (an editorial) – Richard Mitchell

Vol. 11(4) 2000 December

• Botanical Discoveries of 2000 (1999) – by Steve Young and Richard Mitchell, NY State Museum
• Seabeach Amaranth on Long Island: 2000 Was the Best Year Yet – by Steve Young, NY Natural Heritage Program
• A Note on Horticultural Elms: Ulmus parvifolia and Ulmus pumila in the Niagara Frontier Region of New York – by P. M. Eckel, Buffalo Museum of Science
• When an Aster is No Longer an Aster – by David ‘Nakita’ Werier, Botanical Consultant, Ithaca, NY

Vol. 10(1) 1999 April

• Significant Botanical Discoveries of 1998, Compiled from Information Received at the New York Natural Heritage Program – by Steve Young
• Books, Lists and Databases in Progress – by Richard S. Mitchell

Vol. 10(2) 1999 July

• Are Invasive Plants Really a Serious Danger to Native Plants and Communities? A Speculative Editorial – by Richard Mitchell
• More Plants of the Rare Nantucket Juneberry Discovered – by Steve Young
• Search for a Rare Wasp Calls Attention to a Notable Sand Delta Habitat – by Anne Johnson
• Adkins, Leonard M. (Photos by Joe and Monica Cook) 1999. Wildflowers of the Appalachian Trail. Menasha Ridge Press. 214 pp. – Review by Richard Mitchell

Vol. 10(3) 1999 September

• Special Botanical Soul-searching Issue – Letters to the editor regarding invasive plant issues

Vol. 09(1) 1998 March

• A New, Disjunct Northern Range Extension for Carolina Clubmoss, Lycopodiella caroliniana (L.) Pichi Sermolli – by Michael Corey
• Hydrocotyle ranunculoides L.f., a New Native Species for New York – by Ted Grisez
• Utricularia radiata Small, a Floating Bladderwort, Disjunct in the Southern Adirondacks – by Evelyn Greene
• Significant Botanical Discoveries of 1997 – by Steve Young
• Orchids of the Northeast (A Field Guide) by William K. Chapman Syracuse Univ. Press (1997), 200 pp., 60 photos. – Review by Richard Mitchell

Vol. 09(2) 1998 June

• Aliens in Our Midst: More on Cultivars Loose in the Wildes of New York – by Warren F. Broderick
• Some Interesting Sandy-soil Communities at Fort Drum (Jefferson County) – by Anne Johnson

Vol. 09(3) 1998 September

• Amendments to the State Checklist I. – by Richard S. Mitchell
• More on Pyrola minor (Pyrolaceae) – by Norton G. Miller
• A Preliminary Key to the Ericaceae of New York State – by Steven Clemants

Vol. 09(4) 1998 December

• Sterling Forest: A Botanical Bonanza – by Richard S. Mitchell, NY State Museum
• Ogden’s Pondweed (Potamogeton ogdenii) Now Known to Persist at Three Sites in New York State& mdash; by Richard Mitchell and Steve Young
• A Second Population of Large, Floating Bladderwort Discovered in New York – by Richard Mitchell and Spider Barbour
• Notes on Two Long Island Exotic Waifs – by Steve Young
• Mile-a-minute (Polygonum perfoliatum) Invades Long Island – by Eric Lamont
• Seabeach Amaranth: Increased Numbers Again in 1998 – by Steve Young

Vol. 08(1) 1997 April

• A New Fern Hot Spot in a Cool Clime – by Brian and Eileen Keelan
• What is a Native Plant? – Richard Mitchell
• How Many Species of Vascular Plants Grow in the Wild in New York State? – Richard S. Mitchell

Vol. 08(2) 1997 June

• The New State Checklist is Finally Out – by Richard S. Mitchell
• White-tailed Deer & Vegetation: a Conflict? – by Steve Young
• White-tailed Deer: An Editorial Comment – by Richard S. Mitchell
• Ted Baim: New York Amateur Botanist Extraordinaire – by Anne Jaster and Steve Young
• Wild Orchids of the Northeastern United States – Review by Richard Mitchell
• Ecologists Rediscover a Native Grass Thought to be Extirpated – by Greg Edinger

Vol. 08(3) 1997 October

• Oakwood Cemetary: A Forgotten Violet and other Botanical Oddities – by Warren F. Broderick
• The Rare Moss Aulacomnium turgidum Rediscovered in the Adirondacks – by Norton G. Miller
• Forests and Trees of the Adirondack High Peaks Region, ed. 3, by E. H. Ketchledge. 163 pp. Illustrated. Paperback. 1996. Adirondack Mountain Club, Inc., – Review by Norton Miller

Vol. 08(4) 1997 December

• Yankee Plants in Dixie – by Bruce A. Sorrie
• The Fall-line Sandhills of North Carolina: Botany and Childhood Memories – by Richard S. Mitchell
• New York Plants in the Florida Panhandle – by Richard S. Mitchell

Vol. 07(1) 1996 March

• Portrait of a Rare Plant: Aplectrum hyemale, Puttyroot Orchid – by Steve Young
• Bear Mountain – Harriman Flora: Project Completion Report – by Richard Mitchell, N.Y. State Museum
• Significant Botanical Discoveries of 1995 – Compiled from information received at the N.Y. Natural Heritage Program – by Steve Young
• Cuscuta megalocarpa Rydb. Discovered in New York State – by Steve Young
• Neglected Members of our New York Flora: Trees and Shrubs – by Joseph M. McMullen

Vol. 07(2) 1996 June

• Orontium aquaticum L., a Southern Aquatic – by Richard Mitchell
• Salix atrocinerea – an Overlooked Willow in New York State – by Gordon C. Tucker, N.Y. State Museum
• Robert Roy Smith (1934-1995) – by Richard Rabeler, University of Michigan Herbarium
• A Preliminary Vascular Flora of the French Creek Drainage of Western New York – by Douglas Goldman, University of Texas, Austin

Vol. 07(3) 1996 September

• Rare Plants of New York’s Maritime Grasslands – by Robert E. Zaremba, The Nature Conservancy
• New, Totally Revised Checklist of New York State Vascular Plants to be Published – by Richard Mitchell
• Aster ontarionis – a Rare Plant New to the Niagara Region – by Patricia M. Eckel, Buffalo Museum of Science
• Best Wishes to Gordon Tucker in His New Career – by Dick Mitchell
• Plant Discoveries: Seventh Straight Year of Finding Plants Ranked “State Historical” – by Steve Young & Richard Mitchell
• Another Rare Native Carex Added to the State Flora List – by Richard Mitchell

Vol. 06(1) 1995 April

• An Intertidal, Aquatic Cactus in New York? – by Richard Mitchell, New York State Museum
• Some Observations on Phragmites Stolons – by John M. Bernard, Ithaca College
• Four “Historical” Rarities Found in 1994, and Others in Need of Searches – by Steve Young, compiled from records of the N.Y. Natural Heritage Program
• Rare Plant Status List Revisons for 1995 – by Steve Young, New York Natural Heritage Program
• Consolida regalis S. Gray, Naturalized in Genesee County, New York – by Norton G. Miller, New York State Museum

Vol. 06(2) 1995 May

• Preliminary Keys to Carex (Cyperaceae) in – New York State by Gordon C. Tucker, New York State Museum

Vol. 06(3) 1995 October

• Mile-a-Minute Weed (Polygonum parfoliatum L.) in New York State – by Richard Mitchell, New York State Museum
• Comments on Some Rare Non-native Plants Recently Reported from New York – Received as a letter to the Editor from Ed Cope
• More New Exotic Species and Hybrids in New York – by Richard Mitchell
• Book Review: The Ashokan Catskills: A Natural History, by John Bierhorst. 1995. Purple Mtn. Press. 116 pages. – Review by Gordon C. Tucker

Vol. 05(1) 1994 February

• Rare Trilliums of New York State – by Stephen M. Young, New York Natural Heritage Program
• Ferns of the Clark Reservation – by Joseph M. McMullen, Bernard P. Carr, and Diane Wheelock
• Ferns of Mt. Toby, Franklin County, Massachusetts – by Bruce Sorrie, Pinehurst, NC
• Field trip Report: Niagara River Gorge, August 28, 1993 – by Bob Zaremba, The Nature Conservancy
• Iona Island Field Trip Report – by Gordon C. Tucker and Jack Focht

Vol. 05(2) 1994 May

• Discovery of Utricularia inflata Walt. – a New Native Species for New York State by Richard S. Mitchell
• A New Look At The Taxonomy of our Yellow Lady’s-slippers by Chuck Sheviak
• Significant Botanical Discoveries of 1993 – Compiled from information received at the N.Y. Natural Heritage Program by Steve Young
• Further Notes on Beachgrasses (Ammophila) in Northeastern North America – by Edward A. Cope
• John Greenlee and Derek Fell. 1992. The Encyclopedia of Ornamental Grasses. 186 pp. – Review by Gordon Tucker

Vol. 05(3) 1994 August

• Sleuthing for Rare Plants in the Bronx, New York – by Eric Lamont
• Whorled Mountain-Mint: Another Pesky Pycnanthemum – by Michael Corey
• New Plants from West Hills County Park, Suffolk County, New York – by Andrew Greller
• Cladonia metacorallifera — a New Lichen for New York State – by Claire K. Schmitt
• Report on June Field Trips of the New York Flora Association – by Steve Young
• Letchworth State Park List – by David M. Hunt

Vol. 05(4) 1994 December

• Virginia Snakeroot (Aristolochia serpentaria) Rediscovered in New York by Richard Mitchell
• Two Galloping Grasses – by Gordon Tucker New York State Museum
• Staten Island NYFA Field Trip Report – by David Hunt, The Nature Conservancy, New York Regional Office

Vol. 04(1) 1993 March

• Floristic Eye on the Hudson Highlands – by Richard Mitchell, N.Y. State Museum
• Significant Botanical Discoveries of 1992 – by Steve Young
• Botanizing the Zoar Valley of Western New York – by Alfred Schotz
• A New Species of Orchid from Eastern Long Island – by Paul Martin Brown
• Lathyrus venosus var. intonsus in New York – by Alfred Schotz
• Information Needed on Exotic Species – by Steve Young
• Concern for Golden Club – by Steve Young
• Flora of the Lake Ontario Eastern Shore Dunes – by Sandy Bonanno

Vol. 04(2) 1993 August

• Bear Mountain – Harriman Update – by Richard S. Mitchell
• NYFA Field Trip to Valcour Island June 5, 1993 – by Robert E. Zaremba
• Field Biologists Guide to Lyme Disease – by Clifford Lamere
• Edible Plants Crossword – by Gordon Tucker & Clifford Lamere

Vol. 03(1) 1992 March

• Purple Mountain Saxifrage [Saxifraga oppositifolia] – New to New York State – by Peter F. Zika and Jerry C. Jenkins
• How I Met Liberty Hyde Bailey – by Eugene C. Ogden
• When is a Flower Not a Flower? – by Richard S. Mitchell
• Our Beach Grasses (Ammophila), Including the Rare Champlain Beachgrass – by Gordon C. Tucker

Vol. 03(2) 1992 August

• Jack Pine Barrens in New York: A Story of Fire and Ice – by Kenneth Adams
• Apera interrupta (L.) Beauv. in New York – by Edward Cope
• Sixth NYFA Field trip: Adirondacks — Mt. Whiteface and Silver Lake Swamp – by Robert E. Zaremba
• Changes at “The Conservationist” by Frank Knight
• Dog-Stranglers of New York: A Look at Vincetoxicum Species – by Scott Sheeley
• IN MEMORIAM: Arthur Cronquist (1919-1992) – by Eric Lamont
• SUNSET by Mabel Allred Cronquist
• New York Natural Heritage Program Botanical Contracts for 1992 – by Steve Young

Vol. 03(3) 1992 December

• Finding New York’s Fern “Hot-spot” – by Frank Knight
• Recent Introduction of Certain Prairie Species into the Albany Pine Bush – by Chuck Sheviak
• A Brief Life History Study of Skunk Cabbage – by Cris Winters
• NYFA Field Trip #7 to Tivoli Bays and Stockport Creek – by Bob Zaremba

Vol. 02(1) 1991 February

• European Frog’s-bit [Hydrocharis morsus-ranae] – Aquatic Invader – by Anne Johnson
• My First Extended Botany Field Trip – by Eugene C. Ogden
• The New York State Station for Cathcart’s Woodsia [Woodsia cathcartiana]: A History of its Known Existence – by Stephen W. Eaton
• The Bryophyte Collection at the New York State Museum – by Lorinda Leonardi
• A Niche for NYFA in Plant Conservation? – by Richard Mitchell
• Another New Weedy Grass in New York [Microstegium vimineum] – by Robert Zaremba

Vol. 02(2) 1991 July

• Heart-leaf Plantain [Plantago cordala] – “King-root” – by Steven Clemants & Richard Mitchell
• Plant Hunting Among the Gulls on South Dumpling Island – by Gordon Tucker and Edwin Horning
• A Rare Plant Hot-spot in the Bronx – by David S. Künstler
• Proposed NYFA Guidelines – by Richard Mitchell
• Seabeach Amaranth (Amaranthus pumilus) in New York State – by Christopher Mangels
• Significant Botanical Discoveries Documented by the New York Natural Heritage Program in 1990 – by Stephen Young
• Remembering Joe Beitel (1951-1991) – by Robert Zaremba
• Mr. Roberts’ “Skunk Cabbage” – by Eugene C. Ogden
• Report on the 4th Semi-annual NYFA Field Trip: Hudson River, South of the Glen – by Robert Zaremba

Vol. 02(3) 1991 October

• The Two Common Urban Knotweeds [Polygonum aviculare & P. arenastrum] – by Richard S. Mitchell
• Sky-blue Aster at Niagara River Gorge – by Clifford W. Lamere
• When I First Met Merritt Lyndon Fernald – by Eugene C. Ogden
• The Long Island Botanical Society – by Orland J. (Skip) Blanchard, Jr.
• Seaside Goldenrod (Solidago sempervirens L.) at Niagara Falls – by Clifford W. Lamere
• Significant Botanical Discoveries of 1991; Preliminary Report from the Natural Heritage Program – by Stephen Young
• Report on the NYFA Council Meeting – by Eric Lamont (Secretary, NYFA)
• Report on the 5th NYFA Field Trip: Central Long Island Pine Barrens – by Robert E. Zaremba.
• A Key to Bedstraws (Galium, Rubiaceae) in New York State – by Gordon C. Tucker, N. Y. State Museum

Vol. 01(1) 1990 Summer

• An Invitation to Join – Richard Mitchell and Robert Zaremba

Vol. 01(2) 1990 April

• About the New York Flora Association – by Richard Mitchell
• New York State Museum A New York Metropolitan Flora Now Getting Underway – by Steven E. Clemants
• New State Records of Native Plants in 1989 – (found by Peter Zika, Ken Dean, and Steve Clemants)
• Guidelines for the Conservation-Minded Collection of Orchid Specimens – by Charles Sheviak
• A New State Regulation Protecting Rare Plants – by Douglas Schmidt, DEC, Division of Lands and Forests
• TAXACOM – A Computer Communication Service for Botanists – by Richard Zander
• Botanizing the Great Swamp – by Gordon Tucker
• Report on the September 1989 NYFA Field Trip – by Robert Zaremba
• The Nature Conservancy State Botanist’s Progress Report on the Flora – by Richard Mitchell

Vol. 01(3) 1990 August

• A Call for Nominations for an NYFA Advisory Council – by Richard Mitchell & Robert Zaremba
• Rare Hart’s-tongue Fern [Phyllitis scolopendrium (L) Newm. var. americana Fern.] in New York State – by Donald Leopold
• A Classification of New York’s Ecological Communities – by Carol Reschke
• Sending Specimens and Data-slips to NYFA – by Richard Mitchell
• Working Together to Produce Accurate, Useful New York Flora Maps – by Dominique Pahlavan
• Sandplain Gerardia, Agalinis acuta Pennell, in New York – by Robert Zaremba
• Alvar Landscapes – New York’s Stone Prairies – by Bruce Gilman
• Report on the NYFA Alvar Field Trip – by Robert Zaremba and Richard Mitchell
• Species Seen at Limerick Cedars Preserve June 9, 1990 – based on a species list provided by Bruce Gilman
• Species Seen at Chaumont Barrens Preserve June 9, 1990 – by Carol Reschke
• Book Review: Wild Plants of America: A Select Guide for the Naturalist and Traveler. by Richard M. Smith. John Wiley & Sons. 1989. Hardcover, 267 pp. – Review by Gordon Tucker

Vol. 01(4) 1990 November

• Fall NYFA Meeting, 1990 – by Richard Mitchell and Robert Zaremba
• Other Rare New York Plants Found in 1990 – by Richard Mitchell and Robert Zaremba
• Noteworthy Botanical Finds at Orient Beach State Park – by Eric Lamont
• Fishers Island Flora Project – by Gordon Tucker
• Karl L. Brooks (1912-1990) and the Fate of his Catskill Flora and Economic Botany – by Richard Mitchell
• Woodsia cathcartiana Robins., Now Extirpated in New York State? – by Richard Mitchell