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Adirondack Botanical Garden Established
David Campbell of Queensbury has established the Adirondack Botanical Garden. Their mission is to promote education in the fields of horticulture, botany, and ecology in the Adirondacks and Capital Region of New York State. For more information go to their website...
More Information on Deer and Vegetation
This is from Tom Rawinski, Botanist, Durham Field Office, N A State & Private Forestry, USDA Forest Service, Durham, NH. As a society, we are beginning to recognize that a burgeoning deer population is a problem of our own creation - an unintended consequence of...
Database of Vascular Plants of Canada Released
Canadensys announces the release of VASCAN, the Database of Vascular Plants of Canada, a comprehensive list of all vascular plants reported in Canada, Greenland (Denmark) and Saint Pierre and Miquelon (France). http://data.canadensys.net/vascan/ Canadensys is a...
Newsletter and Program Titles from the Finger Lakes Native Plant Society
Finger Lakes Native Plant Society Newsletter Articles December 2010 Bailey's Sedge, Carex baileyi, A New Addition to the Flora of Tompkins County – David Werier Name That Plant Contest. Ithaca's Third Annual Designing with Native Plants Symposium Native Plant Garden...
Long Island Native Plant Symposium March, 11, 2011
The Long Island Native Grass Initiative presents its first annual native plant symposium Opportunities and Challenges of Working with Native Plants. This full day symposium will focus on the advantages of ecotypic (genetically local) native plant applications in...
NY Rare Plant List Now Available in Online Sortable List
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.
Lake Champlain Basin Program in the News
From the LCBP Website: Lake Champlain Clean-Up Plan Signed The Lake Champlain Basin Program hosted a signature event for Opportunities for Action, the long-term management plan for Lake Champlain on Tuesday, November 30, 2010. Vermont Governor Jim Douglas signed the...
Like New York, Canada Needs Taxonomists
From NatureServe US: A new report released by the Council of Canadian Academies warns of significant risks to the country’s biodiversity if there is no increased focus and investment in biodiversity science and taxonomic expertise. The report was authored by an expert...
Another Good Use for an Invasive Plant
In our efforts to protect the native mosaics of wetland plants and animals we value, we often have to deal with the monocultures of the non-native giant reed grass or Phragmites that threaten them. Here is an organization, Phragwrites, that decided to put the...
Central New York – Prepare for the Devastation of Emerald Ash Borer
Central New York ecosystems and community trees will be devastated by the advance of emerald ash borer through the region. Below is a workshop that will be staged by New York Releaf in Cortland to prepare people for the coming changes. People interested in the Flora...
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