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NYFA Field Trip This Sunday
Learn about lichens at one of the most beautiful places in New York, Chaumont Barrens near Watertown. Click on the NYFA calendar in the links list to learn more.
Dr. Don Leopold from ESF Discusses Planting Native Plants for Green Roofs
This is a short segment on YNN of Don talking about the merits of planting native plants for green roofs. Click Here.
New Lists Posted on NYFA Google Map of Plant Lists
Lists recently posted include these from St. Lawrence County by Anne Johnson and Nancy Eldblom: Indian Creek Nature Center Grass River Wild Forest Wolf Lake State Forest Yellow Lake State Forest Click the Google map of plant lists in the links section on the right...
No More Northeastern Bulrush Found But Diverse Wetlands Encountered
Steve Young, New York Natural Heritage Program - During our last week of searching Steuben and Allegany Counties for the federally threatened Northeastern Bulrush we did not find any additional populations but we encountered good habitat dominated by other plants. So...
Caroyln Summers Book Signing at Fiddlehead Creek Nursery
Workshop On The Value and Necessity of Native Plants and Animals
Deer Impact Study on Vegetation Taking Place at Beaver Meadows State Forest
We all know how destructive deer populations have been on native plants in New York. DEC is now funding a study to quantify this effect on a state forest in Chenango County. See more details HERE. We hope more of these studies will result in better management...
Northeastern Bulrush (Scirpus ancistrochaetus) Rediscovered in New York
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 Putnam...
New Lists Posted on NYFA Google Map of Plant Lists
Maps recently posted include: Whiteface Mountain plant list. Plants of Long Island by Jelliffe 1899. Click the Google map of plant lists in the links section on the right side of the page.
How Prepared is the U.S. to Meet Future Botanical Challenges?
The Chicago Botanic Garden and Botanic Gardens Conservation International 's U.S. office have been working with partners across the country to assess current and future botanical capacity in the United States. The aim of this grant-funded project is to understand the...
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