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In Search of Long Island Rare Plants 3 – Southern Arrowwood
From Steve Young – NY Natural Heritage Program. In New York two varieties of Viburnum dentatum are found, var. lucidum, northern arrowwood, also called Viburnum recognitum in some books, and var. dentatum, southern arrowwood. Viburnum dentatum var. dentatum is found...
Soft Fox Sedge (Carex conjuncta) Rediscovered in New York.
Botanist David Werier rediscovered this state endangered sedge in Chemung County this summer. It had not been seen in the state since a specimen was collected in 1966 in Rensselaer County and was listed as state historical by the New York Natural Heritage Program....
New Population of the State Threatened Sea-Pink Found on Long Island
Luke Ormond found New York's 9th population of the rare sea pink (Sabatia stellaris) in a salt marsh near Riverhead this week. This beautiful wildflower is only found on the east end of Long Island in New York and makes a good subject for photography. You can see his...
Is Heal-all (Prunella vulgaris) Native or Exotic? It’s both!
I always thought that Prunella was exotic but it is listed as native in Newcomb's Wildflower Guide. As it turns out there are two varieties and one is native (var. lanceolata) and one is not (var. vulgaris). In the NYFA Atlas David Werier sets forth the history of...
New Lists Posted on NYFA Google Map of Plant Lists
Maps recently posted include: Sortable Rare Plant List 2010 Ferns in the Vicinity of Poughkeepsie 1890 Vassar College Herbarium List 1890 Mud Pond Dryden List 1926 Access the map on the links sidebar.
USA Topographic Map from ESRI on the Web
If you would like another option for looking at topo maps of New York or other places in the US you can use this new map from ESRI on Arcgis.com. If you click on Basemaps on the top of the map you can look at different maps including aerials and USGS maps. Its very...
Time to Refresh Your Memory on Aster and Goldenrod Scientific Names
Many scientific name changes have been made in the Aster Family lately and there are a number of places you can go to refresh your memory on the changes to asters and goldenrods. Here are some websites where you can read up on them: A list of name changes in Newcomb's...
NYFA Annual Meeting and Field Trips a Success
Over twenty NYFA members enjoyed our field trips and annual meeting in the Cranberry Lake area over the weekend. We saw many interesting plants in the beautiful poor fens of the area and after a hearty lunch provided by Ed Frantz at his camp, we elected this year's...
Giant Pine-Drops (Pterospora andromedea) Reappear This Year Along Lake Champlain.
The giant pine drops that were rediscovered last year north of Plattsburgh reappeared this year in the exact same spot. It's still a mystery why this plant has become so rare in New York after being seen many times across the state in the late 1800s and early 1900s....
The Decline of Newpapers and Pressing Plants
An unintended consequence of the decline of the newspaper business (our local newspaper is getting really thin now) is the loss of newsprint to press plants. Maybe we should press them between iPads! Any other suggestions? (an iPress?) - Steve Young
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