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Andrews Moss Foray Announced
From Keith Bowman at Syracuse Univerisity - I am happy to announce this year's Andrews Foray. It will be held in upstate New York around Syracuse. The details are listed on the website which can be found at the following link....
Visit to the New York Native Plant Nursery
My family and I took a ride through beautiful Washington County on Sunday and visited Emily DeBolt and the Fiddlehead Creek Native Plant Nursery in Hartford. We had a very warm welcome and enjoyed looking at all the native plants ready to find a good home. The...
New 100% NY Native Plant Nursery Opens.
Fiddlehead Creek Farm and Native Plant Nursery. 7381 St. Rt 40, Hartford, NY (Washington County NE of Hudson Falls) We are very excited to be having our grand opening this upcoming weekend. We will be open Sat, Sun, and Monday from 10-5 on May 29-31 (Memorial Day...
New 100% NY Native Plant Nursery Opens.
Fiddlehead Creek Farm and Native Plant Nursery. 7381 St. Rt 40, Hartford, NY (Washington County NE of Hudson Falls) We are very excited to be having our grand opening this upcoming weekend. We will be open Sat, Sun, and Monday from 10-5 on May 29-31 (Memorial Day...
Have You Seen Giant Hogweed? Call the Giant Hogweed Hotline!
If you have seen giant hogweed in New York call the NYSDEC Giant Hogweed Hotline (845)256-3111. The hotline is a place for people to report new sites, ask questions about the plant and how to control it, and connect with our statewide control project. Another giant...
Plants of St. Lawrence County Book Now Available!
Local botanists Nancy Eldblom & Anne Johnson have just published the Plants of St. Lawence County, New York. Contains write-ups of over 1,300 plants growing wild in St. Lawrence County-- Learn if a plant has been found in the county where in the county it grows...
Web Sources for Old Aerial Photographs
Wouldn't it be nice to see what your area looked like from the air as far back as 1938? Vegetation changes are readily apparent when you compare them to aerial photographs of today. For New York I have found two sources that have old aerial photographs available for...
Keep Your Eye out for Rare Bumblebees
Since we are out observing and photographing wildflowers all the time, our friends over on the zoology side of the Natural Heritage Program are asking us to keep our eyes out for a couple of bumblebees which might be in severe decline. On February 10, 2010, a broad...
Allegany State Park Field Trip a Success
We had nine enthusiastic plant people participate in two days of plant walks in Allegany State Park. On Saturday morning May 15 we traveled to the southern end of the park and hiked up the trail to Bear Cave Rocks and Mount Seneca. At Bear Cave Rocks we wanted to...
“Wildflowers and other Invasive Species”: a nature walk in Otsego County
Butternut Valley Alliance and the New York Flora Association sponsor “Wildflowers and other Invasive Species”: a nature walk Sunday, June 6 from 1:30 to 5 p.m. Along the Butternut Creek (Otsego County) At “Elmwood”, 133 Peet Road, Morris, NY (Turn off State Hwy 51 and...
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