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Genera Quest Napeague Trip Avoids the Rain
The tropical storm last Friday threatened to cancel the field trip to Napeague last Saturday but the rain ended by Saturday morning and allowed a group of hardy plant enthusiasts to look at plants in the dunes, swales and salt marsh. The search for Schizaea pusilla...
Woodbine – The Other Virginia Creeper
From Steve Young: Until the last few years, whenever I saw Virginia creeper-looking leaves I always called it Parthenocissus quinquefolia. Looking through the grape family keys one day I realized that there are actually two common species of Parthenocissus, P....
Shelf Fungus With Leaf Imprints
From Steve Young: While climbing up Dial Mountain in the Adirondacks recently my son Alex found these imprints of leaves on the top of a shelf fungus. It looks like they may have landed on the fungus as it was finishing its growth and the imprints were made. This is...
Is Newcomb’s Right About Burdock Petioles?
From Steve Young: Newcomb's wildflower guide says that Arctium minus, common burdock, has hollow leaf stalks and A. lappa, great burdock has solid leaf stalks. It would be nice if this was consistent so these species could be identified before they flower since the...
Searching for Downy Wood-mint
From Steve Young: I searched a powerline in southern Albany County today looking for plants of Blephilia ciliata, downy wood-mint, that were last seen there in 1998. This is only one of three locations in the state for this rare plant. The area was on dry limestone...
Labor Day Holiday Plant Quiz
These two woody plants with long compound leaves were seen along the Mohawk bike trail in Schenectady County. Can you guess what they are? Click on photos for a larger image. The first plant is on the first row: The second plant...
A Variety of White Pale Impatiens
From Steve Young: I was down along the Mohawk Bike Trail in Niskayuna, Sche. Co. this afternoon and saw a many white flowers of the pale impatiens, then I saw them with extra lobes on the petals. I had never noticed them before. Photos below.
The New nyflora.org Website Is Up and Running!
The NY Flora Association's new website has now replaced the old site. More improvements will be coming soon including lists and a library. Go to www.nyflora.org and post any comments you have about the site under this blog entry. We now offer NYFA gear that you can...
Job Opening for New York Invasive Species Biologist
The New York Natural Heritage Program, a partnership between The Nature Conservancy and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, seeks a highly motivated individual for the Invasive Species Biologist position. For details about the position and to...
A Disease of Dirca palustris, Leatherwood
Dirca leaves From Steve Young: My son Alex took this photo of leatherwood in Saratoga County today while on a trip with Jackie Donnelly. She has noticed this disease affecting Dirca for some years and it makes the plant stand out in the woods this time of year. ...
Mendon Ponds/Auburn Trail Trip Sets New Genera Quest Record
The NYFA trip to Mendon Ponds and the Auburn Trail in Railroad Mills on August 22 set a new one-day record for genera seen at 258! The old record was 243 at Alley Pond Park in Queens in 2008. The Mendon area is very diverse with eskers, ponds, marshes, a kettlehole...
More Cattail Double-spikes
From Steve Daniel in Rochester: These were seen Thursday at WhiteBrook wetlands, part of the Crescent Trail, Town of Perinton, Monroe County.
Oh No! A Snafu With the New Website
The new nyflora.org website was going to to live today but because of unforseen technical problems we will have to wait a while longer. Stay tuned to this blog for updates.
Torrey Botanical Society Offers Research Award for Students
We are pleased to offer to student members for 2010 for the first time the Andrew M. Greller Graduate Research Award for Conservation of Local Flora and Ecosystems. This is an annual award funded by Dr. Greller for outstanding student research directed towards...
A Trip to the High Peaks
From Patrick Raney, SUNY ESF: These were some of the plants in bloom around Mount Marcy August 10-12 Solidago cutleri is in bloom at (Mt. Marcy, Basin, Gothics) Minuartia groenlandica is in bloom and all over (same area, and Saddleback Mtn) Cornus canadensis Kalmia...
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