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Mendon Ponds Genera Quest A Success
The field trip to Mendon Ponds was an amazing day. We may have a new record for genera seen in one day. Stay tuned to this site for photos and the final tally. Below is one photo by Steve Daniel as a teaser.
New Website: Three Days and Counting
The new NYflora.org is scheduled to be live on Thursday!
Double-spiked Narrow-leaf Cattail
From Steve Young - When we were in Catskill Marsh last week we came across many examples of narrow-leaf cattail with double spikes that joined together to form the gap you see in the photo below (sorry for the bad focus). I had never seen this before and would like to...
A Good Day At Catskill Marsh
From Steve Young: On Thursday the 13th of August I joined Chris Zimmerman of The Nature Conservancy and Melissa Kalvestrand, a graduate student at SUNY Albany, on a trek through the freshwater tidal marsh and mudflats of Catskill, or Ramshorn, marsh. Melissa gathered...
NY Times Article on Taxonomy and the Naming of Organisms
Click here to see an interesting article on taxonomy by CAROL KAESUK YOON. I like the last paragraph, copied below, which shows the value of the profession. Just find an organism, any organism, small, large, gaudy, subtle — anywhere, and they are everywhere — and get...
Yellow-crested Orchis Survey on Long Island
On August 6th, Kim Smith of the New York Natural Heritage Program visited a known population of Platanthera cristata (Yellow-crested Orchis) on Long Island. This species is endangered in New York and known from only a few sites in the state, so it is a very rare sight...
Invasive Species Were a Prevalent Theme at Ecological Meeting
From Holly Menninger at Cornell: Invasive species were a prevalent theme at the Ecological Society of America's annual meeting in Albuquerque, New Mexico, August 3-7. For those of you not able to attend but interested in the research, I've created a page with links to...
“ASTERS of NEW ENGLAND” workshop
New England Botanical Club SEPTEMBER WORKSHOP “ASTERS of NEW ENGLAND” Lead by Arieh Tal Saturday, 19 September 2009 10 AM for 2-hour indoor session, followed by afternoon field foray $10 (cash or check made out to NEBC) 101 O’Neil Hall College of the Holy Cross, 1...
Why Is The New York Flora Association Website So Old?
A few years ago we had to stop updating our website for various reasons but in the last year web desiger Paulina Manzo of Plina Designs and board members Troy Weldy and Adam Ryburn have made a concerted effort to redesign and populate a new website that will be...
New York Times Featured NYFA Board Member Gerry Moore
There is a series of three article where Gerry Moore, botanist at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden and NYFA board member, answered questions about the flora of New York City. See the questions and answers starting here. The series was discontinued after the three...
Mid-Atlantic Invasive Plant Conference to be Held August 11, 12
Please note that the Mid-Atlantic Invasive Plant Conference will be held on August 11 and 12 at the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown. To find out more, visit the Calendar of Upcoming Invasive Species Events page on NYIS.INFO:...
Second Annual NYC Wildflower Week a Success
The 2nd annual NYC Wildflower Week drew interest from around the world! Since February 2009, the website has had over 9,500 visitors from every continent and 46 U.S. states. May 2-9, 2009 celebrated the hundreds of native flowers, trees, shrubs and grasses in the Big...
NY Emerald Ash Borer Biosurveillance Training
As you are most likely aware, emerald ash borer (EAB) presents one of the biggest threats to our trees in New York and the northeast. It has already been found in Randolph, NY and may be located elsewhere, undetected. Currently the purple prism traps hung in ash...
Symposium: Evaluating Reintroductions As a Plant Conservation Strategy: Two Decades of Evidence
Presented by The Center for Plant Conservation October 21-22, 2009 Sheraton Clayton Plaza Hotel 7730 Bonhomme Avenue Saint Louis, Missouri The Center for Plant Conservation is pleased to announce its fourth symposium entitled, "Evaluating Reintroductions As a Plant...
Utica Marsh BioBlitz Results
The first BioBlitz at Utica Marsh was held on Saturday, June 27, 2009. Congratulations to all participants! What is a BioBlitz? It's a one-day intensive survey of all living organisms in a designated area. Why run a BioBlitz? (1) to document which species live in our...
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