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Massachusetts Spring Plant Quiz
This quiz comes to us from Salicicola, a website for native plants of Eastern Massachusetts. To take the quiz CLICK HERE.
The Vasculum Blog
I ran across this botany-based blog recently looking for information on invasive species. It contains interesting information about many aspects of botany with some nice photos and descriptions of plants that also occur in New York. To see it CLICK HERE.
Check the NYFA Calendar. Many Events are Posted.
Lots of events are happening this spring so check the NYFA calendar for a walk or talk near you. CLICK HERE to see the calendar. If you have an event you would like to post send them to editor@nyflora.org.
Early Morning at the South Ferry Salt Marsh
by Steve Young - NY Natural Heritage Program Last summer I had to leave early from Mashomack Preserve on Shelter Island for a field trip to Long Island. While I waited for the South Ferry I decided to explore the marsh to the west where a friend had told me there...
Albany Pine Bush and Brookhaven National Lab Plants Lists Added to NYFA Plant List Map
The Google map of plant lists for New York is now accessible on the "Plant Lists" tab on our main website www.nyflora.org. Plant lists for the Albany Pine Bush and Brookhaven National Lab have just been added.
NYFA Fields Trips and Workshops for 2011
CLICK HERE to see the list of field trips and workshops scheduled for 2011.
Help Record Plant Phenology in New York With Project Bud Break
Now that plants are starting to flower (I have gotten reports of skunk cabbage and pussy willow) you can help record this natural phenomenon by using the New York-based website Project Bud Break. According to the website it is associated with a national effort, a...
Botany 2011 – July 9-13, St. Louis
This is one of the best botanical conferences in the world. For a list of session topics CLICK HERE.
A New Social Network Just for Botanists
This new website, www.my-plant.0rg, was created by Richard Olmstead and funded by the National Science Foundation to foster communication among botanists working on specific groups of plants. Users can create their own 'clade', like New York mints for example, and...
Butternut Valley Alliance Plans Wildflower Walk Sunday, June 5, 2011
The Butternut Valley Alliance in Otsego County has scheduled their second annual wildflower walk for Sunday June 5th, at 1:30 PM. There are pictures of last year's walk on the Butternut Valley Alliance website. View the pdf of the Flora Walk at the Stroh's. This year...
Breaking news: Skunk Cabbage Seen Flowering in Dutchess County
NYFA board member Aissa Feldmann saw skunk cabbage blooming in a swamp at Stony Kill Farm near Beacon in Dutchess County on March 9th while performing surveys for New England cottontail. The snow was patchy (see photo) so she didn't see the process of snow melting...
Save the Date: Long Island Pine Barrens Discovery Day Saturday, June 11
Learn about the ecology of the Long Island Central Pine Barrens and take part in other educational fun shops, field trips and a kids Discovery Center. Fun for the whole family. More information is available at their website. CLICK HERE to access it. Rain date June...
The History of High School Botany Education in America
Margaret Conover, a botanist from SUNY Stony Brook, has written an interesting overview of how botany has been taught in American high schools from 1800 to the present. She states that just over 100 years ago nearly all high-school students studied botany for a full...
The Authors of the Cyperaceae of Maine Need a Few Photos
Glen Mittelhauser is in the final stages of compiling and editing a field guide to the Cyperaceae of Maine (collaborative effort with Alison Dibble, Matt Arsenault, Don Cameron, Jill Weber, Sally Rooney, and Arthur Haines) and is on track for having this guide...
A Flurry of Flora Flashcards
Look on the website quizlet.com and you will see many sets of electronic flashcards that can be used to test your knowledge of the flora of a variety of areas from states (Ohio, North Carolina) to local flora. For New Yorkers, you should try the Ohio set since it has...
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