Patrick Raney, a PhD student at SUNY ESF in Syracuse is monitoring fen plots in Central NY and getting around to all of his plots every 2 weeks. Here is his recent phenology data for these plots. Thanks Patrick!
In bloom:
Central Square sedge meadow & red maple swamp:
5-27-09
Carex stricta
Cypripedium acaule
Cypripedium parviflorum
Rhamnus alnifolia
Geum rivale
Carex crinita
Cornus sericea
Photinia melanocarpa
Vaccinium corymbosum
Fertile fronds on Osmunda cinnamomea
Viola cucullata
Saxifraga pensylvanica
Nelson Swamp 5-25-09
Cypripedium parviflorum
Trillium cernuum
Mitella nuda
Mitella diphylla
Clintonia borealis
Aralia nudicalis
Maianthemum stellata & candensis
Calla palustris
Fertile fronds on Osmunda claytoniana
Viola cucullata
Saxifraga pensylvanica
Beaver Creek State Forest Fen: 5-28-09
Corallorhiza trifida
Geum rivale
Clintonia borealis
Mitella nuda
Saxifraga pensylvanica