by admin | Aug 30, 2009 | Happenings, NY Flora Association, Plant Sightings
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...
by admin | Aug 28, 2009 | Plant Sightings
From Steve Daniel in Rochester: These were seen Thursday at WhiteBrook wetlands, part of the Crescent Trail, Town of Perinton, Monroe County.
by admin | Aug 26, 2009 | Plant Sightings
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...
by admin | Aug 12, 2009 | Plant Sightings, Rare Plant Surveys
On August 6th, Kim Smith of the 91ÖÆƬ³§ Natural Heritage Program visited a known population of Platanthera cristata (Yellow-crested Orchis) on Long Island. This species is endangered in 91ÖÆƬ³§ and known from only a few sites in the state, so it is a very rare sight...
by admin | Aug 3, 2009 | Natural History, Plant Sightings, Plant Uses
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 91ÖÆƬ³§ City. See the questions and answers starting here. The series was discontinued after the three...
by admin | Jul 29, 2009 | Happenings, Plant Sightings
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...
