Read Leslie Suprenant’s article about DEC’s battle to stop the spread of invasive plants and animals.
Archive for May 2009
Conservationist Article on NY Invasives
May 7, 2009Plant Quiz Gets Its Own Link
May 7, 2009You can now access the weekday plant quiz by clicking on the link in the right sidebar under Blogroll. Have fun! – Steve Young
Mertensia City
May 5, 2009In Western New York, Karen Schreiner reported on the Genesee Valley Conservancy annual bluebell walk that they host every year. It’s near the Genesee River, on 400+ acres of easement protected property. She refers to it as Mertensia City. Her photos below show how beautiful it is. -Steve Young
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- Mertensia City
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- The footpath through the bluebells
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- The bluebells’ habitat
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- White-flowered bluebells
Albino Trillium erectum in Villenova
May 3, 2009While exploring the Township of Villenova in western New York today, we came across this lovely albino wake robin and thought we would share the sighting with these photos! -Priscilla Titus
New article on pine barrens vernal ponds
May 2, 2009Jason Bried from the Albany Pine Bush Commission and Greg Edinger from the NY Natural Heritage Program just published an article on the classification of pine barrens vernal ponds. The citation is below.
Bried, J.T., and G.J. Edinger. 2009. Baseline floristic assessment and classification of pine barrens vernal ponds. Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society 136:128-136.
Useful Tree Book
May 1, 2009I just came across the book Forest Trees, A guide to the Eastern United States by Lisa J. Samuelson and Michael E. Hogan, 2006. There are many tree books out there but I liked the fact that they have included many photographs of different parts of the tree. Check it out at your local library or search for it on the web. If anyone would like to review the book in more detail we can include it in our newsletter. – Steve Young
Forest Trees cover
New York Flora Association Blog 