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 to see. The plants were growing in pitch pine litter near a salt marsh. When she first walked up to the site, she spotted one or two of the beautiful yellow orchids, but then realized that there were hundreds of them scattered across the area. She estimated there were close to 400 plants in total!
Archive for August 2009
Yellow-crested Orchis Survey on Long Island
August 12, 2009Invasive Species Were a Prevalent Theme at Ecological Meeting
August 11, 2009From 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 abstracts from the meeting sessions and posters that I think will be of greatest interest to NY’s invasive
species crowd. I’ve also highlighted work presented by scientists working here in NYS.
http://nyisri.org/ESAInvasiveTalks.aspx
Be sure to also check out NYISRI’s “Spotlight on Research,” featuring the Fierke Lab’s work on EAB at SUNY-ESF:
http://nyisri.org/Spotlight on Research.aspx
“ASTERS of NEW ENGLAND” workshop
August 9, 2009New 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 College Street, Worcester, MA 01610
BRING: lunch, hand lens, field guides. Cold drinks provided.
See below for registration procedure and directions to Holy Cross.
1) REGISTRATION FOR WORKSHOP: If you wish to register for the aster workshop, please contact Robert Bertin. This workshop has a minimum (8) and a maximum (20). All persons wishing to participate should be in touch with Robert as soon as possible. rbertin@holycross.edu or call 508-793-2352
Why Is The New York Flora Association Website So Old?
August 8, 2009A 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 showing up shortly. It will have a new design based on our new logo and will contain all of the features of the old site plus a few new ones. Check back to this blog for an announcement of the date the new site will be ready. It should be soon!
New York Times Featured NYFA Board Member Gerry Moore
August 3, 2009There 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 installments.
Mid-Atlantic Invasive Plant Conference to be Held August 11, 12
August 1, 2009Please 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: http://nyis.info/Tools/Calendar.aspx#Complicating.
Chuck R. O’Neill, Jr.
Sr. Extension Specialist
Cornell University/New York Sea Grant
Director, NY Invasive Species Clearinghouse
Coordinator, Cornell Invasive Species Program
Morgan II, SUNY College
Brockport, NY 14420
Voice: 585/395-2638
Fax: 585/395-2466
E-mail: cro4@cornell.edu
Web site: www.aquaticinvaders.org
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