Newsletter and Programs From the Friends of the Hempstead Plains

Posted January 5, 2011 by nyflora
Categories: Field Trips, Plant Organizations, Publications, Apps, and Websites

Meadowlark Newsletter Articles Winter 2010

Editor’s Message – Where Did the Year Go?

Review of the November Grassland and Meadows Preserves Meeting

Heartful Thanks to the Boy and Girl Scouts

Girl Scout Gold Award Project

Eagle Scout Project at the Hempstead Plains

Review of the Annual Fall Hempstead Plains Poetry Writing and Painting Workshop

“Walk the Plains” Event Hosted by Friends of Hempstead Plains and Nassau County

Information on Biotrays, Biodegradable Trays Filled with Clean Soil and Appropriate Seeds

Upcoming Programs

Afternoon Walks Fridays at 3:30 PM: April 29, May 13, May 20, June 3, June 17, July 8

Weekend Volunteer Community Workdays Saturdays 9 to 12: April 30, May 14, May 21, June 4, June 18, July 9

For more information and to join the Friends go to their website. CLICK HERE.

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State Rare Plants Featured on Green Roof at SUNY ESF

Posted January 5, 2011 by nyflora
Categories: Ecology, Horticulture, People

When the new Gateway Building is finished on the the campus of SUNY ESF it will feature a green roof containing New York’s largest living collection of state protected and rare plants, according to the alumni magazine.

For more details and the full article CLICK HERE.

ESF Gateway Building when finished

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The Plant List. A New Listing of the World’s Flora.

Posted January 5, 2011 by nyflora
Categories: Publications, Apps, and Websites, Taxonomy

From theplantlist.org website:

The Plant List is a working list of all known plant species. Version 1 aims to be comprehensive for species of Vascular plant (flowering plants, conifers, ferns and their allies) and of Bryophytes (mosses and liverworts).

Collaboration between the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and Missouri Botanical Garden enabled the creation of The Plant List by combining multiple checklist data sets held by these institutions and other collaborators.

The Plant List provides the Accepted Latin name for most species, with links to all Synonyms by which that species has been known. It also includes Unresolved names for which the contributing data sources did not contain sufficient evidence to decide whether they were Accepted or Synonyms.

For the website CLICK HERE.

For New York’s flora we recommend following the taxonomy of the New York Flora Atlas – Steve Young

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2010 Blog Stats in Review

Posted January 2, 2011 by nyflora
Categories: Publications, Apps, and Websites

The stats helper monkeys at WordPress.com mulled over how this blog did in 2010, and here’s a high level summary of its overall blog health:

Healthy blog!

The Blog-Health-o-Meter™ reads Wow.

Crunchy numbers

Featured image

The average container ship can carry about 4,500 containers. This blog was viewed about 16,000 times in 2010. If each view were a shipping container, your blog would have filled about 4 fully loaded ships.

In 2010, there were 126 new posts, growing the total archive of this blog to 234 posts. There were 175 pictures uploaded, taking up a total of 330mb. That’s about 3 pictures per week.

The busiest day of the year was June 24th with 377 views. The most popular post that day was Ecoregions of New York Map Available for GIS.

Where did they come from?

The top referring sites in 2010 were nyflora.org, blogger.com, newyork.plantatlas.usf.edu, watershedpost.com, and facebook.com.

Some visitors came searching, mostly for plant identification app, iphone app plant identification, ipad handwriting recognition, fungi, and ny flora blog.

Attractions in 2010

These are the posts and pages that got the most views in 2010.

1

Ecoregions of New York Map Available for GIS June 2010

2

New Plant ID Apps for the iPhone and iPad March 2010
1 Like on WordPress.com,

3

iPad and Handwriting Recognition App for Plant Listing in the Field June 2010

4

Searching for Downy Wood-mint September 2009

5

CCE Emerald Ash Borer Outreach Training Workshops March 2010
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Rensselaer Plateau Forest Legacy Area Approved

Posted December 31, 2010 by nyflora
Categories: Plant Organizations

From the Rensselaer Plateau Alliance:

Happy New Year!

Our long awaited news has arrived. The Rensselaer Plateau Forest Legacy Area has been approved by the US Forest Service.

The RPA is extremely pleased with the decision to designate the Rensselaer Plateau a forest legacy site, for it recognizes the unique and special character of this region. The Forest Legacy Program will add an important tool and resources for conservation in the region. The program provides opportunity to permanently conserve forest lands with conservation easements that maintain the traditional uses of the land while conserving it forever. The programs reliance upon private landowner rights and willing sellers, and respect for home rule make this a great addition to conservation tools available to landowners and towns in the region. We applaud the approval and appreciate the support of local people, towns and state government to support the designation, for it is the grassroots support for such programs that achieved this result.

View the DEC Press Release..

Thank you to all who helped us show local grassroots support for the Forest Legacy Area last spring. Without your support this may not have happened.

Thank you again and Happy New Year from all of us at the RPA.                 Rensselaer Plateau Alliance Website.

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Minnesota Wildflowers Website A Good Resource For New York Too.

Posted December 31, 2010 by nyflora
Categories: Plant Identification, Publications, Apps, and Websites

The Minnesota Wildflowers website, http://www.minnesotawildflowers.info/page/home, has many beautiful photos and lots of information about wildflowers that also occur in New York. You just may find that missing photo to help you identify a plant you discovered in New York.

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Yes, Old Pressed Plants Are Really Useful

Posted December 30, 2010 by nyflora
Categories: Ecology, Plant Distribution, Taxonomy

CLICK HERE to see an article about how ecologists are using herbarium specimens to study global warming.  Brooklyn Botanic Garden is featured.

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Ancestral Plants. A new book by Arthur Haines

Posted December 25, 2010 by nyflora
Categories: Plant Uses, Publications, Apps, and Websites

Anaskimin has just published a new book by Arthur Haines entitled Ancestral Plants. A Primitive Skills Guide to Important Edible, Medicinal, and Useful Plants of the Northeast. Volume 1. For more information see this flier.

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New York Flora Atlas Statistics

Posted December 23, 2010 by nyflora
Categories: NY Flora Association, Publications, Apps, and Websites

Here are some important indices for the Atlas that are kept up-to-date in real-time.

Number of Plant Species               3,895

Number of Plant Images                1,698

Number of Herbarium Records  105,275

See the sidebar link to go to the Atlas.

 

 

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Eagle Hill Botany Programs for 2011

Posted December 22, 2010 by nyflora
Categories: Happenings

Lichens and Lichen Ecology
May 22 – 28. David Richardson and Mark Seaward

Crustose Lichens: Identification Using Morphology, Anatomy, and
Simple Chemistry
May 29 – Jun 4. Irwin M. Brodo

Introduction to Modern Phylogenetic Methods
Jun 5 – 11. Brigid O’Donnell

Bryophytes and Bryophyte Ecology
Jun 5 – 11. Nancy G. Slack

The Lichen Genera Rhizocarpon, Fuscidea, Porpidia, and Other Lecideoid Lichens
Jun 12 – 18. Alan Fryday

Applied Field Identification of Sedges and Rushes
Jun 26 – Jul 2. Andrew L. Hipp

Aquatic Flowering Plants
Jun 26 – Jul 2. C. Barre Hellquist

The Genus Carex: Advanced Taxonomy and Ecology
Jul 3 – 9. Anton A. Reznicek

Botanical Latin for Application and Enjoyment
Jul 3 – 9. Steven R. Hill

Applied Field Identification of Grasses
Jul 17 – 23. Tyler Smith

Lichens and Gravestones
Jul 17 – 23. Judith M. Jacob and Michaela Schmull

Medicinal Plants: Traditional Uses, Science, Evidence, Identification and Wild Crafting
Jul 24 – 30. Helen Metzman and James A. Duke

Botanical Illustration of Wildflowers
Jul 24 – 30. Angela Mirro

Mushroom Identification for new Mycophiles; Foraging for Edible and Medicinal Mushrooms
Jul 31 – Aug 6. Greg Marley

Flora of Coastal Habitats and Islands of Maine
Jul 31 – Aug 6. Glen H. Mittelhauser

Nomenclature and Databasing of Vacular Plants: Independent Study
Aug 7 – 13. John T. Kartesz

Applied Foundations in Vascular Plant Morphology
Aug 14 – 20. Susan Pell

Woodslore, Useful Wild Plants, and Natural History: Exploring Maine’s Woods and Waters
Aug 14 – 20. Doug Elliott

Taxonomy and Biology of Ferns and Lycophytes, with Guest Lectures on Isoetes
Aug 21 – 27. Robbin C. Moran and W. Carl Taylor

The Genus Bryum and Bryaceae: Systemat & Biogeog of NA Species
Aug 21 – 27. John R. Spence

Mushrooms and Other Fungi
Sep 11 – 17. Rosalind Lowen and Dianna Smith

Information on lodging options, meals, and costs may be found at http://www.eaglehill.us/programs/general/application-info.shtml

There is an online application form at http://www.eaglehill.us/programs/general/application-web.shtml

Descriptions and syllabi are available in January. Please let us know if we can help with questions. Prior discussions of personal study objectives with instructors are welcome.

Humboldt Institute, PO Box 9, Steuben, ME 04680-0009
207-546-2821, Fax 207-546-3042
E-mail – office@eaglehill.us

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