If you haven’t seen it, Cornell has a fascinating blog about the world of fungi. It is now on the list of links on this blog. Check out the most recent article about fungi and dinosaurs.
Smithsonian’s New Instant Plant Identification Project
Posted May 12, 2009 by nyfloraCategories: Plant Identification
Will botanists be obsolete in the future? Take a look at the new device that helps identify trees and shrubs by their leaves.
2009 Sedge Workshop with Dr. Tony Reznicek
Posted May 12, 2009 by nyfloraCategories: Happenings, NY Flora Association
Happy participants of the 2008 workshop
October 2008 NY Rare Moss List Now Available
Posted May 7, 2009 by nyfloraCategories: Bryophytes, Rare Plants
Aissa Feldmann of the New York Natural Heritage Program has just posted the new rare moss list for New York State. This is the first revision of the moss list since the late 1980s and reflects the recent work of Nat Cleavitt, Sue Williams and Nancy Slack. Click Here.
Conservationist Article on NY Invasives
Posted May 7, 2009 by nyfloraCategories: Invasive Species
Read Leslie Suprenant’s article about DEC’s battle to stop the spread of invasive plants and animals.
Plant Quiz Gets Its Own Link
Posted May 7, 2009 by nyfloraCategories: Quiz
You can now access the weekday plant quiz by clicking on the link in the right sidebar under Blogroll. Have fun! – Steve Young
Mertensia City
Posted May 5, 2009 by nyfloraCategories: Happenings, What's Blooming
In 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
Posted May 3, 2009 by nyfloraCategories: Natural History, Plant Identification
While 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
Posted May 2, 2009 by nyfloraCategories: Publications, Apps, and Websites
Jason 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
Posted May 1, 2009 by nyfloraCategories: Publications, Apps, and Websites
I 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
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