Dear friends and colleagues, Here is the list of field trips and a sedge workshop available from the New York Flora Association this year. Apologies for any...
Hi all, Anyone have an idea on this one? It was sent to the Native Plant Society by the Cooperative Extension folks, and 'twould be nice if someone knew the ...
I would suspect that many, if not all, of the tea and coffee substitutes contain caffeine. I checked Ledum palustris and it apparently does. Bill Plummer ... ...
Hello folks, The USFS is needing some contract help. Please pass on to anyone you think might be interested. Best, David ... Subject: Vegetation inventory...
Yaupon holly (Ilex vomitoria: the epithet suggests what happens if you ingest too much) is native to the southeast NA and SA, and has been used by indians as a...
Hi Friends at FLNPS, Some of you may know about the upcoming Emerald Necklace Hike and Lecture Series that the Finger Lakes Land Trust is hosting with the ...
In case you haven't heard. The publicity is behind .... Sept 1 (Saturday): Hornworts in Homer. Led by Norm Trigoboff. We will identify hornworts and other...
Kevin, I have a hard time figuring out the scale of the flower. I won't even try to guess the ID, but it might help others to know if there are lots of these,...
... Kevin, I think it is Hibiscus palustris, now known as Hibiscus moscheutos, swamp rose mallow. It is a native, and lovely. There is a white form with a...
Brilliant, thanks Susanne. Yes, a bad cell-phone photo, but you nailed it anyway. FYI, the photo was taken just 5 miles east of Montezuma, where you rightly...
Kevin, Thanks. I was referring to the ct-botanical-society.org image in terms of the color being off, not yours. Did you really take yours with a cell phone?...
Kevin & Susanne: Note this description from the Illinois Wildflowers site describing the difference between H moscheutos and H laevis ("Halberd-leaved Rose...
Thanks Rosemarie. But I am unsure again! Mine has hariless leaves (haven't seen seeds yet) like H. laevis, and if I correctly understand the difference...
HI, The aster & goldenrod walk, originally scheduled for today, was postponed for obvious reasons. Susanne will be leading it this coming Sunday, the 16th,...
To all who may be interested, The weather in Ithaca today was too wet for the walk I was schedule to lead, so I canceled it. I will try again next week, on...
Hi, In the NY Flora atlas, if we know a species occurs in New York it will be listed in the atlas. We are working on entering voucher specimens for all species...
me again, confused about IDs, again. I encountered a stunning viburnum in full fruiting glory on the edge of the lake at Frontenac park yesterday. absolutely...
Kevin, I do not know the answer to this one. My thoughts about it include wondering if it is likely planted there, and thus likely the European variety, or is...
I hope David will try to answer this one. Even before they combined I thought it was really, really tricky. But I remember David had a way that worked...
Hi Susanne, I don't think this one was planted, as it was tucked away on the edge of a cattail marsh away from the park. In fact, I never would have seen it...
For the record: Mary says Leaves pubescent on the lower surface ..... V. opulus var. opulus Leaves glabrous except along the veins....... V. opulus var...
Kevin, I've been meaning to send this for days. Although I agree that Viburnum opulus (either one) is a beautiful shrub, I wonder if it is a good idea to ...
Thanks Rosemarie. For some reason, I haven't seen any affected viburnums up here (knock on, well, arrowwood - sorry). I have found about 10 specimens of V....
Here is a message that may be of interest to memebers of the group. It is about tours of a rain garden located in front of the offices of the Village of...
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