"Native plant landscaping" has been a topic of much interest on an ecology e-mail list (ECOLOG-l). Today an article from the journal "Restoration Ecology" was...
Anna, Thanks for sending this. However, the last part "...we offer some practical, common sense guidelines for the consideration of genetic structure when ...
Thanks Anna, interesting stuff. I don't think anyone would argue that for restoration work, the more local, the better. A possible complication lies in how...
interesting note from the steering committee on monarchs. I have seen a larva on something other than common milkweed - 2 years ago on a swamp milkweed....
Kevin, as I understand it, Monarch larvae live on all the milkweed family. Although I admit to not seeing any on butterfly weed, nor on MY swamp milkweed....
The adult monarchs covered my swamp milkweed plants when they were in bloom. However, the eggs seemed to be laid on the common milkweed plants (underside of...
I am a permaculturist, certified arborist and tour guide who lives in NYC. I recently joined the NY Flora Association as way to gain assistance with verifying...
Sarah sends notice of a neat conference coming up. Keep in mind that FLNPS has a scholarship to help members attend conferences - up to $200 for travel &...
I am looking for botanists who can help quantify the number of native plant species on the wooded 30 acres of this site. I am hoping to get assistance with...
Valerie, You have chosen an unfortunate day. Many of us, certainly all of the FLNPS Steering Committee, will be working from roughly 8 am -3 pm at the annual ...
HasFLNPS@yahoogroups.com disabled this "grouply" business? I understand that using it leads to mountains of spam. The owner of this group can use the link...
I think I remember someone asking for information about what plants can be grown under or near black walnuts. I found the information below, while reading...
... Dear Friends--I don't know if this has been mentioned or not as I am fairly new to the list, but Toby Hemenway's widely acclaimed Gaia's Garden has a ...
Might allelopathy explain why my Gooseberry bushes, which surround a Black Walnut tree, flower profusely every year but never produce fruit? Sue G. -- John &...
Hi all. I am looking for paw paw seeds from local wild stock. I tried some regional stock from Sheffields last year (not cheap) but got zero germination. I...
Kevin, I have pawpaw seeds in my refrigerator from last fall, stored in a damp condition. They are from trees in the Mundy Wildflower Garden at Cornell, and I...
Does anyone have hay-scented fern? If so, do you have enough to divide off a piece for me? Or, could you collect spores sometime this season? I have a large...
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Hi Rosemarie, I don't have any hay-scented fern to offer you, but I'm interested to hear how your experiment works -- I also have a large portion of woods...
Krissy is going to try to come up with suggestions, maybe even broach the subject with Bob Wesley. It would help her (them) to know where these sites are...
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Apr 11, 2008 5:03 pm
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Both sites are just east of Brooktondale, along Six Mile Creek (my friend is also my neighbor). I haven't tested my pH (I know, I keep meaning to), but have...
I, too, have similar locations and am interested in hearing about success w/ hay-scented fern. I tried moving some from a roadside construction area along...
This may sound dumb to many who have a lot of this fern, *Pteridium aquilinum, *but I am unable to find it for sale at any native plant nurseries. I would...
... Don't know about NY fern, but I have had success with both Christmas fern, Polystichum acrostichoides and Marginal Wood/Shield fern, Dryopteris marginalis...
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Thanks so much, Susanne! Your list when spores will be shed is very useful --- wonderful of you to compile this. I especially liked the link to Dodge's "Ferns...
Sally and anyone else reading this, I did not compile the list that gives dates for when spores are ripe. It is from the website I suggested...Dodge's, I...
I can provide some hay-scented fern. Other possibilities are: Allium tricoccum, Erythronium americanum and Pachysandra procumbens. Bill Plummer ... From:...
We checked out this site yeaterday in hopes of some early bloom. We also enjoyed several nifty singing birds like Winter Wren, Ruby-crowned Kinglet,...
Acer pennsylvanicum Moosewood, Striped maple WG, TG Acer rubrum Red maple WG Acer saccharum Sugar maple WG, TG Acer spicatum Mountain maple WG, HG, TG Actaea...
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