NY Botanical Groups

NY Botanical Groups

Regional Botanical Groups:
Capital Region Friday Field Group

Environmental Clearinghouse of Schenectady

Finger Lakes Native Plant Society
Long Island Botanical Society
Niagara Frontier Botanical Society
Olive Natural Heritage Society (Catskills)
Torrey Botanical Society (NYC Area)

Garden Clubs:

Oneonta Garden Club

Federated Garden Clubs of NYS

The Native Plant Center at Westchester Community College

Active Research Herbaria:
Bailey Hortorium at Cornell University
Brooklyn Botanic Garden (BKL)
The Clinton Herbarium at the Buffalo Museum of Science (BUF)
New York Botanical Garden (NY)
New York State Museum (NYS)

Academic Herbaria:
See Index Herbariorum for complete list of New York Herbaria

Recent Studies of the New York Flora:

CNY Naturalist (a survey of the natural areas within a 25 mile radius of Cortland, NY)

Native Orchids of New York State

Tracking the Mosses and Vascular Plants of New York (1836-1994)

Vascular Flora of the Vicinity of the Falls of Niagara

Field Stations:
Bard College Field Station
Rice Creek Field Station (SUNY-Oswego)

Roosevelt Wild Life Station (SUNY ESF)

Preserves and Other Places to Visit (including directions):
Genesee Land Trust

Mohonk Preserve
TNC Preserves (scattered throughout state)

Natural History Museums:
American Museum of Natural History
Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Buffalo Museum of Science
Museum of Long Island Natural Sciences
New York Botanical Garden
New York State Museum
Staten Island of Arts and Sciences

Information Resources
Internet Directory for Botany
BRI: Biodiversity Research Institute
Hudsonia
Nature Serve Explorer
New York Invasive Plant Council
New York Metropolitan Flora Project
New York Natural Heritage Program
New York State Museum Publications

USDA Plants Database

Online Identification Guides
Identifying North American Lichens: A guide to the literature

Northeast Wetland Flora

Online Random Access Keys useful to New York botanists:

Angiosperm Family Key (ActKey)
Brassicaceae of the World (ActKey)
Salix of North America (ActKey)
Trilliums of the World (ActKey)

Other:

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