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Spring 2005 (Vol. 16 No. 1)

 

 

Winter 2004 (Vol. 15 No. 4)

Cumming Nature Center Plant List

     by Suzanne Cordell Strakosh

New York People / New York Plants

     by Barbara Bedford

Valcour Island Field Trip

Willow Workshop

Publication News

 

Fall 2004 (Vol. 15 No. 3)

Biological Diversity of the Southern Honeoye Valley

     by Bruce Gilman

New York People / New York Plants

     by Elizabeth Newell

Goldenseal Study

     by NYFA Small Grants Program

NYFA Board Meets

Friday Botany Group

Publication News

Sudden Oak Death

Blue Cohosh

     by Steve Young

 

Summer 2004 (Vol. 15, No. 2)

Sandplain Gerardia - A Success Story on Long Island

     by Marilyn Jordan

New York People / New York Plants

     by various

How to Photograph Flowers

     by Frank Knight

 

March 2004 (Vol. 15, No. 1)

NYFA's 2004 Trip Schedule

     by Troy Weldy

Blue Vervain (Verbena hastata L.)

     by Knowlton Foote

New York People / New York Plants

     by various SUNY-ESF students

Amos Eaton's First Edition of A Manual of Botany

     by Stephen W. Eaton

NYFA Business Meeting and Conference Update

 

December 2003 (Vol. 14, No. 4)

A Review of NYFA's 2003 Activities

     by Troy Weldy and Steve Young

Species list from 2003 field trips

     compiled by various authors

Thursday Naturalists

     by Ruth Schottman

Perennially All-Female Botany Club Accepts a Guy

     by Dick Case

 

September 2003 (Vol. 14, No. 3)

Our 50th issue!

Origins of the New York Flora Association

     by Richard Mitchell

Origins of the Torrey Botanical Society

     by Steve Young (via a summarization from Patrick Clooney)

The Long Island Botanical Society

     by Eric Lamont

The Niagara Frontier Botanical Society

     by Irene Wingerter

The Olive Natural Heritage Society, Inc.

     by Sam Adams

The Finger Lakes Native Plant Society

     by David Werier

The Native Plant Collection of the Landis Arboretum

     by Ed Miller

A Naturalist's Guide to Seashore Plants: An Ecology for Eastern North America

     Review by Gerry Moore

Doodletown Ciphers: Botanical Musings on a Ghost Town

     by Richard Mitchell

Some Lichens from "The Ledges" in Morrisville (Madison County)

     by Scott LaGreca

Florida Report with Many Thanks to NYFA

     by Richard Mitchell

 

June 2003 (Vol. 14, No. 2)

Mycology and the New York State Museum

     by John Haines

Profile of a Rare Plant: Viola rafinesquii (wild pansy, field pansy, Johnny-jump-up)

     by Steve Young

Wild Ginseng in New York State

     by Jason Denham

Are New York's Forests Healthy?

     by Jerry Carlson

New York People / New York Plants

NYFA 2003 Field Trip Schedule

 

March 2003 (Vol. 14, No. 1)

NYFA Resumes Small Grants

     by Bob Ingalls

Rediscovery of Spiny Naiad (Najas marina L.) in New York

     by Joseph M. McMullen, Brian J. McGrath, and Kenneth D. Smith

Eleocharis aestuum (Cyperaceae) in New York

     by Arthur Haines

Development of Herbarium Label-Making Software

     by Troy Weldy

New York People / New York Plants

NYFA 2003 Field Trip Schedule

 

December 2002 (Vol. 13, No. 4)

A Gratitude of Thanks to Richard Mitchell

    by Troy Weldy

Summary of the Roger's Island field trip

    by Steve Young

 

September 2002 (Vol. 13, No. 3)

Skirting Schunnemunk

    by Richard Mitchell

Blue-weed  (Echium vulgare L.)

    by Knowlton Foote

 

May 2002 (Vol. 13, No. 2)

A perfect day on Schunnemunk

    by Richard S. Mitchell

Epilobium parviflorum, a rare European introduction along the Niagara River

    by Patricia M. Eckel

 

March 2002 (Vol. 13, No. 1)

Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta L.)

    by Knowlton Foote

Bitterweed (Picris hieracioides L.) - A abundant but overlooked species

    by Joseph M. McMullen

New York Flora Atlas Update

    by Troy Weldy

 

December 2001 (Vol. 12, No. 4)

Jack pine at 4000 feet in the Giant Mountain Wilderness Area, Adirondack Mountains, New York

    by Norton Miller

Shumard oak (Quercus shumardii Buckley) discovered in western New York

    by Carol R. Sweeney

Sterling Forest Flora - Summary of our four year project

    by Richard Mitchell

 

September 2001 (Vol. 12, No. 3)

Eugene C. Ogden, State Botanist Emeritus (1905-2001)

    by John Haines, Larry Syzdek, et al.

Thoughts about my predecessors

    by Richard S. Mitchell

Hydrangeas gone wild - An adventure in plant identification and nomenclature

    by Warren F. Broderick

 

June 2001 (Vol. 12, No. 2)

NYFA Now has a website: nyflora.org

    by Richard Mitchell

NYFA Trip: Wetlands of Oswego County

    by Troy Weldy, Richard Mitchell, et al.

Cuscuta obtusiflora var. glandulosa: More common than we thought

    by Steve Young

Rare orchid searches can be dangerous

    by Chuck Sheviak

 

March 2001 (Vol. 12, No. 1)

A New Lichen for New York State, and a Brief History of Lichenology in New York

    by Scott LaGreca

 

December 2000 (Vol. 11, No. 4)

Botanical Discoveries of 2000 (1999)

    by Steve Young and Richard Mitchell, NY State Museum

Seabeach Amaranth on Long Island: 2000 Was the Best Year Yet

    by Steve Young

A Note on Horticultural Elms: Ulmus parvifolia and Ulmus pumila in the Niagara Frontier Region of New York

    by P. M. Eckel

When an Aster is No Longer an Aster

    by David ‘Nakita’ Werier

 

September 2000 (Vol. 11, No. 3)

Silver Vine, an Oriental Kiwi Berry, Found Escaping Cultivation in Sterling Forest

    by Richard S. Mitchell

Iris virginica L., Southern Blue Flag, Restored to the Flora of New York State

    by Patricia M. Eckel & James Bissell

The Plants of Pennsylvania: An Illustrated Manual. Ann Fowler Rhoads & Timothy A. Block. 2000. Univ. of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia. 1062 pp.

    Review by: Richard Mitchell,

The Dumbing of Systematic Biology (an editorial)

    by Richard Mitchell

 

June 2000 (Vol. 11, No. 2)

A Flora of Schodack Island State Park

    by Bernard P. Carr & Cathie A. Baumgartner

Flora of the Northeast: A Manual of the Vascular Flora of New England and Adjacent New York. Dennis W. Magee & Harry E. Ahles. 1999. University of Massachusetts Press

    Review by Richard Mitchell

 

March 2000 (Vol. 11, No. 1)

Pseudoscleropodium purum, a European Moss Widely Naturalized in New York State

    by Norton Miller

 

December 1999 (Vol. 10, No. 4)

A Phellodendron New to New York State Found Naturalized in Sterling Forest

    by Richard Mitchell

 

September 1999 (Vol. 10, No. 3)

Special Botanical Soul-searching Issue

    Letters to the editor regarding invasive plant issues

 

July 1999 (Vol. 10, No. 2)

Are Invasive Plants Really a Serious Danger to Native Plants and Communities? A Speculative Editorial

    by Richard Mitchell

More Plants of the Rare Nantucket Juneberry Discovered -

    by Steve Young

Search for a Rare Wasp Calls Attention to a Notable Sand Delta Habitat -

    by Anne Johnson

Adkins, Leonard M. (Photos by Joe and Monica Cook) 1999. Wildflowers of the Appalachian Trail. Menasha Ridge Press. 214 pp.

    Review by Richard Mitchell

 

April 1998 (Vol. 10, No. 1)

Significant Botanical Discoveries of 1998 Compiled from Information Received at the New York Natural Heritage Program

    by Steve Young

Books, Lists and Databases in Progress

    by Richard S. Mitchell

 

December 1998 (Vol. 9, No. 4)

Sterling Forest: A Botanical Bonanza

    by Richard S. Mitchell

Ogden's Pondweed (Potamogeton ogdenii) Now Known to Persist at Three Sites in New York State

    by Richard Mitchell and Steve Young

A Second Population of Large, Floating Bladderwort Discovered in New York

    by Richard Mitchell and Spider Barbour

Notes on Two Long Island Exotic Waifs

    by Steve Young

Mile-a-minute (Polygonum perfoliatum) Invades Long Island

    by Eric Lamont

Seabeach Amaranth: Increased Numbers Again in 1998

    by Steve Young

 

September 1998 (Vol. 9, No. 3)

Amendments to the State Checklist I

    by Richard S. Mitchell

More on Pyrola minor (Pyrolaceae)

    by Norton G. Miller

A Preliminary Key to the Ericaceae of New York State

    by Steven Clemants

 

June 1998 (Vol. 9, No. 2)

Aliens in Our Midst: More on Cultivars Loose in the Wildes of New York

    by Warren F. Broderick

Some Interesting Sandy-soil Communities at Fort Drum (Jefferson County)

    by Anne Johnson

 

March 1998 (Vol. 9, No. 1)

A New, Disjunct Northern Range Extension for Carolina Clubmoss, Lycopodiella caroliniana (L.) Pichi Sermolli

    by Michael Corey

Hydrocotyle ranunculoides L.f., a New Native Species for New York

    by Ted Grisez

Utricularia radiata Small, a Floating Bladderwort, Disjunct in the Southern Adirondacks

    by Evelyn Greene

Significant Botanical Discoveries of 1997

    by Steve Young

Orchids of the Northeast (A Field Guide) by William K. Chapman Syracuse Univ. Press (1997), 200 pp., 60 photos.

    Review by Richard Mitchell

 

December 1997 (Vol. 8, No. 4)

Yankee Plants in Dixie

    by Bruce A. Sorrie

The Fall-line Sandhills of North Carolina: Botany and Childhood Memories

    by Richard S. Mitchell

New York Plants in the Florida Panhandle

    by Richard S. Mitchell

 

October 1997 (Vol. 8, No. 3)

Oakwood Cemetary: A Forgotten Violet and other Botanical Oddities

    by Warren F. Broderick

The Rare Moss Aulacomnium turgidum Rediscovered in the Adirondacks

    by Norton G. Miller

Forests and Trees of the Adirondack High Peaks Region, ed. 3, by E. H. Ketchledge. 163 pp. Illustrated. Paperback. 1996. Adirondack Mountain Club, Inc.,

    Review by Norton Miller

 

June 1997 (Vol. 8, No. 2)

The New State Checklist is Finally Out

    by Richard S. Mitchell

White-tailed Deer & Vegetation: a Conflict?

    by Steve Young

White-tailed Deer: An Editorial Comment

    by Richard S. Mitchell

Ted Baim: New York Amateur Botanist Extraordinaire

    by Anne Jaster and Steve Young

Wild Orchids of the Northeastern United States

    Review by Richard Mitchell

Ecologists Rediscover a Native Grass Thought to be Extirpated

    by Greg Edinger

 

April 1997 (Vol. 8, No. 1)

A New Fern Hot Spot in a Cool Clime

    by Brian and Eileen Keelan

What is a Native Plant?

    by Richard Mitchell

How Many Species of Vascular Plants Grow in the Wild in New York State?

    by Richard S. Mitchell

 

December 1996 (Vol. 7, No. 4)

Woodland Bluegrass, Poa sylvestris in the Gorge of the Niagara River -

    by Patricia M. Eckel

 

September 1996 (Vol. 7, No. 3)

Rare Plants of New York's Maritime Grasslands

    by Robert E. Zaremba

New, Totally Revised Checklist of New York State Vascular Plants to be Published

    by Richard Mitchell

Aster ontarionis - a Rare Plant New to the Niagara Region

    by Patricia M. Eckel

Best Wishes to Gordon Tucker in His New Career

    by Dick Mitchell

Plant Discoveries: Seventh Straight Year of Finding Plants Ranked "State Historical

    by Steve Young

Another Rare Native Carex Added to the State Flora List

    by Richard Mitchell

 

June 1996 (Vol. 7, No. 2)

Orontium aquaticum L., a Southern Aquatic

    by Richard Mitchell

Salix atrocinerea -- an Overlooked Willow in New York State

    by Gordon C. Tucker

Robert Roy Smith (1934-1995)

    by Richard Rabeler

A Preliminary Vascular Flora of the French Creek Drainage of Western New York

    by Douglas Goldman

 

March 1996 (Vol. 7, No. 1)

Portrait of a Rare Plant: Aplectrum hyemale, Puttyroot Orchid –

    by Steve Young

Bear Mountain - Harriman Flora: Project Completion Report

    by Richard Mitchell

Significant Botanical Discoveries of 1995 - Compiled from information received at the New York Natural Heritage Program.

    by Steve Young

Cuscuta megalocarpa Rydb. Discovered in New York State

    by Steve Young

Neglected Members of our New York Flora: Trees and Shrubs

    by Joseph M. McMullen

 

October 1995 (Vol. 6, No. 3)

Mile-a-Minute Weed in New York State -

    by Richard Mitchell

Recently Reported from New York

    received as a letter to the Editor from Ed Cope

More New Exotic Species and Hybrids in New York -

    by Richard Mitchell

The Ashokan Catskills: A Natural History, by John Bierhorst. 1995. Purple Mtn. Press. 116 pages

    Review by Gordon C. Tucker

 

May 1995 (Vol. 6, No. 2)

A Key to Carex Species of New York State

    by Gordon C. Tucker

 

April 1995 (Vol. 6, No. 1)

An Intertidal, Aquatic Cactus in New York?

    by Richard Mitchell

Some Observations on Phragmites Stolons

    by John M. Bernard

Four "Historical" Rarities Found in 1994, and Others in Need of Searches

    by Steve Young

Consolida regalis S. Gray, Naturalized in Genesee County, New York

    by Norton G. Miller

 

December 1994 (Vol. 5, No. 4)

Virginia Snakeroot (Aristolochia serpentaria) Rediscovered in New York

    by Richard Mitchell

Two Galloping Grasses

    by Gordon Tucker

Staten Island NYFA Field Trip Report

    by David Hunt

 

August 1994 (Vol. 5, No. 3)

Sleuthing for Rare Plants in the Bronx, New York

    by Eric Lamont

Whorled Mountain-Mint: Another Pesky Pycnanthemum

    by Michael Corey

New Plants from West Hills County Park, Suffolk County, New York

    by Andrew Greller

Cladonia metacorallifera -- a New Lichen for New York State

    by Claire K. Schmitt

Report on June Field Trips of the New York Flora Association

    by Steve Young

Letchworth State Park List

    by David M. Hunt

 

May 1994 (Vol. 5, No. 2)

Discovery of Utricularia inflata Walt. -- a New Native Species for New York State

    by Richard S. Mitchell

A New Look At The Taxonomy of our Yellow Lady's-slippers --

    by Chuck Sheviak

Significant Botanical Discoveries of 1993 - Compiled from information received at the New York Natural Heritage Program

    by Steve Young

Further Notes on Beachgrasses (Ammophila) in Northeastern North America

    by Edward A. Cope

John Greenlee and Derek Fell. 1992. The Encyclopedia of Ornamental Grasses. 186 pp.

    Review by Gordon Tucker

 

February 1994 (Vol. 5, No. 1)

Rare Trilliums of New York State

    by Stephen M. Young

Ferns of the Clark Reservation

    by Joseph M. McMullen

Ferns of Mt. Toby, Franklin County, Massachusetts

    by Bruce Sorrie

Field trip Report: Niagara River Gorge, August 28, 1993

    by Bob Zaremba

Iona Island Field Trip Report

    by Gordon C. Tucker and Jack Focht

 

August 1993 (Vol 4, No 2)

Bear Mountain - Harriman Update

    by Richard S. Mitchell

NYFA Field Trip to Valcour Island June 5, 1993

    by Robert E. Zaremba

Field Biologists Guide to Lyme Disease

    by Clifford Lamere

Edible Plants Crossword

    by Gordon Tucker & Clifford Lamere

 

March 1993 (Vol. 4, No. 1)

Floristic Eye on the Hudson Highlands

    by Richard Mitchell

Significant Botanical Discoveries of 1992

    by Steve Young

Botanizing the Zoar Valley of Western New York

    by Alfred Schotz

A New Species of Orchid from Eastern Long Island

    by Paul Martin Brown

Lathyrus venosus var. intonsus in New York

    by Alfred Schotz

Information Needed on Exotic Species

    by Steve Young

Concern for Golden Club

    by Steve Young

Flora of the Lake Ontario Eastern Shore Dunes

    by Sandy Bonanno

 

December 1992 (Vol. 3, No. 3)

Finding New York's Fern "Hot-spot"

    by Frank Knight

Recent Introduction of Certain Prairie Species into the Albany Pine Bush

    by Chuck Sheviak

A Brief Life History Study of Skunk Cabbage

    by Cris Winters

NYFA Field Trip #7 to Tivoli Bays and Stockport Creek

    by Bob Zaremba

 

August 1992 (Vol. 3, No. 2)

Jack Pine Barrens in New York: A Story of Fire and Ice

    by Kenneth Adams

Apera interrupta (L.) Beauv. in New York

    by Edward Cope

Sixth NYFA Field trip: Adirondacks -- Mt. Whiteface and Silver Lake Swamp

    by Robert E. Zaremba

Changes at "The Conservationist"

    by Frank Knight

Dog-Stranglers of New York: A Look at Vincetoxicum Species

    by Scott Sheeley

IN MEMORIAM: Arthur Cronquist (1919-1992)

    by Eric Lamont

SUNSET

    by Mabel Allred Cronquist

New York Natural Heritage Program Botanical Contracts for 1992

    by Steve Young

 

March 1992 (Vol. 3, No. 1)

Purple Mountain Saxifrage - New to New York State

    by Peter F. Zika and Jerry C. Jenkins

How I Met Liberty Hyde Bailey

    by Eugene C. Ogden

When is a Flower Not a Flower?

    by Richard S. Mitchell

Our Beach Grasses (Ammophila), Including the Rare Champlain Beachgrass.

    by Gordon C. Tucker

 

October 1991 (Vol. 2, No. 3)

The Two Common Urban Knotweeds

    by Richard S. Mitchell

Sky-blue Aster at Niagara River Gorge

    by Clifford W. Lamere

When I First Met Merritt Lyndon Fernald

    by Eugene C. Ogden

The Long Island Botanical Society

    by Orland J. (Skip) Blanchard, Jr.

Seaside Goldenrod (Solidago sempervirens L.) at Niagara Falls

    by Clifford W. Lamere

Significant Botanical Discoveries of 1991; Preliminary Report from the Natural Heritage Program

    by Stephen Young

Report on the NYFA Council Meeting:

    by Eric Lamont (Secretary, NYFA)

Report on the 5th NYFA Field Trip: Central Long Island Pine Barrens

    by Robert E. Zaremba.

A Key to Bedstraws (Galium, Rubiaceae) in New York State

    by Gordon C. Tucker, N. Y. State Museum

 

July 1991 (Vol. 2, No. 2)

Heart-leaf Plantain -- "King-root"

    by Steven Clemants & Richard Mitchell

Plant Hunting Among the Gulls on South Dumpling Island

    by Gordon Tucker and Edwin Horning

A Rare Plant Hot-spot in the Bronx

    by David S. Künstler

Proposed NYFA Guidelines

    by Richard Mitchell

Seabeach Amaranth (Amaranthus pumilus)

in New York State --

    by Christopher Mangels

Significant Botanical Discoveries Documented by the New York Natural Heritage Program in 1990

    by Stephen Young

Remembering Joe Beitel (1951-1991)

    by Robert Zaremba

Mr. Roberts' "Skunk Cabbage"

    by Eugene C. Ogden

Report on the 4th Semi-annual NYFA Field Trip: Hudson River, South of the Glen

    by Robert Zaremba

 

February 1991 (Vol. 2, No. 1)

European Frog's-bit -- Aquatic Invader

    by Anne Johnson

My First Extended Botany Field Trip

    by Eugene C. Ogden

The New York State Station for Cathcart's Woodsia: A History of its Known Existence

    by Stephen W. Eaton

The Bryophyte Collection at the New York State Museum

    by Lorinda Leonardi

A Niche for NYFA in Plant Conservation?

    by Richard Mitchell

Another New Weedy Grass in New York

    by Robert Zaremba

 

November 1990 (Vol. 1, No. 4)

Fall NYFA Meeting, 1990

    by Richard Mitchell and Robert Zaremba

Other Rare New York Plants Found in 1990

    by Richard Mitchell and Robert Zaremba

Noteworthy Botanical Finds at Orient Beach State Park

    by Eric Lamont

Fishers Island Flora Project

    by Gordon Tucker

Karl L. Brooks (1912-1990) and the Fate of his Catskill Flora and Economic Botany

    by Richard Mitchell

Woodsia cathcartiana Robins., Now Extirpated in New York State?

    by Richard Mitchell

 

August 1990 (Vol. 1, No. 3)

A Call for Nominations for an NYFA Advisory Council

    by Richard Mitchell & Robert Zaremba

Rare Hart's-tongue Fern in New York State

    by Donald Leopold

A Classification of New York's Ecological Communities

    by Carol Reschke

Sending Specimens and Data-slips to NYFA

    by Richard Mitchell

Working Together to Produce Accurate, Useful New York Flora Maps

    by Dominique Pahlavan

Sandplain Gerardia, Agalinis acuta Pennell, in New York

    by Robert Zaremba

Alvar Landscapes - New York's Stone Prairies

    by Bruce Gilman

Report on the NYFA Alvar Field Trip

    by Robert Zaremba and Richard Mitchell

Species Seen at Chaumont Barrens Preserve June 9, 1990

    by Carol Reschke

Wild Plants of America: A Select Guide for the Naturalist and Traveler. by Richard M. Smith. John Wiley & Sons. 1989. Hardcover, 267 pp.

    Review by Gordon Tucker

 

April 1990 (Vol. 1, No. 2)

About the New York Flora Association

    by Richard Mitchell

A New York Metropolitan Flora Now Getting Underway

    by Steven E. Clemants

New State Records of Native Plants in 1989

    by Peter Zika

Guidelines for the Conservation-Minded Collection of Orchid Specimens

    by Charles Sheviak

A New State Regulation Protecting Rare Plants

    by Douglas Schmidt

TAXACOM – A Computer Communication Serve for Botanists

    by Richard Zander

Botanizing the Great Swamp

    by Gordon Tucker

Report on the September 1989 NYFA Field Trip

    by Robert Zaremba

State Botanist’s Progress Report on the Flora

    by Richard Mitchell

 

January 1990 (Vol. 1, No. 1)

An Invitation to Join

    by Richard Mitchell