LIBS Field Trips (Published 2/18/2012) An updated version may be available at www.libotanical.org PAGE 1 of 12 Plant list Date Location (as listed in newsletter) Leader Description Co sponsored by availability To see Arethusa bulbosa and Helianthemum dumosum in flower. A later-reported highlight: found a new 6/8/1986 Montauk Bob Zaremba population of Schizaea,which had not been seen on Long Island since about 1981. 7/13/1986 Sunken Forest, Fire Island 8/3/1986 North Fork and South Fork Joe Beitel Orchid tour (north and south fork) Canoe trip. Follow-up report: The most interesting aspect of this trip is in observing the rather small but continuous change in ecological zonation (that is, the transition from fresh to salt water) and the very tidal nature of the river. Among the plants seen were Chelone glabra, Lobelia cardinalis, Vernonia noveboracensis, Lilium superbum, Sagittaria latifolia, Peltandra virginica, Pluchea purpurascens, 9/13/1986 Caleb Smith State Park, Smithtown Jim Romansky Samolus parviflora, Mikania scandens, Acnida cannabina, Acorus calamus, Spartina cynosuroides and Scirpus validus. In addition we saw two species known historically from the area but now considered rare: Lilaeopsis chinensis and Hydrocotyle sp. Fern walk. Follow-up observation: Our fall trip to Smithtown located the second extant population of SB 10/26/1986 Caleb Smith State Park Joe Beitel Botrychium oneidense in New York State. (fern/allies only) 11/22/1986 Blydenburgh Park, Smithtown Ray Welch nature ramble 2/22/1987 Cathedral Pines east, Brookhaven Louise Harrison, Betty Winter twig identification. 5/16/1987 Montauk Point Joe Beitel collecting trip A walk in the Long Island wet pine barrens, looking for sedges (e.g. Carex polymorpha), Polygala lutea, etc. Highlights of the trip included several locations of Carex barrattii, known from only one other site in New York outside Connetquot River State Park. Carex barrattii is currently under review by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for possible designation as a Federally listed endangered species. Two other previously known stations for State-rare species were also seen: one of the three known sites for Polygala lutea and the only known site in New York for Viola brittoniana. Four species not previously known from Connetquot River State Park were located during the walk. Carex collinsii, known currently from only one 6/13/1987 Connetquot River State Park, Oakdale Bob Zaremba Torrey Botanical Club other New York State site was located along a small pond north of Slade Pond. Lobelia nuttallii and Scleria triglomerata were found along a damp fire break. Certainly the most exciting was the location of Scleria minor, last collected in New York in 1929. A good representation of wet pine barrens shrubs were also noted, including Gaylussacia dumosa, Lyonia mariana, Rhododendron viscosum, Kalmia angustifolia and Gaylussacia frondosa--all of which were in bloom. 6/27/1987 Napeague, Walking Dunes and Fresh Pond Ann Johnson 7/18/1987 Cunningham and Alley Pond Parks, Queens Co. Andy Greller 7/19/1987 Weld Preserve Glenn Richard a walk to Short Beach and back Joe Beitel & Bob Annual tour of orchid sites on the North Fork and in East Hampton, including Tipularia, Platanthera 8/1/1987 East End Rock Garden Society Zaremba cristata, P. ciliaris, P. lacera, P. clavellata, and Spiranthes spp. Guided tour of the Gamma ray forest. You've heard of the radiation experiments; come see the site 20 8/9/1987 Brookhaven National Labs, Upton Neal Tempel years after. (2 days) Fern weekend at Montauk County Park (Third House). We have reserved space for a weekend workshop on fern identification. Activities will include local field trips and the opportunity to learn how to key ferns using a hand lens and dissecting scopes. On Saturday morning we will study ferns along the 9/12/1987 Montauk Joe Beitel trails around Big Reed Pond. On Sunday, on the the way back west, we will stop at Amagansett (to see bog club mosses), Quogue (to see Ophioglossum), and the Peconic River at Riverhead (to see Azolla). 10/3/1987 Flax Pond, Old Field, Brookhaven Glenn Richard Torrey Botanical Club 11/21/1987 Fire Island Wilderness Area Joe Beitel & Bob We will be visiting stabilized dunes, interdunal swales, and salt marshes. A Trip to look for Tipularia orchids. The object will be to discover Roy Latham's lost colony. Amelanchier 3/12/1988 Montauk Eric Lamont nantucketensis and Populus heterophylla will be on the list to see as well. A field trip through the Charles T. Church Nature Reserve. Many spring wildflowers should be at their peak at this time. 4/30/1988 Mill Neck, Shu Swamp Carol Johnston Highlights later reported: Trillium erectum, Viola spp., Erythronium americanum, Anemone quinquefolia and native Euonymus americanus in flower. Spring wildflowers in Bloodroot Valley, serpentine Andropogon meadows, and the great swamp at 5/28/1988 Staten Island Dick Buegler Seaview. Highlights should include Viola pedata, Isotria verticillata, and Asclepias viride [sic]. Torrey Botanical Club 6/11/1988 Connetquot River State Park, Oakdale Naomi Dicker Grass identification workshop. Torrey Botanical Club 7/16/1988 Quogue Wildlife Refuge, Quogue Steve Clemants Juncus and Luzula workshop. Comments to [email protected] SB=Skip Blanchard, BHC= Barbara Conolly LIBS Field Trips (Published 2/18/2012) An updated version may be available at www.libotanical.org PAGE 2 of 12 Plant list Date Location (as listed in newsletter) Leader Description Co sponsored by availability 7/30/1988 East End Joe Beitel Orchids and other marsh and swampland rarities. N.Y. Chapter of the American 8/6/1988 Peconic River Headwaters Bob Zaremba Torrey Botanical Club A visit to "Muttontown South," a part of the preserve rarely accessible to the public, where field 8/20/1988 East Norwich, Muttontown Preserve Lois & Al Lindberg wildflowers and grasses, and perhaps a visit to the pinetum, will be featured. Steve Tim & Kerry Visit the conservatories, gardens and the herbarium, and learn about the work being done at the Garden 9/17/1988 Brooklyn Botanic Garden Barringer on our Long Island Flora. 10/15/1988 Eastern Long Island Joe Beitel & Eric Lamont Oaks and other trees (Joe) and Asters (Eric). A general botanical walk (plenty of walking) encompassing a variety of habitats: forest, field, marine and 11/19/1988 Caumsett State Park, Lloyd Neck Skip Blanchard freshwater-pond shores, and salt marsh. 4/26/1989 Great Smoky Mts. National Park, TN and NC Skip Blanchard Participate in the annual Spring Wildflower Pilgrimage (5 days). 5/13/1989 Orient Beach State Park Joe Beitel & Eric Lamont 6/3/1989 Wertheim National Wildlife Refuge, Shirley Joe Beitel to attempt to rediscover a lost population of the rare orchid Arethusa bulbosa 6/17/1989 Edgewood Oak Brush Plains John Turner 7/15/1989 Massapequa Preserve Carole Neidich 7/29/1989 Eastern Long Island Eric Lamont & Joe Beitel Orchid trip, this year starting on the South Fork A tour that will include the Garden's vast herbarium, the Native Plant Garden and Rock Garden, the 8/19/1989 New York Botanical Garden Joe Beitel Plant Records Center, the Pinetum, the Conservatory and the 40-acre NYBG Forest--the only surviving "virgin" forest in New York City. 8/26/1989 Bow Drive Marsh, Smithtown Chris Mangels Day trip to visit the various habitats of the N.J. Pine Barrens, including white-cedar bog, pine barrens and dwarf pine plains, as well as commercial cranberry bogs, both active and abandoned. We will be starting in the area north of Warren Grove and Rt. 72 along Rt. 539 known as "Web's Mill." Here a wooden boardwalk allows us to visit a very interesting white-cedar bog with the typical array of insectivorous plants and other bog plants, including curly-grass fern (Schizaea pusilla), Carolina bog-clubmoss (Lycopodiella (=Lycopodium) caroliniana), and slender bog-clubmoss (Lycopodiella appressa). The surrounding pine barrens vegetation is typical of the N.J. Pine Barrens. South (and also west) of Warren 9/16/1989 New Jersey Pine Barrens Joe Beitel BHC Grove there exists a large area of dwarf pitch pine vegetation termed "dwarf pine plains." Only 5 such areas exist (3 in N.J., 1 at Westhampton, L.I., and 1 near Ellenville in the Catskills). We will examine this area and see broom-crowberry (Corema conradii), sand-myrtle (Leiophyllum buxifolium), pyxie-moss (Pyxidanthera barbulata) abd turkey-beard (Xerophyllum asphodeloides). A recently burned (Spr. 1989) area west of Warren Grove will demonstrate the dynamic nature of this vegetation. Although Welwyn may not be the site of any rare botanical finds (yet!) it does contain a good diversity of 9/30/1989 Welwyn Preserve, Glen Cove Lois Lindberg habitats, including fresh-water wetlands, salt marshes, and a mature beech-tulip tree forest type that is unusual for Nassau County. Botany of the Dwarf Pine Plains, with emphasis on the effects of fire suppression upon succession. Adjacent plant communities associated with the dwarf pine plains will be explored, including the "oak 11/11/1989 Dwarf Pine Plains, Westhampton Eric Lamont brush plains" of Eastern Long Island, dry sedge meadows, and pine-heath barrens. Later-reported highlight: Salix humilis (Prairie Willow). Betty Lotowycz, Lois "Long Island Plants in Winter" 12/9/1989 Orr and Hollins Preserves, East Islip The Nature Conservancy Lindberg & Skip 3/24/1990 Weld Preserve, Smithtown Paul Wilson moss field trip and workshop Skip Blanchard, Eric a trip to observe wildflower emergence. Attendees will also enter the East Meadow Brook valley, a glacial 6/2/1990 Hempstead Plains, Uniondale Lamont, Carole Neidich & stream-cut valley which although heavily damaged by man, still supports a rich biota in central Nassau Vince Puglisi County.