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Flora H. G. Reist Sanctuary* Niskayuna, NY Flora of the H. G. Reist Sanctuary* Niskayuna, NY Stephen M. Young, Natural Heritage Program New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Ruth Schottman, Frank Knight and Associates The Thursday Naturalists Carl J. George, Professor of Biology Emeritus Department of Biology Union College 56 species of Fern, Club Moss, Horsetail, Moss, Liverwort and Lichen 280 Species, 77 families) of Gymnosperm, Dicot and Monocot R. S. Mitchell and G. C. Tucker (1997) list 3,483 higher plants for New York State. The Sanctuary thus hosts 8% of the NYS higher-plant Flora. 18 October, 2004 The Hudson-Mohawk Bird Club and The Association for the Protection of the Adirondacks *including adjacent wild lands and grounds of The Association for the Protection of the Adirondacks What is a Flora? Flora was the Italian goddess of flowers but we go beyond this. A flora is really two things: First, it is the array of plant species present in a particular area and this includes those which you might not see during a particular visit because they may be present only as seeds or as bulbs, corms, rhizomes or other leafless devices for survival over hard times. Second, it is the list of plants competent observers have found at the study site during visits at various times of the year. This list usually consists of both common and Latin/scientific names arranged in some manner facilitating use. A good flora takes years to produce because unlisted species are continually being found and faulty identifications are corrected. It is also important to update a flora periodically; a windstorm with thrown trees and new soil exposures will bring new species to light. Disease will displace species and shorten the list. Birds and other vectors will introduce the seeds of new species. The plant community is continually changing. Why make a list of the plants in a particular area? 1. It is fun. There is much joy and good health in being out and in contact with ones friends and the rest of the living world. It is also the opportunity for a glorious solitude. 2. It is good training for one’s observational and discriminatory skills and this training can be applied to most activities we engage in - be they surgery, accounting, basketball or cooking. 3. The listed flora becomes more and more valuable with time because of its historical character. There is a common need to know what things were like in a certain place and at a certain time. We thus judge the rate and form of change in our world. The outcomes can be disappointing or encouraging. It is sad to learn that a certain species such as the American Chestnut is no longer present, or reduced to small saplings. It is good to learn that another species has reclaimed a habitat after a long period of absence. Proof of this value is the importance people place on early lists of plants – and animals – made by our ancestors. 4. The building of a flora inevitably leads to other questions, and questions are the best fodder for a hungry mind: Why are the leaves of a certain plant shaped as they are? How old is this plant and how long will it live? Where did this plant come from and how did it get here? Is this plant poisonous? Is it a healthful herb? Is this plant an alien and if so should we “control” it? How does this plant survive with its roots submerged in oxygen-free mud? How do you tell one kind of plant from another? How are the different plants related to one another? 5. A flora is essential to wise interaction with a certain place. If there are rare or endangered species present it is important that we know this and work to preserve and enhance them. If a new alien form appears, should we eradicate it before it overwhelms the natives? Knowing the presence and location of various species serves to tell their stories – and each species has a wondrous lore. Consider the stories one can tell in the presence of a Pitch Pine, a White Hellebore or a White Pine. We also learn the health of each species we encounter and this often alerts us to challenges to the whole forest or our own safety and well-being. Further, scholars and scientists often need to know the whereabouts of certain species to best conduct their studies. Further guidance on rare and endangered species is the web page of the Natural Heritage Program within the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation: http://www.dec.state.ny.us/website/dfwmr/heritage/plants.htm 6. Finally, the development of a flora inevitably leads to a hunger for a better understanding of a still bigger picture. How do animals fit in? Shouldn’t a fauna and a list of the fungi also be made? Isn’t there a great deal of sound pollution? Do motorcycles really need to be so loud? What is the site like at night or in deep winter? How vulnerable is the site to fire or trail bikes? Do dangerous mosquitoes breed in the wetter areas? Why are there so few lichens growing on the tree trunks? Personnel of the New York Natural Heritage Program and the Thursday Naturalists working in cooperation with the members of the Hudson-Mohawk Bird Club and the Association for the Protection of the Adirondacks produced this flora following the taxonomy of R. Mitchell and G. Tucker as used in the Checklist of New York State Plants. It is dedicated to the memory of Dr. and Mrs. Reist, donors of the Reist Sanctuary to the Hudson-Mohawk Bird Club. The Reists are among the elite who have given happiness and well-being to multitudes and their generosity lives on. Henry Gerber Reist Dr. Henry Gerber Reist was born 27 May 1862, in Mount Joy, PA. He was an outstanding student going on to earn a degree in mechanical engineering at Lehigh University in 1886, the same school awarding him an honorary doctoral degree in 1922. In 1908, he married Margaret Breed of Lynn, Massachusetts. After several earlier positions, Dr. Reist joined General Electric in Schenectady in 1894 taking charge of design of alternating current machinery. He remained head of this department of GE until his retirement in 1931. During his tenure he oversaw design of some of the most important and prestigious power generating equipment in the world, e.g. the Conowingo generators in Maryland, the Keokuk and Cedar Rapids generators on the Mississippi River in Iowa and the Niagara water wheels in western New York. Dr. Reist was a botanist, horticulturist, painter, photographer, member of the Union College faculty, member and officer of the Schenectady Park Board, a member of various honorary and professional societies, holder of many patents in electrical engineering (especially those related to fabricated castings), a widely published author of engineering studies and author of an important family genealogy. He was widely traveled with several trips including Japan and China. He acquired the Sanctuary lands in the late 1920s or early 1930s, lands which had been the farm of the Pearse family, one of the founding families of Niskayuna. In 1934, he contracted with Paul Schaefer for the restoration of the still-standing Pearse homestead on St. David’s Lane. In exchange for his services, Paul received a three-acre portion in the northeastern corner of the farm that became the site of his home, now the Center for the Forest Preserve of the Association for the Protection of the Adirondacks. Dr. and Mrs. Reist lived in the Realty Plot in Schenectady until his death on 5 July 1942, at the age of 80. Mrs. Reist assigned this land, 109 acres in extent, to the Hudson-Mohawk Bird Club on 17 November 1965, with expressed limitations: “ . that the premises here in conveyed shall forever be held as a bird sanctuary and nature preserve for scientific, educational, and esthetic purposes, and shall be maintained as far as practical in their natural state and managed in accordance with sound conservation practices, including the undertaking of scientific research projects, the maintenance of fences and foot trails and provided that a nature center and/or club headquarters may be constructed thereon”. People who have the good sense to set land aside for parks, preserves and wild areas are among the wisest of the wise. Consider the number of happy and therapeutic hours generated by Central Park in NYC and every other public and private park and sanctuary - and the hours keep piling up! The Setting The Reist Sanctuary, because of a small addition, is now 111.238 (!) acres (c. 45 ha.) in extent and is located in the Town of Niskayuna of Schenectady County. A 2.9-mile series of Roads, providing a set of access points, circles the Sanctuary. Saint David’s Lane. Brendan Lane, Consaul Road, Balltown Road, Oakmont Drive, Heather Lane, Village Road, Morgan Avenue and back to Saint David’s Lane. The relief is gentle, ranging from a high point of 472 feet above sea level (asl) in its northwest corner to a low of 378 feet asl in the southwest – a range of nearly one-hundred feet. It is traversed by a sewer line running east-west, the right-of-way of which is maintained free of trees and brush by the Town providing the interesting ecological diversity of the Hidden River Trail. The stratigraphic sequence begins at the top with surficial sands, probably of Aeolian origin thus suggesting that the mounds of the northern sector were once sand dunes.
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