New York Flora Association - New York State Museum Institute Steve Young and Laura Lehtonen, Editors Correspondence and dues to NYFA, 3140 CEC, Albany, NY 12230 Join $15 - Dues $10/Yr Vol. 14 No. 4 December, 2003 email: [email protected] website: www.nyflora.org

A Review of NYFA’s 2003 Activities By Troy Weldy and Steve Young

This past year was one of the most active years SUNY-Plattsburgh led a delightful and edu- in the history of the New York Flora Associa- cational trip through these pavement barrens. tion. Many of you attended the one or more of Dominated by jack pine (Pinus banksiana), the four field trips during which over 500 spe- these pavement areas are known for the cies were identified. unique geology and abundant lichen flora. One highlight of this trip was the discovery The first of the NYFA field trips was to Jo- of white adder’s mouth orchid (Malaxis mo- ralemon Woods, an area noted for its high fern nophyllus var. brachypoda). diversity and limestone flora. The highlight of this trip may have been the sighting of green Returning home, Dick Mitchell led NYFA DavidDavid Werier dragon (Arisaema dracontium). While not con- members on a trip to see his favorite botani- sidered rare, this is not encountered very cal area of the state, the Hudson Highlands. Inside this issue: often. Other interesting sightings included wall This was the best attended of the four trips rue spleenwort (Asplenium ruta-muraria ), green and also the trip that recorded the highest Jorelamon Woods List 2 violet (Hybanthus concolor), and American bit- number of species. Besides friends being tersweet (Celastrus scandens). During this field able to visit with Dick and a chance encoun- trip, over 20 different ferns were noted. ter with a rattlesnake, the highlight of the trip Spring Pond Bog List 4 was the sighting of Virginia snakeroot Next, we traveled northward to a great peatland (Aristolochia serpentaria). Within New Sandstone Barrens List located at Spring Pond Bog; through special York, this plant is only found on the hillsides 4 arrangement we were able to access this amaz- of the Hudson Highlands. ing place. While the species diversity was not Hudson Highlands List 7 high, the views were some of the best in the In addition to these field trips, Dr. Nancy state. Spring Pond Bog is a mixture of patterned Slack led a two-day bryophyte identification peatlands and inland poor fens with scattered workshop in the southern Adirondacks. This Thursday Naturalists 10 bog lakes. This is all surrounded by extensive was the fourth in a series of identification uplands dominated by fir, spruce, and various workshops open to all NYFA members. Syracuse Botanical 11 hardwoods. During this trip, we observed three These workshops offer members the opportu- Club rare : bog birch (Betula pumila), Canada nity to study a specific taxonomic group. ricegrass (Oryzopsis canadensis), and pod-grass Each workshop is led by a well-known tax- Nicotiana Search 11 (Scheuchzeria palustris). We also saw large onomist with expertise in the targeted group. populations of few-seeded sedge ( oli- gosperma), white fringed orchid (Platanthera We would like to thank our field trip leaders: More News 12 blephariglottis), and pitcher plant (Sarracenia Frank Knight (Joralemon Woods), Leslie purpurea). Karasin (Spring Pond Bog), Greg Edinger and Ken Adams (Altona Flat Rock), and Spi- Remaining in the North County, our third trip der Barbour, Dick Mitchell, and David Wer- took us to the far northeastern corner of the ier (Hudson Highlands). We also thank all of state. In this area, one can visit the unique sand- you who made this a successful year. stone pavement barrens. Dr. Kenneth Adams of (Continued on page 2) Joralemon

NYFA December 2003 Page 1 In the coming year, additional field trips are planned including a trip to the Indian River area in Jefferson County and Bergen Joralemon Woods Species List Swamp in Genesee County. The dates of these trips will be posted on our website as soon as they are finalized. During the June 14, 2003, Alphabetical by species upcoming Northeast Natural History Conference NYFA will host an open lecture to kick-off the conference. Dr. Ann Acer nigrum -Black Maple Rhoads, co-author of The Plants of and Senior Acer saccharum -Sugar Maple Scientist of the Pennsylvania Flora Project, will entertain us Acer rubrum -Red Maple with stories and a floristic history from our southern neighbor. Acer saccharinum -Silver Maple Actaea pachypoda -White Baneberry In addition to Ann Rhoads' Pennsylvania Flora seminar (Wed., Adiantum pedatum -Maidenhair Fern May 19) that will be held at the NE Natural History Confer- ence, there will be a total of four botanical workshops. These Alliaria petiolata -Garlic Mustard workshops are listed below. More information will be provided Amelanchier stolonifera -Bush Juneberry in the registration material that BRI is now preparing. Amphicarpaea bracteata -Hog-Peanut Antennaria plantaginifolia -Everlasting Northeastern Orchid Identification: Complex Groups and Aquilegia canadensis -Wild Columbine Recently Delimited Taxa Arabidopsis lyrata -Lyre-Leaf Rock-Cress Date and Time: Wednesday, May 19, 9:00am - 12:00noon Aralia nudicaulis -Wild Sarsaparilla Presented by Charles J. Sheviak of the New York State Mu- Arisaema dracontium -Green Dragon seum. Maximum: 15 participants. Asclepias quadrifolia -Four-Leaf Milkweed

Asplenium platyneuron -Ebony Spleenwort Rosaceace Identification, focus on Crataegus and Rubus Date and Time: Wednesday, May 19, 9:00am - 4:00pm Asplenium rhizophyllum -Walking Fern Presented by: Dr. Gerry Moore, Director of the New York Asplenium trichomanes -Maidenhair Spleenwort Metropolitan Flora Project and Research Taxonomist at the Asplenium ruta-muraria -Wall-Rue Spleenwort Brooklyn Botanic Gardens. Maximum: 15 participants. Aster macrophyllus -Bigleaf Aster Aster divaricatus -White Wood Aster The Genus Carex (with emphasis on section Acrocystis) in Athyrium filix-femina var. asplenioides-So. Lady Fern the Northeast Berberis vulgaris -Common Barberry Date: Saturday, May 22, 9:00am - 4:00pm Botrychium virginianum -Rattlesnake Fern Presented by David Werier botanical consultant, Ithaca, NY. Botrychium lanceolatum -Lance-Leaf Grape-Fern Maximum: 15 participants. Botrychium multifidum -Leathery Grape-Fern Liverworts Campanula rotundifolia -Harebell Date and Time: Saturday, May 22, 9:00am - 5:30pm Cardamine concatenata -Cut-Leaf Toothwort Presented by Norton G. Miller and Lorinda Leonardi, Bio- Carex rosea -Sedge logical Survey, NYS Museum. Maximum: 15 participants. Carex amphibola var. turgida-Sedge Carex hirtifolia -Sedge If you visited the NYFA webpage (www.nyflora.org) this past Carex laxiflora var. laxiflora-Sedge year, you were not alone. Our website registered 862,811 Carex sparganioides -Sedge server hits during 178,230 sessions (4.8 hits per user session). Carex albursina -Sedge This resulted in the server logging 6,063 hours of use. Con- verted to working hours, this is the equivalent of three people Carex intumescens -Sedge spending 40 hours each week for a full year using the NYFA Carex sprengelii -Sedge website. While the website was created for you, the members Carya ovata -Shagbark Hickory of the New York Flora Association, our website has registered Caulophyllum giganteum -Blue Cohosh hits from all over the world. This upcoming year we look for- Celastrus scandens -American Bittersweet ward to unveiling an updated online New York Flora Atlas and Circaea lutetiana -Enchanter's Nightshade fully expect over one million server hits. Collinsonia canadensis -Richweed Cornus alternifolia -Green Osier Nearly 1,200 copies of our newsletter were distributed to our Cryptotaenia canadensis -Honewort members. These newsletters included articles from eighteen different authors including a taxonomic update of Eleocharis, Cypripedium parviflorum -Yellow Ladyslipper history of botanical societies within New York State, mycol- Cystopteris fragilis -Fragile Fern ogy, new discoveries of rare plants, plant pathology, and book Cystopteris bulbifera -Bulblet Fern reviews. All members are welcomed and encouraged to submit Deparia acrostichoides -Silvery Spleenwort newsletter articles. Please help us keep this publication full of Desmodium nudiflorum -Tick-Trefoil exciting botanical news. Diervilla lonicera -Bush Honeysuckle

NYFA December 2003 Page 2 Dryopteris marginalis -Marginal Wood Fern Polygonatum biflorum -Solomon's-Seal Dryopteris intermedia -Fancy Fern Polygonum virginianum -Jumpseed Dryopteris carthusiana -Spinulose Wood Fern Polypodium virginianum -Rock Polypody Epipactis helleborine -Helleborine Polystichum acrostichoides -Christmas Fern Eupatorium rugosum -White Snakeroot Potentilla argentea -Silvery Cinquefoil Festuca subverticillata -Nodding Fescue Prunus serotina -Black Cherry Fraxinus americana -White Ash Prunus virginiana -Choke-Cherry Fraxinus nigra -Black Ash Pyrola sp. - Pyrola lanceolatum -Wild-Licorice Quercus alba -White Oak Galium asprellum -Rough Bedstraw Quercus rubra -Red Oak Galium circaezans -Wild-Licorice Quercus velutina -Black Oak Geranium maculatum -Wild Geranium Quercus bicolor -Swamp White Oak Geranium robertianum -Herb-Robert Ranunculus sceleratus -Cursed Crowfoot Hamamelis virginiana -Witch-Hazel Ranunculus abortivus -Kidney-Leaf Crowfoot Hepatica nobilis var. obtusa-Sharp-Lobed Hepatica Rhamnus cathartica -Common Buckthorn Hesperis matronalis -Dame's-Rocket Rhus aromatica -Fragrant Sumac Houstonia caerulea -Bluets Ribes sp. - Currant Hybanthus concolor -Green Violet Rosa multiflora -Multiflora Rose Hydrophyllum virginianum -Virginia Waterleaf Rosa palustris -Swamp Rose Impatiens capensis -Spotted Jewelweed Rosa carolina -Pasture Rose Iris versicolor -Blue Flag Rubus occidentalis -Black Raspberry Juniperus virginiana -Eastern Red Cedar Rubus pensilvanicus -Highbush Blackberry Laportea canadensis -Wood-Nettle Rubus idaeus -Purple Wild Raspberry Lindera benzoin -Spicebush Sambucus racemosa -Red Elderberry Lobelia siphilitica -Great Lobelia Sanguinaria canadensis -Bloodroot Lonicera dioica -Wild Honeysuckle Sanicula marilandica -Black Snakeroot Luzula campestris -Common Wood-Rush Sanicula odorata -Sanicle Lycopodium digitatum -Running Pine Saxifraga virginiensis -Early Saxifrage Lysimachia ciliata -Fringed Loosestrife Selaginella rupestris -Rock Spikemoss Lysimachia nummularia -Moneywort Silene antirrhina -Sleepy Catch-Fly Lythrum salicaria -Purple Loosestrife Smilax herbacea -Jacob's-Ladder racemosum -False Solomon's-Seal Solanum dulcamara -Trailing Nightshade -False Lily-Of-The-Valley Solidago flexicaulis -Zig-Zag Goldenrod Matteuccia struthiopteris -Ostrich Fern Solidago caesia -Wreath Goldenrod Melilotus officinalis -Yellow Sweet-Clover Spirodela polyrhiza -Giant Duckweed Menispermum canadense -Moonseed Staphylea trifolia -Bladdernut Mitchella repens -Partridge- Stellaria graminea -Common Stitchwort Mitella diphylla -Coolwort Thalictrum pubescens -Tall Meadow-Rue Moehringia lateriflora -Grove Sandwort Thalictrum dioicum -Early Meadow-Rue Nuphar microphylla -Small Yellow Pondlily Thalictrum thalictroides -Rue Anemone Onoclea sensibilis -Sensitive Fern Thelypteris noveboracensis -New York Fern Ornithogalum umbellatum -Star-Of-Bethlehem Tilia americana -Basswood Osmorhiza longistylis -Anise-Root Toxicodendron radicans -Poison Ivy Osmorhiza claytonii -Sweet Jarvil Trillium grandiflorum -White Trillium Osmunda claytoniana -Interrupted Fern Tsuga canadensis -Hemlock Ostrya virginiana -Hop Hornbeam Ulmus rubra -Slippery Elm Oxalis stricta -Lady's-Sorrel Uvularia perfoliata -Strawbell Panicum latifolium -Panic Grass Viburnum acerifolium -Maple-Leaf Viburnum Pellaea atropurpurea -Purple Cliff Brake Viburnum rafinesquianum -Downy Arrow Phalaris arundinacea -Reed Canary-Grass Viola palmata -Early Blue Violet Pilea fontana -Emerald-Fruited Clearweed Viola affinis -Yellow Violet Pinus strobus -White Pine Vitis aestivalis -Summer Grape Podophyllum peltatum -May-Apple Zanthoxylum americanum -Prickly Ash Polygala paucifolia -Fringed Milkwort

NYFA December 2003 Page 3 Brasenia schreberi-Water-Shield Spring Pond Bog Field Trip Carex exilis-Sedge Species List Carex oligosperma-Sedge Carex pauciflora-Sedge June 28, 2003, Alphabetical by species. Carex limosa-Sedge Chamaedaphne calyculata-Leatherleaf Species List from Teaching Bog Drosera rotundifolia-Sundew Carex oligosperma-Sedge Eriophorum vaginatum-Hare's-Tail Carex pauciflora-Sedge Eriophorum vaginatum-Hare's-Tail Carex paupercula-Sedge Iris versicolor-Blue Flag Carex trisperma-Sedge Kalmia angustifolia-Sheep Laurel Carex spp.-Sedge -Larch / Tamarack Chamaedaphne calyculata-Leatherleaf Nuphar sp.-Yellow Pondlily Eriophorum vaginatum-Hare's-Tail Picea mariana-Black Spruce Kalmia angustifolia-Sheep Laurel Platanthera blephariglottis-White Fringed Orchid Larix laricina-Larch / Tamarack Rhododendron groenlandicum-Labrador Tea Maianthemum trifolium-False Solomon's-Seal Rhynchospora alba-White Beakrush Picea glauca-White Spruce Sarracenia purpurea-Pitcher-Plant Platanthera blephariglottis-White Fringed Orchid Scheuchzeria palustris-Pod-Grass Rhododendron groenlandicum-Labrador Tea Utricularia cornuta-Horned Bladderwort Sarracenia purpurea-Pitcher-Plant Vaccinium macrocarpon-Large Cranberry Species List from Esker Vaccinium oxycoccos-Small Cranberry

Abies balsamea-Balsam Fir Acer rubrum-Red Maple Acer saccharum-Sugar Maple Sandstone Pavement Barrens Acer pensylvanicum-Striped Maple Amelanchier arborea-Shadbush Field Trip Species List Apocynum cannabinum-Indian Hemp Aralia nudicaulis-Wild Sarsaparilla Species list compiled by Ken Adams. List represents all Betula papyrifera-Paper Birch species currently reported from the Altona sandstone Brachyelytrum erectum-Bearded-Shorthusk pavement barrens including August 9, 2003. Alphabetical Cornus canadensis-Bunchberry by plant family then by species. Dalibarda repens-False-Violet Danthonia spicata-Poverty-Grass Vascular Plants of Cobblestone Forests Gaultheria procumbens-Wintergreen Kalmia angustifolia-Sheep Laurel Acer pensylvanicum-Striped Maple Larix laricina-Larch / Tamarack Acer rubrum-Red Maple Linnaea borealis-Twinflower Acer saccharum-Sugar Maple Nemopanthus mucronatus-Mountain Holly Acer spicatum-Mountain Maple Oryzopsis canadensis-Canada Ricegrass Rhus radicans-Poison Ivy Picea mariana-Black Spruce Apocynum androsaemifolium-Spreading Dogbane Pinus strobus-White Pine Arisaema triphyllum-Jack-In-The-Pulpit Populus grandidentata-Big-Toothed Aspen Aralia nudicaulis-Wild Sarsaparilla Pteridium aquilinum-Northeastern Bracken Fern Panax quinquefolius-Ginseng Rubus pensilvanicus-Highbush Blackberry Panax trifolius-Dwarf Ginseng Salix sp.-Willow Asarum canadense-Wild Ginger Schizachne purpurascens-False Melic Aster acuminatus-Sharp-Leaved Aster Vaccinium angustifolium-Lowbush Blueberry Aster cordifolius-Heart-Leaved Aster Viburnum nudum var. cassinoides-Withe-Rod Aster schreberi-Schreber's Aster Eupatorium rugosum-White Snakeroot Species list from Main Bog Solidago caesia-Blue-Stemmed Goldenrod Andromeda glaucophylla-Bog Rosemary Caulophyllum thalictroides-Blue Cohosh Betula glandulosa-Dwarf Birch Betula alleghaniensis-Yellow Birch Betula papyrifera-White Birch

NYFA December 2003 Page 4 Betula populifolia-Gray Birch Pinus strobus-White Pine Corylus cornuta-Beaked Hazelnut Tsuga canadensis-Hemlock Ostrya virginiana-Hophornbeam Oryzopsis canadensis-Ricegrass Hackelia virginiana-Stickseed Adiantum pedatum-Maidenhair Fern Diervilla lonicera-No. Bush-Honeysuckle Athyrium filix-femina-Lady Fern Lonicera canadensis-Canada Honeysuckle Athyrium thelypteroides-Silvery Spleenwort Viburnum acerifolium-Mapleleaf Viburnum Cystopteris bulbifera-Bulblet Fern Viburnum alnifolium-Hobblebush Dennstaedtia punctilobula-Hayscented Fern Celastrus orbiculatus-Asiatic Bittersweet Dryopteris cristata-Crested Fern Cornus canadensis-Bunchberry Dryopteris Goldiana-Goldie's Fern Cornus rugosa-Roundleaf Dogwood Dryopteris marginalis-Marginal Woodfern Equisetum hiemale-Rough Horsetail Dryopteris spinulosa-Spinulose Woodfern Equisetum pratense -Meadow Horsetail Matteuccia struthiopteris-Ostrich Fern Gaultheria procumbens-Teaberry Onoclea sensibilis-Sensitive Fern Fagus grandifolia-American Beech Polypodium vulgare-Rock Polypody Quercus rubra-Red Oak Polystichum acrostichoides-Christmas Fern Corydalis sempervirens-Pink Corydalis Pteridium aquilinum-Bracken Fern Dicentra cucullaria-Dutchman's-Breeches Trientalis borealis-Starflower Hamamelis virginiana-Common Witch-Hazel Monotropa hypopithys-Pinesap Hydrophyllum virginianum-Virginia Waterleaf Monotropa uniflora-Indian-Pipe Carya cordiformis-Bitternut Hickory Actaea pachypoda-White Baneberry Juglans cinerea-Butternut Actaea rubra-Red Baneberry Blephilia hirsuta-Hairy Wood Mint Clematis virginiana-Virgin's-Bower Menta piperita-Peppermint Hepatica acutiloba-Sharp-Lobed Hepatica Clintonia borealis-Clintonia Rhamnus cathartica-Common Buckthorn Erythronium americanum-Trout-Lily Amelanchier arborea-Downy Juneberry Maianthemum canadensis-Canada Mayflower Prunus pensylvanica-Fire Cherry Polygonatum pubescens-Solomon's-Seal Prunus serotina-Black Cherry Smilacina racemosa-False Solomon's-Seal Prunus virginiana-Choke Cherry Trillium erectum-Red Trillium Rubus odoratus-Purple-. Rasp. Trillium grandiflorum-White Trillium Galium boreale-Northern Bedstraw Trillium undulatum-Painted Trillium Galium triflorum-Fragrant Bedstraw Uvularia grandiflora-Lg. Flower. Bellwort Mitchella repens-Partridgeberry Uvularia perfoliata-Perfoliate Bellwort Populus grandidentata-Bigtooth Aspen Uvularia sessilifolia-Wild Oats Populus tremuloides-Smalltooth Aspen Veratrum viride-False Hellebore Salix candida-Hoary Willow Diphasiastrum digitatum-Running Pine Mitella diphylla-Miterwort Huperzia lucidulum-Shining Clubmoss Tiarella cordifolia-Foamflower Lycopodium annotinum-Stiff Clubmoss Veronica officinalis-Common Speedwell Lycopodium clavatum-Staghorn Clubmoss Tilia americana-Basswood Lycopodium dendroideum-Tree Clubmoss Ulmus americana-American Elm Fraxinus americana-White Ash Ulmus rubra-Slippery Elm Circaea quadrisulcata-Enchanter's Nightshade Cryptotaenia canadensis-Honewort Botrychium virginianum-Rattlesnake Fern Osmorhiza claytoni-Sweet Cicely Cypripedium calceolus-Yellow Lady's Slipper Zizia aptera(?)-Golden Alexanders Cypripedium reginae-Showy Lady's-Slipper Urtica dioica-Stinging Nettle Epipactis helleborine-Helleborine Parthenocissus quinquefolia-Virginia Creeper Goodyera repens-Dwarf Rattlesnake-Plantain Spiranthes sp.-Ladies'-Tresses Vascular Plants of the Sandstone Pavement Barrens Epifagus virginiana-Beechdrops Osmunda cinnamomea-Cinnamon Fern Acer pensylvanicum-Striped Maple Osmunda Claytoniana-Interrupted Fern Acer rubrum-Red Maple Osmunda regalis-Royal Fern Apocynum androsaemifolium-Spreading Dogbane Phryma leptostachya-Lopseed Nemopanthus mucronatus-Mountain-Holly

NYFA December 2003 Page 5 Aralia hispida-Bristly Sarsaparilla -Lance-Lvd Wild Licorice Aster macrophyllus-Bigleaf Aster Houstonia caerulea-Bluets Aster umbellatus-Flat-Topped White Aster Salix bebbiana-Beaked Willow Prenanthes alba-Rattlesnake-Root Salix candida-Hoary Willow Betula papyrifera-White Birch Comandra umbellata-Bastard-Toadflax Betula populifolia-Gray Birch Ribes sp.-Currant Campanula rotundifolia-Harebell Saxifraga virginiensis-Early Saxifrage Diervilla lonicera-Bush-Honeysuckle Melampyrum lineare-Cow-Wheat Viburnum cassinoides-Wild-Raisin Selaginella rupestris-Rock Spikemoss Cornus canadensis-Bunchberry Thuja occidentalis-Northern White Cedar Vascular Plants of Flat Rock Wetlands Carex cumulata-Clustered Sedge Epigaea repens-Trailing Arbutus Carex hystericina- Sedge Gaultheria procumbens-Teaberry Carex oligosperma-Nynhp Watch List Gaylussacia baccata-Black Huckleberry Carex rostrata- Sedge Kalmia angustifolia-Sheep Laurel Carex scoparia- Sedge Vaccinium angustifolium-Late Low Blueberry Carex stricta-Tussock Sedge Vaccinium corymbosum-Highbush Blueberry Dulichium arundinaceum-Three-Way Sedge Quercus rubra-Red Oak Eleocharis obtusa-Spike Rush Corydalis sempervirens-Pink Corydalis Eriophorum spissum-Cottongrass Hamamelis virginiana-Witch-Hazel Eriophorum virginicum-Tawny Cottongrass Sisyrinchum mucronatum-Blue-Eyed Grass Scirpus atrovirens-Dark Green Bulrush Stachys hyssopifolia-Hyssop Hedge Nettle Scirpus cyperinus-Wool Grass Maianthemum canadense-Canada Mayflower Scirpus validus-Soft-Stem Bulrush Comptonia peregrina-Sweetfern Drosera rotundifolia-Round-Leaved Sundew Epilobium angustfolium-Fireweed Chamaedaphne calyculata-Leatherleaf Cypripedium acaule-Moccasin-Flower Calamagrostis canadensis-Blue-Joint Malaxis monophyllus var. brachypoda-Malaxis Glyceria canadensis- Rattlesnake Grass Spiranthes gracilis-Slender Ladies' Tresses Myriophyllum sp.-Water Milfoil Abies balsamea-Balsam Fir Iris versicolor-Blue Flag Iris Juniperus communis-Dwarf Juniper Juncus effusus-Soft Rush Juniperus virginiana-Red Cedar Juncus tenuis-Path Rush Picea mariana-Black Spruce Lycopus americanus-Water-Horehound Pinus banksiana-Jack Pine Lycopus uniflorus-Water-Horehound Pinus resinosa-Red Pine Scutellaria epilobiifolia-Common Skullcap Pinus rigida-Pitch Pine Scutellaria lateriflora-Mad-Dog Skullcap Pinus strobus-White Pine Utricularia geminiscapa-Bladderwort Danthonia compressa-Northern Oatgrass Myrica gale-Sweetgale Danthonia spicata-Povertygrass Brasenia schreberi-Water Shield, Snot Bonnet Deschampsia flexuosa-Crinkled Hairgrass Nuphar variegatum-Spatterdock Panicum acuminatum-Panic Grass Epilobium glandulosum-Northern Willow-Herb Pteridium aquilinum-Bracken Fern Polygonum amphibium-Water Smartweed Woodsia ilvensis-Rusty Woodsia Polygonum careyi-Carey’s Smartweed Trientalis borealis-Starflower Potamogeton sp.-Pondweed Aquilegia canadensis-Columbine Potamogeton zosteriformis-Flat-Stem Pondweed Coptis groenlandica-Goldthread Lysimachia terrestris-Loosestrife Amelanchier arborea-Downy Juneberry Anemone canadensis-Canada Anemone Amelanchier stolonifera-Running Juneberry Spiraea latifolia-Meadowsweet Aronia melanocarpa-Black Chokeberry Spiraea tomentosa-Steeplebush Crataegus sp.-Hawthorn Cephalanthus occidentalis-Buttonbush Potentilla tridentata-Three-Toothed Cinquefoil Galium palustre-Marsh Bedstraw Rosa carolina-Pasture Rose Veronica scutellata-Marsh Speedwell Rubus hispidus-Swamp Dewberry Sparganium sp.-Bur Reed Rubus pubescens-Dwarf Raspberry Typha latifolia-Cattail

NYFA December 2003 Page 6 Aulacomnium andropynum Weedy Plants at Flat Rock Aulacomnium palustre Bartramia pomiformis Chenopodium album-Lamb's Quarters Brachythecium sp. Chenopodium hybridum-Maple-Leaved Goosefoot Climacium dendroides-Tree Moss Hypericum perforatum-Common St.John's-Wort Dicranum polysetum Sedum telephium-Orpine Dicranum scoparium-Broom Moss Berteroa incana-Hoary Alyssum Dicranum sp. Capsella bursa-pastoris-Shepherd's Purse Pleurozium schreberi-Schreber's Feather Moss Erysimum cheiranthoides-Wormseed Mustard Fissidens sp. Lotus corniculatus-Birdfoot Trefoil Fontinalis sp. Melilotus alba-White Sweet Clover Grimmia sp. Melilotus officinalis-Yellow Sweet Clover Hedwigia ciliata-Wire Rock Moss Trifolium agrarium-Hop Clover Entodon seductrix Trifolium pratense-Red Clover Eurhynchium rusciforme Trifolium repens-White Clover Ptilium crista-castrensis-Plume Moss Vicia cracca-Cow-Vetch Thuidium delicatulum-Feather Moss Satureja vulgaris-Wild Basil Leucobryum glaucum-Pincushion Moss Epilobium angustifolium-Fireweed Mnium affine Epilobium leptophyllum-Narrow-Lvd Willow-Herb Atrichum sp. Oxalis europaea-Yellow Wood-Sorrel Polytrichum commune-Common Hair-Cap Plantago lanceolata-English Plantain Polytrichum juniperinum Plantago major-Common Plantain Polytrichum piliferum Agrostis scabra-Ticklegrass Tortula ruralis Aristida oligantha-Three-Awn russowii Elymus hystrix-Bottlebrush Sphagnum teres Poa pratensis-Kentucky Bluegrass Sphagnum torreyanum Polygonum careyi-Carey's Knotweed Pahlia nutans Polygonum cilinode-Fringed Bindweed Racomitrium sp. Polygonum persicaria-Lady's Thumb Gymnocolea inflata Polygonum scandens-Climbing False Buckwheat Ranunculus acris-Common Buttercup Fragaria virginiana-Wild Strawberry Potentilla argentea-Silvery Cinquefoil Potentilla norvegica-Rough Cinquefoil Hudson Highlands Field Trip Rubus allegheniensis-Blackberry Species List Rubus odoratus-Purple-Flowering Raspberry Linaria vulgaris-Butter-And-Eggs Compiled by Bob Ingalls September 6, 2003. Verbascum thapsus-Common Mullein Urtica procera-Tall Nettle

Oak Hickory Slope Species List Nonvascular Plants at Flat Rock

Xanthoria elegans Acalypha virginica var. rhomboidea-3-Seeded Mercury Lasallia papulosa Acer pensylvanicum -Striped Maple Umbilicaria industa-Rock Tripe Acer platanoides -Norway Maple Umbilicaria mammulata Acer rubrum -Red Maple Umbilicaria muhlenbergii Acer saccharum -Sugar Maple Evernia mesomorpha Actaea pachypoda -White Baneberry Usnea sp.-Beard Lichen Agalinis tenuifolia -Gerardia Graphis scripta-Script Lichen Agrimonia gryposepala -Common Agrimony Hypogymnia sp. Agrimonia rostellata -Agrimony Phaeocalicium curtisii-Sumac Stubble Agrostis perennans -Autumn Bent Psilolechia lucida Ambrosia artemisiifolia -Ragweed

NYFA December 2003 Page 7 Amelanchier arborea -Shadbush Dennstaedtia punctilobula -Hay-Scented Fern Amphicarpaea bracteata -Hog-Peanut Deschampsia flexuosa -Common Hairgrass Andropogon gerardii -Big Bluestem Desmodium glutinosum -Sticky Tick-Clover Anemone virginiana -Thimbleweed Desmodium nudiflorum -Tick-Trefoil Antennaria plantaginifolia -Everlasting Desmodium paniculatum -Tick-Trefoil Apios americana -Groundnut Desmodium perplexum -Tick-Clover Aquilegia canadensis -Wild Columbine Desmodium rotundifolium -Tick-Clover Arabis canadensis -Sicklepod Digitaria sanguinalis -Tall Crabgrass Aralia nudicaulis -Wild Sarsaparilla Dryopteris carthusiana -Spinulose Wood Fern Aralia racemosa -Spikenard Dryopteris intermedia -Fancy Fern Arisaema triphyllum -Jack-In-The-Pulpit Dryopteris marginalis -Marginal Wood Fern Aristolochia serpentaria -Virginia Snakeroot Elymus hystrix -Bottlebrush Artemisia vulgaris -Felon-Herb Epifagus virginiana -Beech-Drops Asclepias quadrifolia -Four-Leaf Milkweed Epilobium coloratum -Purple-Leaf Willow-Herb Asplenium platyneuron -Ebony Spleenwort Erechtites hieracifolia var. hieracifolia-Fireweed Aster divaricatus -White Wood Aster Erigeron strigosus -Daisy-Fleabane Aster lateriflorus -Calico Aster Euonymus alata -Winged Spindle-Tree Aster linariifolius -Stiff-Leaf Aster Eupatorium fistulosum -Joe-Pye-Weed Aster patens -Late Purple Aster Eupatorium rugosum -White Snakeroot Aster undulatus -Wavy-Leaf Aster Eupatorium sessilifolium -Upland Boneset Berberis thunbergii -Japanese Barberry Euthamia graminifolia -Bush Goldenrod Botrychium virginianum -Rattlesnake Fern Fagus grandifolia -American Beech Brachyelytrum erectum -Bearded-Shorthusk Fraxinus pennsylvanica -Green Ash Bromus pubescens -Canada Brome Galium aparine -Bedstraw Carex albicans var. albicans-Sedge Galium circaezans -Wild-Licorice Carex cephalophora -Sedge Galium pilosum -Bedstraw Carex laxiflora -Sedge Galium triflorum -Sweet-Scented Bedstraw Carex mühlenbergii -Sedge Geranium maculatum -Wild Geranium Carex pensylvanica -Sedge Hamamelis virginiana -Witch-Hazel Carex radiata -Sedge Hedeoma pulegioides -Mock-Pennyroyal Carex rosea -Sedge Helianthemum canadense -Frostweed Carex scoparia -Sedge Helianthus divaricatus -Woodland Sunflower Carex swanii -Sedge Hieracium paniculatum -Hawkweed Carex virescens -Sedge Hieracium venosum -Rattlesnake-Weed Carpinus caroliniana -Hornbeam Hypericum perforatum -Common St. John's-Wort Carya glabra -Pignut (Hickory) Hypericum punctatum -St. John's-Wort Carya ovalis -Sweet Pignut Impatiens capensis -Spotted Jewelweed Carya ovata -Shagbark Hickory Juncus tenuis -Slender Yard-Rush Carya tomentosa -Mockernut Juniperus virginiana -Eastern Red Cedar Ceanothus americanus -New Jersey Tea Leersia virginica -Whitegrass Celastrus orbiculata -Oriental Bittersweet Lespedeza procumbens -Trailing Lespedeza Chimaphila maculata -Spotted Wintergreen Lespedeza repens -Trailing Lespedeza Cinna arundinacea -Stout Woodreed Lespedeza striata - Lespedeza Circaea lutetiana -Enchanter's Nightshade Lespedeza violacea -Lespedeza Clinopodium vulgare -Basil Lobelia inflata -Indian-Tobacco Collinsonia canadensis -Richweed Lysimachia quadrifolia -Whorled Loosestrife Comptonia peregrina -Sweet-Fern Maianthemum racemosum -False Solomon's-Seal Conopholis americana -Squawroot Medeola virginiana -Indian Cucumber-Root Cornus florida -Flowering Dogwood Microstegium vimineum -Japanese Stiltgrass Coronilla varia -Crown-Vetch Monotropa hypopithys -Pinesap Corydalis flavula -Yellow Harlequin Monotropa uniflora -Indian-Pipe Corydalis sempervirens -Pink Corydalis Mühlenbergia sobolifera -Creeping Muhly Corylus americana -Hazelnut Mühlenbergia tenuiflora -Woodland Drop-Seed Crataegus pedicellata -Scarlet Thorn Onoclea sensibilis -Sensitive Fern

NYFA December 2003 Page 8 Ostrya virginiana -Hop Hornbeam Vaccinium stamineum -Deerberry Panicum boscii -Panic Grass Verbena urticifolia -White Vervain Panicum dichotomum -Panic Grass Veronica officinalis -Speedwell Panicum rigidulum -Panic Grass Viburnum acerifolium -Maple-Leaf Viburnum Paronychia canadensis -Forked Chickweed Viburnum prunifolium -Black-Haw Parthenocissus quinquefolia -Virginia Creeper Viburnum rafinesquianum -Downy Arrow Plantago major -Common Plantain Viola palmata -Early Blue Violet Podophyllum peltatum -May-Apple Viola sagittata -Arrow-Leaf Violet Polygonatum biflorum -Solomon's-Seal Vitis labrusca -Fox Grape Polygonum arifolium -Arrowleaf Tearthumb Vitis riparia -Frost Grape Polygonum cespitosum -Low Smartweed Woodsia obtusa -Blunt-Lobed Woodsia Polygonum lapathifolium -Willow-Weed Polygonum persicaria -Lady's-Thumb Sand Plain Species List Polygonum punctatum -Water Smartweed Polygonum sagittatum -Tearthumb Agalinis purpurea -Gerardia Polygonum scandens -Climbing Flase-Buckwheat Agrostis gigantea -Redtop Polystichum acrostichoides -Christmas Fern Alisma triviale -Water-Plantain Potentilla simplex -Common Cinquefoil Aster pilosus var. pringlei-Heath Aster Prenanthes altissima -Rattlesnake-Root Aster racemosus -White Aster Prunella vulgaris -Self-Heal Betula nigra -River Birch Prunus serotina -Black Cherry Betula populifolia -Gray Birch Prunus virginiana -Choke-Cherry Bidens frondosa -Beggar-Ticks Pycnanthemum incanum -Mountain-Mint Boehmeria cylindrica -False-Nettle Pycnanthemum tenuifolium -Mountain-Mint Bulbostylis capillaris -Sand-Rush Quercus alba -White Oak Centaurea maculosa -Bushy Knapweed Quercus coccinea -Scarlet Oak Cichorium intybus -Chicory Quercus montana -Chestnut Oak Conyza canadensis -Horseweed Quercus prinoides -Dwarf Chestnut Oak Cyperus bipartitus -Flat Sedge Quercus rubra -Red Oak Cyperus lupulinus -Flat Sedge Ribes rotundifolium -Round-Leaf Currant Cyperus strigosus -Galingale Rosa carolina -Pasture Rose Daucus carota -Queen-Anne's-Lace Rosa multiflora -Multiflora Rose Desmodium canadense -Giant Tick-Clover Rubus allegheniensis -Northern Blackberry Desmodium marilandicum -Maryland Tick-Clover Rudbeckia hirta -Black-Eyed-Susan Dianthus armeria -Deptford Pink Sanicula canadensis -Sanicle Diodia teres -Buttonweed Sassafras albidum -Sassafras Echinochloa muricata -Cockspur Grass Saxifraga virginiensis -Early Saxifrage Elaeagnus umbellata -Oleaster Schizachyrium scoparium -Little Blue-Stem Eleocharis obtusa -Spikerush Silene stellata -Starry Campion Eleocharis palustris -Creeping Spikerush Smilax herbacea -Jacob's-Ladder Eleocharis tenuis -Slender Spikerush Smilax rotundifolia -Greenbrier Elymus canadensis -Canada Wild-Rye Solidago caesia -Wreath Goldenrod Equisetum arvense -Common Horsetail Solidago rugosa -Rough Goldenrod Equisetum hyemale -Scouring Rush Solidago ulmifolia -Elm-Leaf Goldenrod Equisetum variegatum -Variegated Horsetail Sorghastrum nutans -Indian Grass Eragrostis pectinacea -Lovegrass Spiraea alba var. latifolia-Meadow-Sweet Gnaphalium obtusifolium -Catfoot Thelypteris noveboracensis -New York Fern Hypericum canadense -Canadian St. John's-Wort Tilia americana -Basswood Hypericum mutilum -Dwarf St. John's-Wort Toxicodendron radicans -Poison Ivy Juncus canadensis -Canada Rush Tridens flavus -Purpletop Juncus effusus -Common Rush Triodanis perfoliata -Venus' Looking-Glass Leersia oryzoides -Rice Cutgrass Tsuga canadensis -Hemlock Lespedeza capitata -Bush-Clover Uvularia perfoliata -Strawbell Lotus corniculata -Bird's-Foot Trefoil Vaccinium pallidum -Sugar Huckleberry Ludwigia palustris -Water Purslane

NYFA December 2003 Page 9 Lycopus uniflorus -Water-Horehound Lythrum salicaria -Purple Loosestrife Mühlenbergia frondosa -Wirestem Muhly More on New York State Local Mühlenbergia sylvatica -Woodland Dropseed Oenothera biennis -Common Evening-Primrose Plant Groups Panicum virgatum -Switchgrass Phragmites australis -Common Reed Thursday Naturalists History Plantago lanceolata -Buck-Horn Plantain by Ruth Schottman Populus deltoides -Cottonwood Populus tremuloides -Quaking Aspen In the 1960s Schenectady Public schools offered day- Rhynchospora capillacea -Beakrush time adult education courses. These included Geology Robinia pseudoacacia -Black Locust taught by Marie Lambert and Natural History and Ecol- Salix atrocinerea -Ashy Willow ogy taught by Nancy Slack. Geology was taught mainly Salix eriocephala -Stiff Willow in the field and introduced us to many fascinating local Salix lucida -Shining Willow places. The students were mostly young women, some- Scirpus atrovirens -Bulrush times dubbed "delinquent mothers", who found intellec- Scirpus cyperinus -Woolgrass tual stimulation, outdoor activity and camaraderie on Scutellaria lateriflora -Mad-Dog Skullcap Thursday mornings. After three years Marie bid us fare- Solidago bicolor -White Goldenrod well and suggested we continue on our own. We tried to Solidago canadensis -Canada Goldenrod interpret landscape without Marie's guidance but found Solidago juncea -Early Goldenrod ourselves drifting towards general natural history, espe- Solidago nemoralis -Rough Goldenrod cially plants. This wider field could be pursued at our Spiranthes cernua -Nodding Lady's-Tresses non-expertise level more satisfactorily. We tended even Trichostema dichotomum -Bastard-Pennyroyal more towards plants when alumni of Nancy Slack's Trifolium arvense -Rabbit's-Foot Clover courses joined us. After Nancy left for England, then Trifolium pratense -Red Clover graduate school and a teaching position at Russel Sage, Veronica scutellata -Marsh Speedwell I, who had been asked to substitute for her for a year, continued to teach adults and invited my seriously inter- More photographs from these trips may be ested students to come with us on Thursdays. There is seen at www.nyflora.org/trips usually no formal curriculum and no teacher. A coordi- nator is in charge of making a field trip schedule from various suggestions. Often this job is given to a new member as an initiation! Through the years our activi- ties have changed as we have. There were some very ambitious years when we engaged in special studies from bryophytes and grasses to ants and fungi. Some- times we invited specialist teachers. Some of our mem- bers became amateur "experts." We went on extended field trips to northern NY shale barrens, Cornell Planta- tions, Garden-in-the-Woods and other places that re- quired overnight stays. A few of the original members are still alive, in the area and active. We have been joined by retired men as well as women and meet throughout the year. Spring and fall bring out most members. During winter we often pursue natural history topics indoors, though some of us outdoor enthusiasts continue field trips. Those who are here in summer have become better acquainted with summer bloomers. Any- one with free Thursday mornings, enthusiasm and some Spider Barbour and Dick Mitchell, Hudson Highlands trip background in natural history is welcome to join us. leaders. Those lacking background should check with ECOS (Environmental Clearinghouse of Schenectady) or Na- ture Centers in the area. Our present coordinator is Sheila Daniels 864-5689.

NYFA December 2003 Page 10 The botanists were advised “to carry scissors to cut Perennially all-female botany club (specimen) blooms rather than rudely pulling up accepts a guy plants.” In 1930, the club sponsored an amendment to the state conservation law passed by the Legislature. It By Dick Case dropped legal sanctions on people who “cut down, Post-Standard Columnist, Syracuse. Reprinted by permission. girdle or otherwise injure or destroy” precious plants. These days, Debbie Shanahan says, the club meets Would you believe that Syracuse has at least three clubs inside November through April, then begins a series of that have been meeting more than 100 years? Or that two monthly field trips that key on specific plants and of them are 128 and counting? Or that all three hadn't annual inventories. This year, for instance, there were signed up a man during all that time? Until this year? The treks to Baltimore Woods, Labrador Pond, Oswego and man with the milestone imprinted on his history is my Clark Reservation, among other interesting places. friend Gordon DeAngelo, of Chittenango. Gordon's a “We also did an inventory of the rare plants near gifted avocational archaeologist and historian (read Fremont Bowling Alley,” Debbie explains with a laugh. “amateur”). He's retired as senior landscape architect at The alley's next to a marl fen. the state Department of Transportation in Syracuse. Syracuse Botanical welcomes new members and field Gordon tells me he recently was accepted as a full trip guests. Members have been gathering at Soule member of Syracuse Botanical Club. The club's been with Library near Le Moyne College on the first Monday of us since 1879. Until this year, all members were women. the month for years. Starting in March, they plan to Men had been welcomed as “corresponding members.'' meet at DeWitt Community Library in ShoppingTown. Those ranks included such world-class botanists as Asa The DeAngelos came into the club at the invitation of Gray, Charles Darwin and the Rev. William Beauchamp, their friend Ida Kimber before her death, Barbara first, the Episcopal priest and historian. then Gordon. So far, Gordon's the only guy, although “They had to change the bylaws,” Gordon explains. Debbie Shanahan says others may inquire. At 124, the botanists are the young folks of our century Gordon's hoping that happens. "It's a sort of lonely place." clubs. Two others, the Portfolio Club and Social Arts Club, were founded in 1875. Syracuse Botanical Club is devoted to studying plants Have you seen Nicotiana? in the fields and woods of Central New York. It originated in 1872, when “a few well-known ladies of I am trying to find out if naturalized populations of Syracuse interested in the study of botany” formed a class Nicotiana species grow in the Northeastern US (or with Mary Olivia Rust. anywhere on the east coast). Nicotiana alata, N. longiflora and N. rustica are possibilities. The first 2 are Early on, it was "Rust Botanical Club." When the group garden escapees and the third is an agricultural crop. I formally organized in 1879, the present name was am trying to find folks who could tell me whether they adopted. There were 23 charter members. Today there are have actually seen these or any Nicotiana growing wild. about 35 on the rolls, according to Debbie Sha-nahan, the If so, I'd like to know where, and in what approximate current president. density (3 plants? 100 plants? more?). Any observations Gordon DeAngelo and his wife, Barbara, a retired about who was pollinating or eating the plants would school- teacher, own a copy of a club rarity, “The Flora also be enormously helpful. of Onondaga County,” a magnum opus of more than 200 pages assembled by Leonora Goodrich, president of the If you have suggestions of other people to contact, I'd club in 1912. appreciate that information as well. Lynn Adler The DeAngelos located a large file of Botanical Club [email protected] materials at Onondaga Historical Association. 540-231-8946

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More News . . . Patricia Eckel reports: The posted bibliographic catalogue of the species of the vicinity of Niagara Falls has just been augmented by the addition of the following pieces of information:

1. species data from the Buffalo Field Naturalist's Club, archives of the Research Library, Buffalo Museum of Science, are provided. This data pertains to localities on both sides of the Niagara River (New York State and the Province of Ontario) from the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

2. sight records by Gus Yaki for localities on the Canadian side of the river have been provided.

3. All specimens from the herbarium of the Niagara Parks School of Horticulture, Ontario, (NFO) have been included (as of the early 1990s).

4. All of the specimens relevant to the flora of Niagara Falls curated at the Clinton Herbarium (BFO), of the Buffalo Museum of Science up to the 1990s have been included.

Discussions of rarity and state and provincial occurrence have been included. It is expected that additional specimens, field notes, articles and archival information will be provided in upcoming versions during 2004.

The URL for the botanical catalogue is: http://ridgwaydb.mobot.org/resbot/Flor/WNY-Niag/flora.htm

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