Seed Collecting (originally rain date)
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ONLY IN CASE OF RAIN OR DELAYED SEED RIPENING. This walk has hit capacity.
To be put on a waiting list, in case earlier respondents cannot make the final date, please email info@flnps.org.
The annual seed walk is back on. Help collect summer and fall blooming species for both the FLNPS seed exchange and the Cornell Botanic Gardens Natural Areas propagation program. Learn to identify dead and dying plants in the process, and how to properly collect and store various types of seeds. Always fun!
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Thanks to P&C Fresh for providing paper bags for collecting and storing seeds. (All dry seeds need to stay in paper for at least a week to thoroughly dry prior to cleaning and storing in glass jars. We were in an area which had been logged within the last decade. The trees and shrubs were small and most had no seeds, so we focused on herbaceous plants. We made a very nice collection of early asters & goldenrods, several sedges & grasses, Penstemon digitalis, Aralia, and a few oddities like the annual Polygala sanguinea (blood milkwort). We found all three "everlastings" - pearly (Anaphalis margaritacea), clammy (Pseudognaphalium macounii), and sweet (Pseudognaphalium obtusifolium). Participants went home with seeds for their own propagation, and the Botanic Gardens Natural Areas vehicle had a trunk full of bags!
