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Volume: 24
Issue	Month	Summary
24:3	September, 2023	Old-field Milkwort (Polygala sanguinea) Dotted Mint or Horsemint (Monarda punctata) Fen Ladies’ Tresses (Spiranthes incurva) Photo Essay: Late Summer Blends to Autumn Glory (Robert Wesley) Name That Plant Contest [Uvularia perfoliata, Eriocaulon aquaticum] (David Werier) Plant Trivia/Answers (Norm Trigoboff) Downy Rattlesnake Plantain (Joe O’Rourke) A New Key to the Asters of Tompkins County, N.Y. (Arieh Tal) Photos: Looking Back to Summer (Robert Wesley)
24:2	June, 2023	Genesee Valley Conservancy Bluebell Hike (David Weeks, Whitney Carleton) Name That Plant Contest [Uvularia sessilifolia, Uvularia perfoliata] (David Werier) Letters (Audrey Bowe, Diane Florini) Mystery of the Spring Asteroids (AriehTal) Plant profile: Jacob’s Ladders - Polemonium spp. (Rosemarie Parker) Floral Glories of June & July (Robert Wesley) - including Lilium michiganense, Ophioglossum pucillum, Lychnis flos-cuculi, Neottia bifolia, Platanthera macrophylla
24:1	March, 2023	Harbingers of Spring!(Robert Wesley) Name That Plant Contest(David Werier ) Letter (Scott LaGreca) Plant Trivia & Answers (Norm Trigoboff) FLNPS Calendar, Spring 2023 Appreciations: Ken Hull, Nancy Slack Review: Solstice 2022 (Rosemarie Parker) Cryptograms: Yellowish-green Foliose Lichens of the Finger Lakes Region (Dr. Usnea)

Volume: 23
Issue	Month	Summary
23:3	October, 2022	Native Groundcovers (Rosemarie Parker) Name That Plant Contest (David Werier) Plant Trivia & Answers (Norm Trigoboff) Letter (Scott LaGreca) Volunteer Opportunities at Cornell’s Herbarium (Peter Fraissinet) In the Field: Oakley Corners State Forest (Anna Stalter) The Grace of Lace (Kenneth Hull)
23:2	June, 2022	Yellow Mandarin (Prosartes lanuginosa) (Kenneth Hull) Name That Plant Contest - Selaginella rupestris (David Werier) Plant Trivia & Answers (Norm Trigoboff) Ecology/Photo Essay: Logs above the Water (Robert Dirig) June Treasures of the Fen (Robert Dirig) The Cornell Botanic Gardens’ Native Lawn (Kristine A. Boys) Highlights from the Ithaca Native Landscape Symposium 2022 (Rosemarie Parker)
23:1	March, 2022	Wild Flora & Plant Profile: Carex plantanginea in Early Bloom in Early Bloom (Robert Dirig) Leatherwood aka Dirca palustris (Stephanie Erlandson) Name That Plant Contest - Selaginella and Dasiphora floribunda (David Werier) Plant Trivia & Answers (Norm Trigoboff) Have Tech Skills? Want To Help FLNPS?(R. Parker) Hepaticas Are Harbingers of Spring Wild Gardening: The Lure of Tiny Sedges (Rosemarie Parker) Book Reviews: Grasses, Sedges, Rushes, an Identification Guide by L. Brown & T. Elliman; Urban Lichens: a Field Guide for Northeastern North America by JL Allen & JC Lendemer(Robert Dirig) In-Person Meetings (FLNPS Steering Committee)

Volume: 22
Issue	Month	Summary
22:4	December, 2021	When A Plant Does Not Return Your Affections—Thalictrum thalictroides (Rosemarie Parker) The Parsnip Predator (Sandy Stark) & The Perfect Tool for Restoration and Gardening (Rosemarie Parker) Name That Plant Contest: Clematis occidentalis, Dasiphora fruiticosa (David Werier) Plant Trivia & Answers (Norm Trigoboff ) FLNPS Treasurer’s Report, Fiscal Year 2020-2021 (Anna M. Stalter) Solstice Night 2021 (Adrianna Hirtler) History of Botany: SJS Letters(John F. Cryan, Don Rittner, Andrew D. Miller, David Werier , Scott LaGreca) Overlooked Food Plants (Stanley Smith, 1937) Trip Report: Ferns of the Clark Reservation Near Syracuse, N.Y. (Gin Mistry, Liz Hernan, Audrey Bowe) Plant Profile: Notes on Seaside Goldenrod, Solidago sempervirens, in the Cayuga Region of Central New York (Charles R. Smith & Claudia K. Melin )
22:3	October, 2021	Poet’s Corner: Fringed Gentians (Kenneth Hull) Name That Plant Contest (David Werier) Plant Trivia & Answers (Norm Trigoboff) History of Botany: Stanley Jay Smith, An Unsung Hero of New York State Botany (Robert Dirig, Lee B. Kass, Carol L. Kelloff,Dylan Kowalewski)[including “Dedication to Stanley Jay Smith” (Carl George)]
22:2	June, 2021	Wild Gardening: Thalictrum dioicum, Early Meadow Rue (Rosemarie Parker) Name That Plant Contest - Menispermum canadense, Clintonia borealis (David Werier) Plant Trivia/Answers (Norm Trigoboff) Review: Selected Talks,Ithaca Native Landscape Symposium, 2021 (Rosemarie Parker) Learning about Wildflowers: Lost in the Umbrella Jungle (Robert Dirig) Poet’s Corner: Marsh Cinquefoil (Kenneth Hull) Additionalphotos: Aphyllon uniflorum
22:1	March, 2021	Remembering Bill Plummer and His Garden (Rosemarie Parker & Colleen Wolpert) Attack Agastache! - an invasive Agastache foeniculum lookalike(Jean Weedman) Name That Plant Contest (David Werier) Ice Paintings on a Small Brook (Robert Dirig) Marsh St. John’s Wort - Hypericum virginicum(Kenneth Hull) Down (Mary Gilliland) Sulfur Eaters (Norm Trigoboff)

Volume: 21
Issue	Month	Summary
21:3	December, 2020	Editorial & Photo Essay - Wintergreens and Reds: Festive Cheer for Cold, Dark Days (Robert Dirig) Further Notes on Bogs: Jam Pond—Summer 2018 (Mary Gilliland, Anna Stalter photo) Name That Plant Contest (David Werier) Letter Observing Urban Plants-Ebony Spleenwort (Ken Hull) Dame’s Rocket Survey FLNPS Nonprofit Status The Ruined Walled Castle Garden (Mary Gilliand)
21:2	June, 2020	Name That Plant Contest (Panax trifolius + new!) - David Werier Foxglove Penstemon Project - Yedra García No May Sale? Get Your Native Plants Anyway - Rosemarie Parker Memorial for Dick Andrus - Bob Dirig Kissing Trees - Norm Trigoboff Ecology: Cherishing the Hungry Hill Bog, in the Catskills (bog succession) - Robert Dirig
21:1	April, 2020	Editorial: Looking Ahead to Spring! (Robert Dirig) Name That Plant Contest: (David Werier) Letters: (Julia Miller -Fern-leaved False Foxglove (Aureolaria pedicularia); Stanley Scharf - American Chestnut (Castanea dentata) in Cayuga Heights ) Solstice Celebration: Wild Foods Contest Winners' recipes Garlic Fried Wild Rice (David Werier); Maple Black Walnut Pie (Tim Larkin & Susan Larkin) Plant Trivia/Answers (Norm Trigoboff) Winterberry (Ken Hull) Book & Movie Reviews: Wake Up, Woods, by Gillian Harris, Michael Homoya, & Shane Gibson (Katharine Newkirk & Ellen Jacquart) Wildflowers of the Adirondacks, by D. J. Leopold & L. J. Musselman (Rosemarie Parker & Robert Dirig) Fantastic Fungi, by Gin Mistry Photo Gallery: Some Hints of Spring in the Finger Lakes (Robert Dirig)

Volume: 20
Issue	Month	Summary
20:4	December, 2019	Plant Profiles: Hunting the Elusive Bloom (Aureolaria virginica)- Rosemarie Parker & Susanne Lorbeer American Wahoo (Euonymus atropurpureus), A Strikingly Beautiful Shrub - Robert Dirig Name That Plant Contest - David Werier Moss haiku - Robert Dirig Rare Flora: Northern Neighbors — Portraits of Plants That are Rare in New York - Kenneth Hull Essay: What’s in a Name? - Charles R. Smith
20:3	September, 2019	Slender Grace: Mackay’s Fragile Fern (Cystopteris tenuis) Through the Year, with Notes on Its Identification-Robert Dirig Name That Plant Contest -Trailing Arbutus (Epigaea repens),White Water Lily (Nymphaea odorata)-David Werier Beware the Lovely Lanternfly (Lycorma delicata) New Book Review:Flora of Cortland and Onondaga Counties,New York, by Michael Hough-Robert Dirig Local Flora: Red Algae in Central New York-Norm Trigoboff
20:2	June, 2019	Local Flora: Bells in the Forest (Julia Miller); Name That Plant Contest: Asplenium rhizophyllum, Epigea repens (David Werier); “Mayapple Flower” (Norm Trigoboff); Buttermilk Falls State Park Links (Arieh Tal); Letters (flora juxtaposition-Rosemarie Parker, Rhododendron canadense -Stan Scharf, kudos-Colleen Wolpert); Picaridin, A Lesser Known Alternative to DEET for Repelling Insects (Charles R. Smith); Review: The Ithaca Native Plant Symposium Continues to Inform (Rosemarie Parker) - H McCargo, Wild Seed Project; K McConnell, schools & native gardens; S Treger, Audubon NY, habitat for forest birds; K Parker, Green Infrastructure Certification; RL Jonson, invasive aquatic plants in the FInger Lakes; M Angell, Brooklyn pier garden; C Gracie, spring wildflowers; A White, nativars and pollinators; J Johnston, pollinators at small scale native gardens; Photo Essay:Background Plants - Trilliums and Neighbors (Norm Trigoboff)
20:1	March, 2019	Reviews: Members’ Night 2019 (Robert Dirig); Solstice Gathering 2018 (Rosemarie Parker) & Recipes:Three Sisters Casserole with Cornbread Topping (Linda Uhll) &Pawpaw Chiffon Pie (Sandy & Bill Podulka). Prairie Herbarium, by H. W. Gardner & M. A. Berhow. Name That Plant Contest; Purple Spring Cress -Cardamine douglassii & Walking Fern -Asplenium rhizophyllum (David Werier). Letters: (Sue Gregoire),Grain-of-Wheat Moss; Black Sooty Mold & Aphids on Beech (Julia Miller); FLNPS Treasurer David Keifer Says Goodbye. Chanterelles - Cantharellus sp. at Buttermilk Falls State Park (Arieh Tal) Additional images: Vaccinium macrocarpon, & V oxycoccos, Viola rotundifolia, Solidago leiocarpa, Malaxis monophyllos, var. brachypoda, Asimina triloba.

Volume: 19
Issue	Month	Summary
19:4	December, 2018	Local Flora-Liverworts of the Ithaca Area (Julia Miller); Yellow Ladies’ Tresses (Spiranthes ochroleuca) in the Finger Lakes Region, Continued (Norm Trigoboff & Mike Hough); Two Uncommon Lycophytes (Robert Dirig); Name That Plant Contest (David Werier), Poke or Forest Milkweed (Asclepias exaltata) & Purple Spring Cress (Cardamine douglassii); Letter (Scott LaGreca); Thank You! (Robert Dirig); FLNPS Programs, Winter 2018 - 2019; Calendar; Invitations: Members’ Night & 2018 Solstice Gathering (Rosemarie Parker)
19:3	September, 2018	Kentucky Yellowwood Revisited (Arieh Tal); Goldenrods of the Finger Lakes - a pictorial key (Adrianna Hirtler); Yellow Ladies’ Tresses (Spiranthes ochroleuca) - a new record for Schuyler County, N.Y.! (Julia Miller); Name That Plant Contest [American beech-Fagus grandifolia & Asclepias quadrifolia] (David Werier); A “White” Fringed Milkwort - Polygaloides paucifolia (Daniel Burnett); Name the Trees in This Photograph - Fagus grandifolia, Castanea dentata (Norm Trigoboff); A New Digital Key to Northeastern Composites by Arieh Tal;The Long-tailed Skipper, Another New Butterfly for the Finger Lakes Region (Sue Gregoire); A Fern Walk at Upper Treman State Park (Robert Dirig) with list of ferns found including Blunt-lobed Woodsia (Woodsia obtusa); A Trip to Jam Pond - photos & plant list (Anna Stalter); Plant Profile - Eastern Hemlock (Carri Marschner); Invertebrates/Humor - Clam Shrimp: The Egg Cream of Invertebrates (Vernon L. Pond)
19:2	June, 2018	Local Flora - Eupatorium serotinum — Have You Seen This Plant? (And What To Do If You Do See It!) (Rosemarie Parker, with Arieh Tal, David Werier, & Mike Hough) Name That Plant Contest (David Werier) Letters (Dorothy Steifel, Charles R. Smith, Peter L. Marks, Julia Miller, Rosemarie Parker) Digital Images in Botany (Harold W. Gardner) Summer Flora - A Gallery of Catskill Ferns (Robert Dirig) plus a gallery of ferns outside the Catskills. Frances Theodora Parsons, William L. Dix, Karl L. Brooks Additional Fern Allies: Horsetails & Lycophytes; WOOD HORSETAIL (Equisetum sylvaticum), FLAT-BRANCHED TREE CLUBMOSS (Dendrolycopodium obscurum), SOUTHERN GROUND CEDAR (Diphasiastrum digitatum),STAGHORN CLUBMOSS (Lycopodium clavatum), COMMON BRISTLY CLUBMOSS, SHINING FIRMOSS (Huperzia lucidula), BLUE GROUND CEDAR (Disphasiastrum tristachyum), NORTHERN BOG CLUBMOSS (Lycopodiella inundata), HICKEY’S TREE CLUB-MOSS (Dendrolycopodium hickeyi).