Newsletters

Dandelion, Taraxicum officinale, as a food source for Sulphur butterflies, life cycle of local sulphurs (R. Dirig); Hypericum ascyron (name that plant - D. Werier); coir vs. peat for soil-less mix (letter to ed.); Diploschistes gypsaceus - A Crater Lichen New to New York State, Scott LaGreca; American persimmon, Diospyros virginiana (A. Silver); American Plants for American Gardens by Edith A. Roberts & Elsa Rehmann, book review (William Plummer); Yucca Moth (poem, R. Dirig & drawing, John F. Cryan); Calico Aster, poem by K. Hull; NY DEC Proposal for invasive species (A. Stalter); Hemlock Wooley Adelgid, HWA in Six Mile Creek.

Skipper butterflies and Showy Lady -slipper (Cypripedium) orchids, white forms  of Cypripedium reginae & C. acaule, report on Ithaca Native Landscape Symposium: Don Leopold - Sampler of Native Plants, Tom Rawinski - White Tailed Deer, Andy Cole- Effect of gas drilling on the environment, Joy Kuebler-SITES & LEEDS programs ("green" building & landscapes), Carl Schwartz-stabilizing stream beds, Chris Lajewski- Montezuma Wetlands, Dan Segal-"Big Horticulture", Jonathan Comstock-Effects of Climate Change on Native Plants, Amy Samuels- Onondaga Lake reclamation plans, Rick Manning-Historic Use of Native Plants in Landscapes;  talk report Bernd Blossey on Deer and Invasives; Book Review: RM Beck's The Journey at Malloryvill Bog; Commitment, Teamwork and Tenacity...; Butternut Squash with Cranberry-Apple Quinoa - winning recipe from Solstice Gathering 2012, Iris haiku; historic photos of Arthur J. Eames and L.H. MacDaniels at Eames Preserve.

Winter greens & reds; 2012 Andrews foray report, Berkshire county MA (bryophytes & lichens); Seneca Meadows Wetland preserve trip report; lichens at McLean Bog Preserve; tribute to William Dress; Hayscented Fern vs. Vinca. 

Fossombronia sp in Central NY; Flora of the Chemung Pine Barrens; Spring Wildflowers of the NE, a Natural History (book review); Rambunctious Garden: Saving Nature in a Post-Wild World (book review); Native Plant Gardening Symposium Synopsis

New sighting of seaside goldenrod, Solidago sempervirens in Tompkins County; buttonbush, Cephalanthus occidentalis; report on tree identification walk; CR Marks bequest. 

Carex baileyi-new addition to Cayuga Basin flora; Microstegium control in Six Mile Creek and Ithaca College's South Hill natural area and  Montezuma NWLR; report of talk on Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) & Asian Longhorn Beetles; Interview with Christopher Sprague, a region 7 DEC forester on Beaver Meadow State Forest efforts to reduce deer population.

Special edition on white tail deer impact on flora: Fermi Lab exclosure data (V Nuzzo); Deer, native plants and people (D Werier); quagmire of deer management (B Blossey); managment experience in Illinois (T Bittner); Cornell Research & management program (J Boulanger); Editorial comment (R Mitchell), The Real Deer Problem-beyond Cayuga Heights (D Segal); books about deer (G Vyverberg). Also FLNPS art exhibit, Marcellus shale, FLNPS Financial Statement 9/2008 - 8/2009

Hemlock Wooley Adelgid arrival in Finger Lakes; FLNPS at the Ithaca Festival; Profile: Indigo bush, Amorpha fruticosa; Myrmica rubra, the European red ant found in the NE; Tardigrades, a moss inhabitant; poem "The Woods Again"

Usnea;
Balsam Fir in Shindagin;
FL-PRISM;
Cullina moss & fern book review;
conifer walk;
grassland management.

Woodwardia virginica - Joe O'Rourke; New England WIldflower Society seeds; Name That Plant (Polygala pauciflora, Lilium) - David Werier; Ode to Little Bluestem - Rosemarie Parker; Annual Solstice preview; Microstegium removal (review of year 4) - Charlotte Acharya; Native Plant of the Month: Quercus, the Oaks - Dan Segal; Campanula aparinoides at Tully Lake - Susanne Lorbeer; Review of  David Werier’s talk, “Biodiversity…Lessons from Reznicek’s Sedge….” - Rosemarie Parker; Impressions from the Panel Discussion, 20 November 2007--quotes collected by Rosemarie Parker from various attendees & participants; Guided Mushroom Walk by Dr. Timothy Baroni - Melanie Kozlowski;  Rain Gardens, a neat idea for a new mixed bed - by Rosemarie Parker   

Hamamelis virginiana -Witch-hazel Plant of the month - November by Sarah McNaullForest Invasive Plant Control: What management strategies provide the most biological success? by Charlotte AcharyaNew Edition of the Peterson Fern Guide - ReviewMember Portrait: Julie Hardin by Rosemarie ParkerWinter Rosettes by Barbara BarolComposite Trip Report - Headwaters of Six Mile Creek by David WerierCarolina Jerusalem Artichoke Pickles Submitted by Dawn DybowskiFLNPS Financial Statement for Fiscal Year September 1, 2004 to August 31, 2005

Carex backii newly documented in Southern Finger Lakes NY;Profile: Sedum telphioides, Actaea (Cimicifuga) racemosa;report on aster and goldenrod walk at Monkey Run