Walk

Roy H. Park Preserve - North

Saturday, August 24, 2013 - 9:00am to Sunday, August 25, 2013 - 8:45am

Meet at 9:00 a.m. at Cornell Cooperative Extension (615 Willow Ave Ithaca) to carpool, or at the Preserve’s new North parking lot on Irish Settlement Road at 9:30 a.m. (there are signs on the roadside). This diverse, scenic, and inviting 217-acre preserve is a short drive from Ithaca (near Dryden), and features the rugged headwaters of Six-Mile Creek, rolling meadows, open wetlands, mixed hardwood forest, wet hemlock woods with sphagnum moss and liverworts, numerous vernal pools, a large beaver pond fringed with cattails, and a Great Blue Heron rookery.

Leader: 
Charlie Smith
Location: 
FLLT Roy H. Park Preserve - North

Ferns at Upper Treman State Park

Sunday, July 7, 2013 - 1:00pm to Monday, July 8, 2013 - 12:45pm

See Dryopteris, Dennstaedtia, Cystopteris and many more at the height of the season at this fern-rich site. The walk will be of moderate difficulty, on a well-maintained trail and will require climbing a long staircase, but we will move at a botanizing pace. Meet at CCE at 1 pm to carpool, or meet at the site (parking lot by the old mill inside the Upper entrance). A parking fee will be required at the park.

Leader: 
Susanne Lorbeer
Location: 
Robert Treman State Park

Labrador Hollow

Sunday, May 19, 2013 - 1:00pm to Monday, May 20, 2013 - 12:45pm

The focus of this walk will be scenery, including waterfalls and a boardwalk through a bog (maybe native azaleas will be in bloom), bryophytes, bog life. Meet at the CCE (615 Willow Ave, Ithaca) at 1pm to carpool. Pack hand lens and binoculars, if you got 'em, and food; we may get back late.

Leader: 
Norm Trigoboff
Location: 
Labrador Hollow, meet at CCE on Willow Ave., Ithaca

Viola (Violets)

Sunday, May 13, 2007 - 1:00pm to Monday, May 14, 2007 - 12:45pm

There could be no better time than Mother’s Day to appreciate the genus Viola. During this outing we will focus on identification of the rich violet diversity that occurs where we live. We will travel to various sites to see as much of this diversity as possible. Expect to focus your attention on these showy but small plants. Led by David Werier.
Meet at CCE at 1 pm.

Leader: 
David Werier
Location: 
lower Treman and upper Buttermilk parks

Likeable Lichens - Lick Brook Lichens

Saturday, January 15, 2005 - 1:00pm to Sunday, January 16, 2005 - 12:45pm

David Werier and Natalie Cleavitt team up for the ever-popular winter lichen walk. Dress warmly (we may be moving slowly) and bring a 10x hand lens if you have one. Meet at CCE at 1PM to carpool.

Leader: 
David Werier and Natalie Cleavitt
lichen on branch

Forest Walk - Upper entrance to Mulholland Wildflower Preserve, Six Mile Creek

Sunday, March 13, 2005 - 1:00pm to Monday, March 14, 2005 - 12:45pm
Leader: 
Luke Cannon
Location: 
Mulholland Wildflower Preserve

Winter Woodland Walk - Flat Rock

Sunday, February 27, 2005 - 1:00pm to Monday, February 28, 2005 - 12:45pm

Learn the tricks of identifying trees in the winter, and poke around in the snow to uncover some evergreens. Dress warmly! Meet at CCE at 1PM to carpool.

Leader: 
F. Robert Wesley
Location: 
Flat Rock, Cornell Plantations, Ithaca

Fillmore Glen State Park

Saturday, May 11, 2013 - 1:00pm to Sunday, May 12, 2013 - 12:45pm

Meet at CCE (615 Willow Ave, Ithaca) at 1:00 to car pool. Though the main trail will probably be closed this early in the season, we will drive to the upper end of the rim trail on a park road for a short, easy walk in a locality rich in wildflowers. (A parking fee may be required at the park.) Contact info@flnps.org for more information.

Leader: 
Susanne Lorbeer
Location: 
Fillmore Glen Rim Trail

Buttermilk Falls State Park

Saturday, May 4, 2013 - 1:00pm to Sunday, May 5, 2013 - 12:45pm

Meet at CCE (615 Willow Ave, Ithaca) at 1:00 to car pool. (A parking fee may be required at the park). Moderate difficulty. Contact info@flnps.org for more information.

Leader: 
Susanne Lorbeer
Location: 
Bear Trail

Michigan Hollow Swamp

Sunday, June 9, 2013 - 9:30am

THIS WALK IS NOW FULL. PLEASE CONTACT DAVID (Nakita[at]lightlink.com) TO GET ON A WAITING LIST. A joint field trip of the New York Flora Association and the Finger Lakes Native Plant Society. We will spend the day exploring Michigan Hollow Swamp, a large forested, headwater peatland in south-central New York. Some of our time will be in upland forests and the remainder in the marshes and swamps of the hollow. The area is rich botanically and will afford us the opportunity to see a large diversity of plants.

Leader: 
David Werier