Walk

We will return to the beautiful Chemung River Valley, a site we last visited in 2012. This time we will be a little earlier in the season and can catch the spring wildflowers. We will spend the day botanizing an upland site off of the Chemung River, near Chemung, New York. The area is not only beautiful it is rich botanically, with many southern species occurring no where else in central New York or even the whole state.

We will try again on Friday, Oct 23, for those who are able to make it.  Meet at 12:30pm at the Mundy Wildflower Garden.  If you live east of Ithaca, you may want to meet us in Richford around 1pm. EITHER WAY please send an e-mail to info@flnps.org (with available times that day) and we will keep you posted on times and places.

Townley Swamp is on Sheldon Rd. in Dryden. Meet at CCE at 1 pm to carpool or at 1:30 at the site: From the Cornell Plantations website: The site is about seven miles north of Cornell.  Take Forest Home Drive to Warren Road.  Continue on Warren Road 4.3 miles and turn right onto Farrell Road.  Farrell Road becomes West Dryden Road.  In about three miles, turn left on Sheldon Road.  In 1.3 miles look for a small gravel driveway on the left in a goldenrod-dominated meadow.

A little-known gem in the midst of suburbia! We should find Oligoneuron ohioense (!!), Agalinis tenuifolia, and Parnassia glauca, and a few other common composites like Eupatorium perfoliatum. It is an easy walk in. The site has been dry but if we get some rain between now and then it could potentially have a few inches of standing water. Come prepared!

10 am to 2 pm Leatherstocking Botanical Society- Rare Plants in Binghamton (Broome County). Led by Ken Hull.

We are hoping to see Hasteola suaveolens, Lilium superbum, Hypericum ascyron, Hypericum prolificum, Pycnanthemum verticillatum var. verticillatum, Pycnanthemum tenuifolium, and Arisaema dracontium, all right in Binghamton, except one site which is 10 miles south on I-81.

Spend a hot August afternoon in the cool forest, under the canopy of very tall, very old trees. Meet at CCE at 1 pm to carpool.

Maybe next year if enough folks sign up!

An opportunity to see grape ferns (Botrychium spp.) in nearby Tioga County. Early departure from CCE (8 am)or meet in Slaterville Springs.
Advance sign up required: info@flnps.org.

The August-September time period is the most exciting time to find Asteraceae species.  It is the time of year when most of our native Asteraceae species take center stage:  asters, goldenrods, beggar ticks (Bidens species), sunflowers, Autumn sneezeweed (Helenium), and rattlesnake-roots (Prenanthes species).  The greater Beebe Lake natural area on the Cornell campus has an amazing amount of plant diversity packed into the approx. 1 mile loop around the lake.  Over 50 species in the Asteraceae family will be present, many in flower.

  Renee Petipas and Bruce Gilman will be our guides to these unique alvar sites. This will be an all day excursion. Meet a 8 am at CCE to carpool. Bring lunch and dress for warm, sunny conditions. 

The second in a series of three walks devoted to learning to identify our native asters and goldenrods. Registration is required if you wish to receive materials in advance. For e-mail registration, go to botphoto.com and click "Contact" on the top menu bar).  Meet at CCE at 1 pm to carpool or at Toboggan Lodge (behind Martha Van Renssalaer Hall) at 1:15 pm.