Talk

Baltimore Woods is a 270-acre nature preserve in Marcellus NY. This small preserve includes a diverse landscape, from wetlands to mature forest to open habitats, and protects a surprising diversity. In this talk Baltimore Woods Nature Center’s Land Steward, David DuBois, will discuss the ecological communities and plants of Baltimore Woods, and give context for why they are here.

An Interactive Exploration of Intriguing Plants - Arieh Tal
Collaborating With the Kendal Community to Restore Natural Areas - Tom Whitlow
Exotic plants of Southeast Asia - Meena Haribal
Native Plant Propagation Tips - Rosemarie Parker
Botanical Highlights of 2020 - 2022 Pandemic Era - Robert Wesley

The Finger Lakes Native Plant Society is hosting an in-person winter solstice event to bring a little mid-winter light into the lives of Finger Lakes plant lovers. In the post-Zoom, pre-pandemic spirit of the season, we’ll gather in a festively decorated space to share the company of plant-minded people. Since many of the decorations of the season are plants themselves, we’ll turn our attentions for a bit to a friendly competition to identify as many of the native plant decorations in the room as we possibly can. There will be door prizes! There will be snacks!

The sensitive fern, Onoclea sensibilis, is a widespread species in eastern North America and has an atypical timing of spore dispersal among temperate ferns. During early summer, this dimorphic species produces heavily modified spore-bearing fronds with leaflets tightly enveloping their sporangia and spores. These fronds senesce and persist above ground as dead mature structures until the following early spring when the leaflets finally open and spores are dispersed.

Most of our native plants occur in natural communities that have evolved over thousands of years. In order to observe most of them, we usually attend field trips to special habitats, for they’re not likely to be found at the edges of parking lots or other highly disturbed areas. Yet surprisingly, many very “interesting” native plants, including some rarities, do somehow show up in anthropogenic locations, like power line corridors, railroad yards, town recycling centers and sand pits.

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Robert will discuss the geology, interesting habitats and rare plant species found in limestone barrens habitats. Greatest emphasis will be given to examples found in northern New York, northwest of Watertown, but examples in southern Ontario will also be considered.

This presentation will explore Haudenosaunee relationships to plants from biocultural, linguistic, and historical ecology perspectives. For thousands of years, Indigenous people have practiced sophisticated plant science. They relied (and rely) on plants in local forests, wetlands, meadows, and crop fields for food, fuel, medicine and much more. They also helped to shape these habitats to augment productivity of useful plants. We'll close by discussing possibilities for the field botanical community to get involved supporting land justice and access to traditional plant species.

FORMERLY SCHEDULED FOR MAR. 15, this talk will now be held on Mar. 22.

If you registered before March 15, you need not do so again.