AUTUMN HIKE IN THE HAMLET OF ORLEANS



Saturday, September 14, 2013: 10 am

Meet at the water tower on Waddell Road between State Route 488 and County Road 23 (or carpool from the parking lot behind the County Court House just off Sly Street at 9:20am).

Please join the Canandaigua Botanical Society and Ontario Pathways for a walk along the former railroad bed to learn about the flora and fauna of autumn.

Botany Identification link

This link was recently shared with me...I thought it may be of interest:
      https://gobotany.newenglandwild.org/

Notes from Burroughs Audubon Nature Sanctuary


 A great big THANK YOU to Leona for leading our walk and to Bill for gaining access to this well kept sanctuary.  Not only did Leona share a wealth of information about the ferns, plants, and trees, but she shared a great app for identifying bird songs too!


On a beautiful morning Bill and Leona welcomed Maria, Sharon, Laura and Thomas to stroll through the paths of the Burroughs Audubon Nature Sanctuary on Railroad Mills Road in Victor, NY.  Leona shared this species list with us:

Burroughs Audubon Nature Sanctuary
August 17, 2013
Leona Lauster

Herbaceous Plants:
       White Snakeroot
       Jumpseed - we found this near the beginning of the walk
       Coltsfoot
       Spotted Joe-Pye Weed
       Boneset
       Great Angelica
       False Nettle
       Wood Sorrel
       Hog Peanut
       Wild Ginger
       Trout Lily
       Mayapple
       White Baneberry, Doll’s Eyes
       Blue Vervain – can be blue or purple
       Skunk Cabbage
       Spotted Touch-me-not, Jewelweed
       Poison Ivy
       Virginia Creeper, Woodbine
       Burr Reed
       Common Cattail
       Narrow-leaved Cattail
       Arrow Arum
Ferns:
Sensitive Fern
Marsh Fern
New York Fern
Interrupted Fern
Bracken Fern
Royal Fern
Cinnamon Fern
Lady Fern
Other Ferns in the fern garden near the entrance:
Christmas Fern
Goldie’s Fern
Marginal Woodfern
Maidenhair Fern

Trees and Shrubs:
Buttonbush
Winterberry
Flowering Dogwood
Silky Dogwood (Stokes calls it Maroon-stemmed)
Privet
Buckthorn
Black Cherry
Black Locust
Ash
Red Maple
Norway Maple
Black Walnut
Shagbark Hickory
American Basswood or Linden
White Oak
Northern Red Oak
          Quaking Aspen
          American Hornbeam, Ironwood, Musclewood
          Cottonwood
          Tulip Tree
          Sassafras
          Witch-hazel
White Cedar
Hackberry
Norway Spruce
Larch

Equisetums:
Horsetail
Scouring Rush

Now to match Leona's list with photos....
bush of trumpet flowers planted near parking area

Burroughs sunflowers
Cow Parsnip
Hackberry tree
Hackberry trunk
looking up into Hackberry
Royal Fern
Touch-me-not; jewel weed
 
shagbark hickory
buttonbush
Interrupted Fern
Leona tells about Interrupted Fern
Leona and Thomas compare seed pods
wooded path
Larch Tree
Tulip Tree
old tree
rush
Arrow Arum
Burr Reed
Narrow Leaved Cattails
Great Angelica - old growth
Great Angelica - New growth
Blue Verbain
Plantain
Boneset
Marsh Fern
Dogwood
White Cedar tops
White Cedar Trunks
Joe Pye Weed
Spotted Joepye weed
Coltsfoot
Muscle wood seeds
Muscle wood tree (American Hornbeam, Ironwood)



Privet
Sensitive Fern
Cinnamon Fern
American Basswood or Linden
Black Cherry Tree
POISON IVY
White Snake Root
closer look at White Snake Root
White Snake Root - culprit of poisoned cows' milk - said to have been the cause of Abraham Lincoln's mother's death.

Mayapples
Wild Ginger
Maidenhair Fern
Christmas Fern - individual leaves look like Christmas stockings
Lady's Fern
Goldie's Fern
White Banberry - Dolls eyes
Commemorative marker for William Hoot - founder of the Burroughs Audubon Nature Club in 1913