Please pardon the spacing differences...I'm not sure what's causing the inconsistency - and have been unable to correct it.
What a wonderful time we had at Muller Field Station under the expert guidance of Maura Sullivan, FLCC Instructor of Environmental Conservation.
Wetland Plants and
Soils at Muller Field Station - Canoeing!
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| Maura Sullivan with her beloved copy of
The Plants of Pennsylvania by
Ann Fowler Rhoads and Timothy A. Block  |
We first met at the lodge |
With nine people in attendance we were easily managed in four canoes.
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| potamogeton |
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| Coon tail (under the surface) |
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| potamogeton |
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| heading north towards Honeoye Lake |
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| Parthenocissus quinquefolia, Virginia creeper |
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| same virginia creeper - turning red |
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| Bill holding up utricularia; bladderwort |
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| bladderwort blossom |
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| bladderwort plant in bottom of canoe |
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| Leona inspecting the bladderwort as Donna looks on |
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| Lobelia cardinalis - Cardinal flower |
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| Maura pulls up a bur reed |
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| taking a closer look at the bur reed stem |
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| bur reed plant-looks like a constellation |
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| The stem is spongy - aerenchyma - allowing it to remain boyant |
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| The Plants of Pennsylvania is handy ANYWHERE! |
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| Maura and Eli identifying a species |
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| royal fern |
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| Pickerel weed: Pontederia cordata |
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| pickerel weed close up |
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| red dodder - cuscuta |
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| speckled elder - alnus incana |
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| blue heron |
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| Polygonum: knotweed |
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| Eli checks out the ochrea: papery sheath on stem |
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| polygonum seen in pink and white: also called smart weed |
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| This is as far north as we went - as we met a shallow beaver dam |
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| smaller leaves are duck weed |
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| Decodon verticilla; water willow from the loosestrife family |
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| heading south through duck weed |
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| solanum dulcamara -enchanted night shade |
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| button bush: cephalanthus occidentalis |
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| Returning from our canoe |
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| Jewel weed - not quite ready to disperse seed |
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| but does show a silver glisten in the water |
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| Leona inspecting the common milkweed for possible butterfly activity |
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| Persicaria Sagittata with toothed/spiked stem |
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| goldenrod |
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| Joe pye weed: eutrochium fistulosum |
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| wild garlic growing near the lodge |
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| Muller Field Station lodge |
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| a closer check of species back at the lodge |
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| Bill learns to identify male and female with smartweed / polygonum |
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| dark red species is mosquito fern: azolla caroliniana |
Saturday, August 30, 2014 at 10:00 AM
(carpool 9:20 am from Sly Street lot)
(carpool 9:20 am from Sly Street lot)
Learn about
wetland soils and plants from FLCC Instructor of Environmental Conservation,
Maura Sullivan. Muller Field Station has canoes and
life preservers for our use. Perhaps
we’ll get a close up look at water
plants from canoes! Bring a lunch to
enjoy after our program at the
Field Station house. Come dressed for adventure! Directions: head west from Canandaigua on
Route 5/20. Turn left onto NY
64 south 3.7 miles to US Route 20A. Turn right onto 20A and continue 7.1 miles to County Road 36. Turn left onto CR 36 and proceed
south 5.5 miles. Muller Field Station
will be on your left at 6455 County Road
36.
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| verbena hastata - blue vervain For more information about FLCC's Muller Field Station: http://www.flcc.edu/muller/index.cfm |