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| Images by Fred Haynes |
Join us at Wesley Hill Nature Preserve to find Platanthera orchids and other delights with Jason Gorman and Bruce Gilman. We will meet at the Wesley Hill Nature Preserve parking area across the street from 6057 Gulick Rd, Naples, NY 14512. This parking area is north of Cumming Nature Center.
Here is a brochure for Wesley Hill NP: https://www.fllt.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Preserve-Brochure-Wesley-4.pdf We will be following the red trail from the Gulick Road parking area to the pond and back.
Thirteen people met on a gorgeously cool morning to find the Platanthera orchids and plenty more....
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| We found several patches on the north side of the pond |
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| signage at parking area |
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| Jason Gorman gives overview of FLLT work |
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| LARGE white oak |
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| wild geranium |
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| beech leaf disease - nematode |
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| invasive mustard |
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| shagbark hickory |
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| very large fungi |
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| meadow rue |
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| Pignut hickory and Shagbark hickory trees |
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| pond looking north from the south |
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| bedstraw blossoms |
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| dactylis glomerata |
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| valerian |
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| pond from west looking north |
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| pond from west looking south |
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| blueberries? |
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| buttercups |
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| FLCC tech Dan and Jordon coming to scout water temps for brook trout in Briggs gully |
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| elecampane (very soft leaves) |
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| bracken fern |
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| Christmas fern |
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| Finger Lakes Land Trust crew |
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| helebore |
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| Hemlock |
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| New growth |
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| Some HWA spots |
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| Jack in the Pulpits |
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| May Apples |
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| partridge berry |
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| good sized garter snake |
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| spider nest |
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| thyme leafed speedwell |
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| fast moving snapping turtle |
