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** Canandaigua Botanical Society's Newsletter: The Vasculum **
Beginning in 2024 Fred Haynes offered to edit a Canandaigua Botanical Society newsletter. The Vasculum is planned to be a quarterly newsletter distributed digitally. We will publish it here on our weblog and members will also receive it as a pdf file via email.
Fred would love to receive
input for future issues from any member who would like to
contribute either a full article, a short text item, or simply an image
or two. The success of any club newsletter is in the diversity of its
content and that is best accomplished with multiple contributors.
The current "Winter 2025" issue is
You are encouraged to submit material to fredmhaynes55@gmail.com.
Spring 2026 submissions should be to Fred by February 15, 2026.
Be sure to take a guess at our mystery plants!
We have printed copies of the Vasculum newsletters now available at the Wood (Canandaigua), FLCC, Geneva, Gorham, Naples, and Victor-Farmington libraries.
Here is a chronological listing of archived issues:
Winter 2024; Volume 1, Number 1
Spring 2024: Volume 1, Number 2
Summer 2024: Volume 1, Number 3
Spring 2025: Volume 2, Number 1
Summer 2025: Volume 2, Number 2
Winter 2025: Volume 2, Number 4
** Membership Donations **
The Canandaigua Botanical Society remains dedicated to advancing knowledge and enjoyment of plants found in the Finger Lakes Region and beyond.
Renew or become a Canandaigua Botanical Society member:
Benefits including:
Membership emails
Our Vasculum newsletters
Field trips and indoor presentations
(some for members only)
Learning about regional plants
Supporting the Finger Lakes Herbarium,
NYS FLORA Atlas and
local conservation projects
Enjoying the outdoors
Meeting people with similar interests
Payments of $10 per individual or $15 per family can be made in three ways:
1. By check to Canandaigua Botanical Society (send to our treasurer: Bill Bross, 31 Alpine Way, Victor, NY 14564)
2. By cash or check at Canandaigua Botanical Society events
3. Through the Canandaigua Botanical Society FLACE account at Canandaigua National Bank
You can expect an email receipt when funds are received and we update our membership list.
We look forward to seeing you in our 151st year!
Images shared by our members:
Check back on occasion to find images submitted by our members. I've added a link to the left column to easily locate this post.
Early April 2025 from Barb Manchee along the Domine trail:
Shared on April 20 by Marie Heerkens. Scarlet cups in Fishers, NY:
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From Mary Perry's yard in Lyons, NY mid April:
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| Mayapples and more |
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| Trout lilies |
Laura made a visit to Chimney Bluffs State Park on May 10, 2025. Click here to see plenty more images.
** 2025 Canandaigua Botanical Society Events **
This is where you will find Canandaigua Botanical Society *sponsored
events* for 2025 as well as community events we think you might appreciate. Check back often to see the latest updates and links
to past events. Underlined events have links on our weblog or another community site.
iNaturalist online event: January 22 - recording available
Kettle Ridge Farm Pancake Sundays: 9am - 1pm; January 12-March 9
Plant Native - Getting Started: 9:30 - 12:00, Saturday, February 1 at Fairport Library
Winter Plant ID Series: February 2 and 9; Muller Field Station and Cumming Nature Center
Finger Lakes PRISM Hemlock Woolly Adelgid training session - Feb 5
Fruition Seeds Events including a Seed Swap at Wood Library on February 6
* Home Sweet Sanctuary*: Wednesday, February 12; 6 PM at Wood Library
* Winter Walk at Gosnell Big Woods*: Saturday, February 22, 1-3 PM
* Planning meeting at Wood Library*: Tuesday, February 25 at 1 PM
Nature's Resilience: Ash-Absent Ecosystems: Thursday, March 13 at Muller Field Station
*Lesser celandine dig at Mertensia Park*: Thursday, March 27, 2 PM
*Spring Ephemeral walk at Domine Trail* in Fishers, NY: Saturday, April 5, 10 AM
Canandaigua Tree Advisory Board presentation: Thursday, April 24 at 7 PM - Wood Library
City of Canandaigua Arbor Day Tree Planting: Friday, April 25, 1 PM
*Rush Oak Openings Unique Area: Sunday, April 27, 2 PM *
Sanctuary at Crowfield Farm - TRILLIUMS
*Annual Meeting, Potluck and Bluebell wanders*: Friday, May 2, 2025
*Population census for American Columbo* Monday, May 19 - Registration Required
*Planning Meeting at Wood Library*: Tuesday, May 20 at 1 PM
*Zurich Bog walk*: Saturday, May 31 at 10 AM - Membership and Registration Required
*National Trails Day -Ontario Pathways* Saturday, June 7 at 10 AM
*Orchid talk and potluck at BANC*: June 27, 2025 5:30 - 9 PM
*CBS History talk at OCHS*: Tuesday, July 8, 2025; Noon - 1 PM
* Visit to Walton Point *: Saturday, July 19, 10 AM
* Ontario Pathways Walk *: Wednesday, August 6 at 9 AM
Burroughs Audubon Nature Club Tour, Sunday, August 17, 2025
* Cumming Nature Center walk *: Tuesday, August 19 at 10 AM
* Planning Meeting at Wood Library*: Wednesday, August 20, Noon
*Ganondagan Fort Hill Granary Trail*: Saturday, Sept. 20, 10AM
Genesee Land Trust celebration at Mertesia Park: Sept. 20, 1-4PM
Doug Tallamy in Rochester, Monday, September 22, 9:30AM
Ontario Pathways Great Pumpkin Walk, Sat. Oct 18- PM
* Rob's Trail Nature Conservancy * Saturday, October 25, 10 AM
* If You Plant It, They Will Come * Wood Library on Thursday, November 6, 7 PM
* Planning Meeting * Wood Library on Thursday, November 13, 12:45-2:24 PM
Lilac Nature Connection event
Lauren and Elio are excited to share several opportunities to enjoy nature immersions with Lilac Nature Connection. Their website is https://www.lilacnatureconnection.com/
Upcoming events include:
Forest Bathing Transitions - Saturday, September 27; 9-11 AM at Mendon Ponds
Forest Bathing Collaboration with Cumming Nature Center - Wednesday, October 8; 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Cemetery Bathing Halloween Edition at Mount Hope - Saturday, October 25; 4-6 PM
Forest Bathing: Reciprocity - Thursday, November 27; 9-11 AM Thanksgiving
Planning Meeting - all are welcome
Thursday, November 13, 2025
12:45 - 2:45 PM
We have the Ewing Room at Wood Library in Canandaigua reserved between 12:45 and 2:45 PM on Thursday, November 13, 2025.
We welcome anyone to join us as we plan future events and perhaps give Fred submissions for the Winter 2025 Vasculum. Where, when, and what shall we do for our 152nd annual meeting? What places shall we visit or revisit? Are there speakers or presentations we should host?
If you have input, but are unable to attend the meeting, please share your ideas with us at canandaiguabotanical@gmail.com.
Thursday, November 6 at 7 PM - Presentation at Wood Library
Judith Alberts presented: If You Plant it, They Will Come - Gardening for Our Pollinators
The Monarch butterfly is the poster child of pollinators and milkweed is in high demand at garden centers everywhere. But what about all the other butterflies, moths, and bees that are threatened by habitat loss? Learn about plants that attract and support swallowtails, Red Admirals, Skippers, and more. Virginia Cooperative Extension Master Gardener Emerita Judith Alberts shares here photographs to illustrate her citizen scientist's approach to raising wild butterflies and cultivating native plants. Judith serves on the executive committee of the Town and Country Garden Club of LeRoy.
There were 11 in attendance for Judith's presentation about lepidoptera. Lepidoptera include butterflies, moths and skippers.
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Judith, while wearing wings, gave a nice overview of lepidoptera including life cycles, needs for survival, and host plants.
Plants have four jobs:
- sustain the food web
- sequester carbon
- support diverse pollinators
- help manage the watershed
Lepidoptera by the numbers:
Judith shared the lifecycle of monarchs which migrate and evolve through 4 generations. Most lepidoptera do not migrate.
Lepidoptera rely on plants throughout their life cycles from egg to caterpillar to pupa to winter shelter or migration.
Judith shared these partial lists of recommended plants providing year round nectar for lepidoptera.
Early Spring: American Wisteria, Bee Balm, Black-eyed Susan, Eastern Red Columbine, Lyre-leaf Sage, Marsh Marigold, Passionvine, Spring Beauty, Sundial Lupine, Trumpet/Coral honeysuckle, Violets
Summer: Black-eyed Susan, Boneset, Buttonbush, Coneflowers, Coreopsis, Lantana, Milkweeds, Sweet William, Thoroughwort, Virginia Blue Flag Iris, Virginia Creeper, Wild Quinine (Feverfew), Yellow Wild Indigo, * There are a multitude of plants that provide summer nectar, but it is best to focus on native species, many of which do double duty as host plants. This is just a partial list. *** AVOID the Butterfly Bush because it is an invasive species!!!
Fall: Aster Lantana , Blazing Star, Blue Mistflower, Boneset, Cardinal Flower, Goldenrod * (see note), Great Blue Lobelia, Joe Pye weed, Narrow leaf Sunflower, Sneezeweed, Sweet William, Thoroughwort *NOTE:Goldenrod is NOT the same plant as ragweed. It is ragweed that causes allergies, not Goldenrod!!!
The New York State official butterfly is the white admiral (which happens to be the same as the red spotted purple admiral of Virginia).
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Judith urged us to embrace a different mindset of VARIETY, IMPERFECTION, NATIVES/"WEEDS", and LONG TERM PLANNING.
Judith's presentation was a delight to watch as she shared many photographs she's taken through the years.
common buckeye 
black swollowtail (female)
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| BST and Judith |
* A note about our previously scheduled event for this date: CONGRATULATIONS to Sophie! She's been hired for a job out of state with the International Crane Foundaation. Sadly, this means she will not be in NY in November. We hope to have Sophie present the jumping worms program for us in 2026.
Fred Haynes and Bruce Gilman discuss SANDFEST on the Time Out Radio Show
Jeff Miller will be hosting the Time Out Radio Show on Saturday, November 1 at 9 AM and 5 PM, as well as Sunday at 10 AM, November 2.
Scroll down to the Time Out Radio Show 11-1-25: https://www.wysl1040.com/podcasts/
** Saturday, October 25 at 10 AM: Rob's Trail Nature Conservancy **
Doctors Bruce Gilman and Fred Haynes will lead us
along the Rob's Trail Preserve / Nature Conservancy Trail in Springwater, NY.
We will be meeting at the Rob's Trail Preserve Canadice parking lot, Old Bald Hill Rd South, Springwater, NY 14560. Coming south from the 20A/15A intersection near Dollar General in Hemlock, Old Bald Hill Road SOUTH is on the left about 4.8 miles.
We had a great group of 17 people meet to enjoy an autumn walk on a crisp morning around the Rob's Trail loop from the Canadice parking lot. I hope to be back soon to add captions to these images - Laura
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| Evening night shade |
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| Turtle Head |
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| self heal |
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| Sensitive fern |
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| Sassafras tree |
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| Three types of sassafras leaves |
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| Two-striped grasshopper |
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| Woolly Worm |
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| Indian Ghost Pipe |
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| Poison ivy |
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