Saturday, March 30, 2024. Meet at the parking lot behind the Fishers firehouse at 10 AM. Bruce Gilman will lead us on a walk through the Domine Trails (off the Auburn Trail) to see early spring ephemeral blooms. If you prefer to carpool, please meet us at the parking lot behind the Ontario County Court House (Sly Street) by 9:30 AM.
Twenty six people came to enjoy the Domine Trail
The weather was cool and dry for our wander along the Auburn Trail to the Domine Trail behind the Firehouse in Fishers NY. Bruce Gave gave us a history of the area as did Paul Brach who remembers adventuring in this area 80 years ago when it was an active trolley track. There were a lot of "introduced" plant species along the Auburn Trail which is not surprising as the natural habitat that would have been here 100 years ago has been "disturbed".
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Garlic Mustard
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Tree of Heaven (host to Spotted Lantern Fly
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A young botanist checking out the black walnut tree
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Checking out the monkey faced leaf scar on the black walnut tree
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fish found on the side of the trail near the bridge
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Not sure if we saw more ramps or scarlet cups
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garlic chives
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Bruce explains the Christmas fern
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trout lily leaves - a great place to visit mid April!
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Joe Hurley is a CBS member. We heard it was a good year for Maple Syrup. Perhaps you'd liek to stock up?
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Emily DeBolt showing last year's ramp flower
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Fred Haynes photographing one of the MANY Scarlet cups
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Bruce discussing American beech trees
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A tributary to Irondequoit Creek
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dryopteris intermedia wood fern
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larger scarlet cup - almost 3 inches long
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another reason to revisit in two weeks - blue cohosh and blood root
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Bruce talks about scouring brush
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Turkey tail on log and more scarlet cup to the top left
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This is where my camera lost power. Thankfully it was just a bad battery. Missed photo ops include: pignut hickory, red maple, seckel pair, tree moss, TALL SLENDER and HANDSOME tulip tree, beech drops, spring beauty blossoms, autumn olive, skunk cabbage, mullein, and lots more.
THANKS to Fred Haynes for his collection of images. You will find wonderful collections of images from Fred on facebook!
