Invasive Walk in Naples with Bruce Gilman
Saturday, April 27 from 2 to 4 pm
We will meet at the parking lot of the Environmental Conservation Office on NY-245 (Rushville Road) just east of Bob and Ruth's on route 21 in Naples, NY at 2 PM. Bruce Gilman will direct us south along the Naples Creek to identify numerous invasive species.
If you prefer to carpool from Canandaigua, please send an email to canandaiguabotanical@gmail.com by April 25th. We can meet at the Sly Street parking lot behind the county courthouse at 1:15 PM.
Proof that we saw more than invasive plants yesterday!
I promise I'll be back to caption most of the images. We're also going to try to add species lists for each outing. For now, know that we had a group of seven people and a pup on a cool damp afternoon. Tim Wilbur of Ontario Pathways and Finger Lakes Trails gave us an overview of the Finger Lakes Trail system. This portion of the trail is the Bristol Hills Branch stretching from the "jump off" at Ontario County Park/Gannet Hill in the north to Hammondsport in the south. Bruce welcomed us to Naples and brought us south along the east side of Naples Creek in this floodplain forest. It is estimated that 1/3 of the flora is introduced while 2/3 of the flora is native to this area.
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Mugwort - Invasive nuisance
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Box elder tree
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Black raspberry
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Sycamore tree
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Bruce shows the hollow base on the sycamore leaf stalk
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Garlic Mustard - invasive
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Garlic mustard - easy to pull
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Monkey face bud on black walnut stem
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