Several Canandaigua Botanical members attended the Restoration tour at Burroughs Audubon Nature Club on a breezy Sunday afternoon. Carol began our tour with an explanation of the four W's that need to be kept in mind as BANC moves forward to successfully limit invasive species and encouraging native species: Weeds, Wildlife, Water, and Walnuts. Because there are so many walnut trees on the property there are also limits as to which native plants can do well in the shared environment.
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| Beginning our tour along Irondequoit Creek in front of the clubhouse |
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| Dave discusses Witch Hazel |
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| Bladdernut tree and plaque |
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| Hackberry |
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| Figwort and spicebush (behind) |
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| Pagoda Dogwood tree |
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| Jane checking out the young prickly ash - host to swallowtail - flowers yellow - also toothache tree |
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| honeysuckle |
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| Lots of tulip trees. Some are coppiced to keep lower to view pollinators |
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| white snake root |
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| overlooking Irondequoit Creek along RR Mills Rd |
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| Same spot with camera to the east |
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| oriental bittersweet growing up a tree |
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| woodland sunflowers |
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| button bush |
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| joe pie weeds |
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| snakeroot, jumpseed, sensitive fern |
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| marsh fern |
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| bulrush |
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| Burnet |
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| American Groundnut |
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| Learning about the benefit of "sausage fencing" to keep deer out |
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| young plantings within various fenced sites |
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| Royal fern |
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| Angelica |
Species noted:
arborvitae, Northern prickly ash, honeysuckle, buckthorn, privet, hackberry, bladdernut, hornbeam/musclewood/ironwood, pussy willow, silver maple, walnut, tulip trees, figwort, spicebush, (shadbush and service berry don't do well with walnuts), pagoda dogwood, wild angelica, alder tree, barberry, button bush, holly (male and female), enchanter's nightshade, bottle brush grass, marsh fern, veronica, goldenrod, jeffersonian twinleaf, snake root, woodland sunflower, witch hazel, aster, hog peanuts, groundnut, tall scouring rush/equisetum, royal fern, burnet, burnet,
