Long Island
Botanical Society

Vol. 22 No. 3

The Quarterly Newsletter

Summer 2012

A recently described species of Xyris (Xyridaceae)
from Long Island, based on an historic herbarium specimen

Lisa M. Campbell, The New York Botanical Garden
2900 Southern Blvd., Bronx, NY 10458 lcampbell@nybg.org

Xyris (Xyridaceae) is a genus of
about 400 species distributed
mostly throughout the tropics
and subtropics but also with some
species occurring in temperate
areas of the Americas, Asia, and
Australia. Only about 28 species
of “ycllow-cycd grasses” (7% of
the genus) occur north of Mexico.

Species of Xyris are adapted
to moist or wet, nutrient-poor,
acidic, peat or sand soils, and
habitats with little or no canopy.

In North America Xyris species
are most common in habitats of
the Adantic and Gulf Coastal
Plains, such as pine savannas
(“flatwoods”), sandy seeps, pond
margins, bogs, and roadside
ditches.

Xyris plants in the flora of the
New York metropolitan area have
short stems and long peduncles
with a characteristic bracteate
spike. The 3-merous flowers have
bright yellow petals (only a few
populations exhibit white petals)
and showy staminodia with tufts

of beaded (moniliform) hairs. In the field Xyris plants are
often overlooked amongst other graminoid and herbaceous
plants because their flowers last only a few hours, often
withering by noon. Species are delimited with characters that
require magnification to be observed, such as sepal and seed
coat ornamentation. Thus, as with true grasses (Poaceae)

Figure 1. Original illustration of Xyris bracteicaulis drawn by
Bobbi Angell (Drawn from E. P. Bicknell 2'\Q (NY).
Reprinted with permission from Harvard Papers in Botany).

and other graminoids (sedges and
rushes) some people prefer not to
collect Xyris, and the genus may be
under-represented in herbaria.

While studying and curating Xyris
in the New York Botanical Garden
(NYBG) herbarium, I came across
a specimen (E. P. Bicknell 216)
with the epithet bracticulosus (from
the Latin bracteola, the diminutive
of bract, and the adjectival suffix
-osus meaning abundance) with
an indication that it represented a
new species ( “sp. n. ” for the Latin
species novum). The specimen was
collected from Lake Ronkonkoma
in 1 908 by Eugene Pintard Bicknell
(1859-1925), an amateur botanist
from Long Island. According to
his field books in the archive of the
LuEster Mertz Library (NYBG),
Bicknell principally collected
plant specimens on Long Island,
Bronx and Westchester counties
of New York, and on Nantucket
and Martha’s Vineyard islands
in Massachusetts. A financier by
profession, Bicknell also had a
stronginterestin ornithology (Barnhart 1 925a, b) . His scientific
accomplishments include nearly sixty publications and the
description of over 180 plant taxa. He also was a founder of
the Linnaean Society of New York, and was a member of
the Board of Managers of The New York Botanical Garden
(Barnhart 1925b). See the sidebar on page 23.

( Continued on pg 23)

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The Long Island Botanical Society is dedicated
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Editor’s Note: UBS members have been asking about the UBS/BBG Plant Database.
To answer these questions and proiide a bit of history, Andy Greller and Eric Lamont
contributed the following essay.

What is the LIBS/BBG Plant Database? Simple question, comphcated
answer. Basically, the database is the culmination of 25 years of work by the
LIBS Flora Committee on production of an Atlas of the Vascular Plants of
Long Island, New York, Edition 1. A printed version of the Atlas is slated for
publication in 2013, and an electronic version will be available on the website.
The Atlas includes approximately 2000 dot maps showing the distributions of
all native and non-native plants spontaneously occurring and persisting on Long
Island. Each dot on a map corresponds to an entry in the LIBS/BBG Plant
Database that includes information about the occurrence such as locality, habitat,
date, voucher collection (if available), collector (if known), etc. But why LIBS
and BBG (Brooklyn Botanic Garden)? Why not simply LIBS? As we said, it’s
comphcated.

In the beginning . . . Beginning in the late 1980s, the LIBS Flora Committee
met monthly at members’ homes and later at Plant Fields Arboretum. Species
occurrences were discussed and recorded by hand, and everyone had fun
often late into the night. The committee was chaired for the first few years
by Skip Blanchard and later by Steve Clemants. Around 1996, Steve accepted
responsibility for maintaining the vast LIBS database and arranged to house all
the records at BBG, his place of employment.

In the early 2000s, LIBS offered a grant to BBG for the production of a hard
copy of Draft Atlas of the Vascular Plants of Long Island, New York, exclusively
based on the LIBS database that had been compiled during the previous 15 years.
Linda Marschner and other BBG staff worked on this project under Steve’s
guidance, and with major input from LIBS committee members the Draft Atlas
was printed in 2005. Approximately 20 copies were distributed to local botanists,
asking for feedback.

Major setback ... In 2008, tragedy struck with the sudden, unexpected death
of Steve Clemants. Meanwhile Skip Blanchard had retired to Florida a year and a
half earlier. Thus, in January 2009 the LIBS Flora Committee was without a chair.
Nevertheless, the committee did manage to continue to make progress. The
reviewers of the Draft Atlas returned their comments, and several thousand new
data entries were then hand-recorded by Skip into a hard-copy of the database.
Also at this time, LIBS contacted BBG to obtain the electronic database that
Steve had used to produce the Draft Atlas. Unfortunately, it was concluded that
the LIBS database had been incorporated into the larger BBG database used for
the New York Metropolitan Flora Project. Basically, this meant that LIBS had
no way to update the Draft Atlas and produce a final atlas.

To the rescue . . . Fortunately, Gerry Moore at BBG came to the rescue and
served LIBS in 2010 as interim chair of the Flora Committee. During this
year, a plan was devised whereby BBG would help LIBS retrieve its electronic
database. Eric Lamont and Andy Greller agreed to serve as co-chairs; their first
act was to ask the LIBS executive board to release funds for a grad student to
help re-construct the electronic database. Adam Negrin, a Ph.D. botany student
at CUNY/NYBG, was chosen for the job. Throughout 2011 he worked with
Steve Glenn at BBG to produce the LIBS/BBG Plant Database. The Flora
Committee is pleased with the result and is in the final stages of producing the
first edition of the Atlas. Hopefully in about a year, LIBS will be taking orders.

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(Xyris cont. from cover)

The specimen immediately caught my attention because it has
bracts on the peduncle, a condition previously unknown in
Xyris. A search of the International Plant Names Index (IPNI
2008) revealed that Bicknell had not published the species
in accordance with the rules of the International Code of
Botanical Nomenclature (ICBN; McNeill et al. 2006) using
either the epithet on the specimen label or another epithet.
Furthermore, the species name did not appear to have been
published by someone else as there is no mention of this Xyris
in taxonomic treatments (e.g.. Krai 1966) or regional floras
(Gleason and Cronquist 1991; Krai 2000). To determine if
I agreed with Bicknell’s interpretation that this collection
represents a new species, I sought duplicate specimens to
assess the morphological variation and compare it to known
species of Xyris. I contacted the staff of herbaria listed as
having E. P. Bicknell duplicates in Index Herbariorum (Thiers,
continuously updated) and in the Harvard University Herbaria
Botanists database (President and Fellows of Harvard College
2010), as well as other likely herbaria in the northeast, but
unfortunately additional material was not located.

I also tried to “rediscover” this new Xyris in the field. Lake
Ronkonkoma is a ketde lake located on the Ronkonkoma
Moraine, one of the two moraines on Long Island (Fenneman
1938; Fleming 1935). Although it seemed unlikely that suitable
habitat would still exist around Lake Ronkonkoma, in the fall
of 2009 I searched for Xyris without success. Excited about
the prospect of a new species from Long Island, Eric Lamont
(President of the Long Island Botanical Society) kindly
offered to help me try to relocate it. In September 2010 we
again searched around Lake Ronkonkoma and then traveled
further east to some less disturbed coastal plain ponds (Figure
2). Although we did not find plants of a Xyris with bracts
on the peduncle, we did find three other Xyris species. At
the margin of a pond we found X difformis Chapm. var.
difformis and X. smalliana Nash. Here Xyris smalliana and other
species, such as the sedges Eleocharis robbinsii (spikerush) and
Rhynchospora inundata (drowned beakrush) were occurring in
bands at different water depths. We also found a few plants
of X. torta Small in a recendy drained pond in exposed areas
in dense leatherleaf ( Chamaedaphne calyculatd) .

Returning to the lab, I began to work with the herbarium
material originally collected by Bicknell. I rehydrated and
dissected some flowers and made detailed comparisons
with other herbarium specimens, concluding that Bicknell’s
specimen did indeed represent a new species. I discussed the
salient features of the herbarium specimen with NYBG’s
botanical illustrator, Bobbi Angell, and I photographed some
of the dissected material using a stereo microscope for Bobbi’s
use in preparing the beautiful scientific illustration pictured
in Figure 1. I published the new species as Xyris bracteicaulis
E.P. Bicknell ex L.M. Campb. along with the illustration and
the required Latin diagnosis that a colleague kindly translated

(Cont. on page 24)

Eugene Pintard Bicknell

by Lisa M. Campbell

By all accounts, Eugene Pintard Bicknell (d. 1925) was a re-
markable man who enjoyed a life rich with natural history.
Born in 1859, he lived in Riverdale, New York City, and in
later years in Hewlett, Long Island (Barnhart 1925; Crosby
1926). His main natural history interests were ornithology
and botany, which he pursued when not occupied by his
profession as a banker. Bicknell did not attend college, but
began publishing at the age of 16, and at the age of 18 his
first paper in a scientific journal appeared, entitled Evidences
of the Carolinian fauna in the lower Hudson Valley (Bicknell
1878) (Barnhart 1925; Crosby 1926). The subjects of Bick-
nell’s papers include new species descriptions (e.g., 1898),
regional faunas and floras (e.g., 1882), new distribution
records, reproductive biology (e.g., 1880, 1885), and bird
migrations (e.g., 1917).

E.P. Bicknell (between 1910 and 1915) Library of Congress
Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540
http://www.loc.gov/pictures/ resource/ggbain.1 7498/

Field books housed in the New York Botanical Garden’s
(NYBG) LuEsther Mertz Library, document Bicknell’s her-
barium specimen collections from 1893—1901. He seems to
have been a keen observer, collecting a hepatica (H. triloba
Chaix = H. americana (DC.) Ker Gawl.) with a “fresh perfect
flower” on December 2, 1900 (Collector’s field notebooks
Vol. 118). The field books sometimes include charming
glimpses of Bicknell’s activities: “Rode to Fort Schuyler with
E. B. [Evelyn, his brother]. Noticed nothing of special interest
on the way except at Westchester Creek where the salt marsh

(Cont. on page 24)

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(Xyris cont. from page 23)

Figure 2. The author searching for species of Xyris at coastal
plain ponds in Suffolk County. Photo by Eric Lamont.

for me (Campbell 2011; Note: Latin has no longer been
mandatory since Jan 2012). The epithet bracteicaulis refers to
the bracts on the peduncle. The species authorship indicates
that Bicknell originally considered the specimen to represent
a new species and Campbell validly published it according to
the ICBN.

What happened to Xyris bracteicaulis on Long Island? The
Pine Barrens of both New Jersey and New York are well
known for harboring rare species (e.g., curly grass \Schiyaea
pusilla]), or species rare in the region (short-beaked beakrush
\Rhynchospora nitensf , and to be the northern (e.g., turkey beard
\Xerophyllum asphodeloides]) or southern distribution limit of
species (e.g.. Long’s bulrush \Sdrpus longifl). It is interesting to
note that Xyris caroliniana Walter, X. fimbriata Elliott, and X.
jupicai Rich, are reported from the New Jersey Pine Barrens
in addition to the Xyris that also occur on Long Island (X.
difformis var. dijformis, X. smalliana, and X. torta). The dynamic
hydrology of Long Island coastal plain ponds greatly affects
the composition of species and substrates along the shores
(Hanks 1985; Schneider 1994; Zaremba and Lamont 1993).
Human and natural disturbances may affect seed banks, and
may result in common species displacing rare species (Keddy
and Reznicek 1982; Wisheu and Keddy 1991). Also, the effect
of fire on coastal plain pondshore flora is unknown (Zaremba
and Lamont 1 993) and species of Xyris, even occurring in the
same habitat, are known to respond differently to fire (Keith
and Carrie 2002). Thus far known only from the holotype,
Xyris bracteicaulis would be classified using the New York
Natural Heritage Program criteria as “SH,” historical with no
known sites in the State (Young 2010). Following is a key to
identify Xyris found on Long Island. Of course, I’d appreciate
knowing about any interesting finds!

O J O //i . . r\ r- \

(Cont. on page 23)

(Bicknell cont. from page 23)

flora was well represented” (Vol. 118). Bicknell described near-
ly 190 plant species new to science, including six from Long
Island: a blue eyed grass {Sisyrinchium graminoides L.P. Bicknell =
S. angustifolium Mill.), several violets ( Viola domestica E.P. Bick-
nell, U lavandulacea E.P. Bicknell, V. notabilis E.P. Bicknell, V.
pectinata E. P. Bicknell), and a goldenrod ( Solidago aestivalis E.P.
Bicknell = S. rugosa var. sphagnophila C. Graves). (Synonymy
follows Gleason and Cronquist 1991; Goldblatt 2002; Semple
and Cook 2006.) To see images of some herbarium specimens
collected by Bicknell search the NYBG’s Virtual Herbarium
(http: / / sciweb.nybg.org/ science2/vii2.asp.html).

As evidenced by his publications, Bicknell’s dedication to bot-
any eventually eclipsed that of ornithology, and culminated in
his The ferns and flowering plants of Nantucket (1908—1919). This
flora recognized 1,103 taxa, excluding putative hybrids (Bick-
nell 1919), and was published over the course of eleven years
as 20 installments in the Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club.
The flora included synonymy, comparative commentary, and
phytogeographic and phenological information.

The skills Bicknell applied to the study of natural history were
highly regarded amongst his peers (Barnhart 1925; Crosby
1926). Crosby (1926: 144) notes that unlike most of his con-
temporary ornithologists Bicknell “used the field glass more
than the gun.” Twelve plant species and Bicknell’s thrush (Ca-
tharus bicknell ) were named in his honor (Crosby 1926; see
International Plant Names Index 2005). In 1878, Bicknell and
other local naturalists founded The Iinnaean Society of New
York (The Iinnaean Society of New York 2012), for which he
served as President (Knox 1918). He was also a member of
the American Association for the Advancement of Science,
the Botanical Society of America, The New York Botanical
Garden, the Philadelphia Botanical Club, the Torrey Botanical
Club, and a founding member of the American Ornitholo-
gist’s Union. Bicknell was elected to the Corporation of The
New York Botanical Garden, and served on its Executive
Committee and as Scientific Director for ten years (Barnhart
1925; Crosby 1926).

In addition to the scientific organizations that Bicknell partici-
pated in, he belonged to numerous other societies and orga-
nizations, reflecting his interesting heritage. Both his maternal
and paternal families arrived in the United States in the mid-
1600’s. Bicknell’s ancestry includes a Lord of the Manor who
fought in the battle of Hastings (1066; Barnhart 1925; Knox
1918), the first Colonial Governor of Rhode Island, a founder
of Yale College, a founder of the New York Historical So-
ciety, a Rector of Trinity Church (NY), and a benefactor of
the French Church of New York. Bicknell was a member of
the Huguenot Society, the St. Nicholas Society, the Society of
Colonial Wars, the Sons of the Revolution, and a Vestryman of
Trinity Church of Hewlett, NY (Barnhart 1925; Crosby 1926).

(Cont. on page 27)

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(Xyris cont. from page 24)

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Bot. Club 52: 119-126.

.1925b. Eugene Pintard Bicknell. J. New York Bot.

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Campbell, L. 2011. Xyris bracteicaulis, a new species from the
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Hanks, J. P. 1985. Plant communities and ground-water levels
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Bot. 69: 13-22.

Keith, E. L. and N. R. Carrie. 2002. Effects of fire on two
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Torrey Bot. Club 120: 180-187.

Key to the species of Xyris on Long Island

1 . Lateral sepals fimbriate or ciliate

2. Base of the plant bulb-like; leaves dilated basally, the outermost reduced and scale-like, basally
pinkish orpurplish, becoming darkgreen or brown, twisted; peduncle without bracts nearthe apex; bract
apex sometimes with short, reddish brown hairs X. torta

2. Base of the plant not bulb-like; leaves gradually tapering to the base, dull pale green to straw colored;

bracts nearthe apex of the peduncle, differing from the floral bracts X. bracteicaulis

1 . Lateral sepals lacerate

3. Leaf bases sometimes tinged pink, stramineous and lustrous to green, the blades dark green to

brown; lateral sepals often exserted from the bract, entire towards the base; peduncle ridged or not,
flattened near the apex; X smalliana

3. Lateral sepals included plant base green; peduncle with 2 or more ridges, 2 ridges forming keels;
spike less than 1 .5 cm long X difformis var. difformis

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Field Trips

JULY 14, 2012 (SATURDAY) 9 AM
(NOTE EARLY START TIME)

Montauk Point for seaweeds, Suffolk Co., NY
Trip leader: Larry B. Liddle, Ph.D.

We will meet an hour before low tide for a little talk in the
parking lot and to walk the tide out. We will walk in the
intertidal (very rough walking) pools below the lighthouse
and then walk north on land about 150m to a “cove” to
see the drift, which also could involve wading but on sandy
bottom. There will still be plenty to see for those not wanting
to risk wading and walking on slippery rocks.

Directions: Meet at the Montauk Point parking lot. Go East
on 1-495 to Exit 70, south on County Road 111 to Route 27
and east on NY Route 27 to Montauk Point. Please note there
is an $8 parking fee.

SEPTEMBER 8, 2012 (SATURDAY) 10 AM
(NOTE EARLY START TIME)

Hempstead Plains, Uniondale, Nassau Co., NY
Trip Leader: Betsy Gulotta

Cell: (516) 317-7267 (Co-listed with the Torrey Botanical
Society)

Over 200 species of native and non-native flowering plants
have been identified at the 19-acre Hempstead Plains at Nassau
Community College. The native grasses characterizing the
tail-grass prairie are particularly beautiful this time of year.
The walk takes about an hour. Bring water and sturdy shoes.

Directions: From either Meadowbrook Parkway Exit
M4 or Merrick Ave. north of Rt. 24 Hempstead Turnpike,
take Charles Lindbergh Blvd. west. Turn at first right into
East Parking of Nassau Community College. Go to first
intersection. See parking along fence and sign for Hempstead
Plains.

SEPTEMBER 15, 2012 (SATURDAY) 10 AM

Goldenrod Workshop, Northville, Suffolk Co., NY

Trip leader: Eric Lamont, Ph.D. (Co-listed with the Torrey

Botanical Society and New York Flora Association)

The purpose of this free workshop is to teach participants how
to identify goldenrods in the field. The workshop will begin
with an introduction by Eric who will explain how to use a key
to the goldenrods of Long Island. Participants will key out
a few species together and then try their skills keying out live
specimens on their own or with a partner. We will then ID all
of the species together, check our determinations, and explain
where participants might have gone wrong in the key. The
workshop will end with a walk through North Fork Preserve,

Northville. (Purchased in 201 1 by Suffolk County and Riverhead
Township, these 300+ acres were the largest unprotected tract
of open space remaining in Suffolk County.)

Registration is required: You must be a member of one
of the sponsoring organizations to register and the workshop
will be limited to 24 participants. Please email Eric to register
and for directions [Eric Lamont: elamont@,optonline.net] . It’s
important that participants be on time for the intro lecture,
but then people can leave or stay as long as desired; the day
will end in the afternoon, maybe 3-4 pm. Bring water, lunch,
and insect repellent. Dress for potentially moist or muddy
habitats in North Fork Preserve.

SEPTEMBER 22, 2012 (SATURDAY) 10 AM

Peconic Dunes County Park, Southold, Suffolk Co., NY
Trip Leader: Sarah Marcus

Peconic Dunes is a 34-acre piece of property that extends
from the Long Island Sound to the shores of a kettle lake. It
is home to a great variety of ecosystems including deciduous
wetlands, coniferous dunes, inter-dunal swales and a sandy
shoreline. Over 190 plant species have been identified.

Directions: From the LIE exit 71, take Edwards Ave. north
for about 3.5 miles. Turn right onto Sound Ave. and travel
11.4 miles. Stay left on County Rd 48 and continue for
another 6.5 miles to the BP Gas Station and then get into the
left lane. Proceed to the next intersection and turn left at the
traffic light onto Mill Lane. (There are 2 Mill Lanes on Rt. 48.
Make sure you have passed the BP gas station.) Take the first
right turn to go east on Soundview Avenue. The park will be
approximately 1 mile ahead on the left.

SEPTEMBER 29, 2012 (SATURDAY) 10AM

Hither Hills State Park, Suffolk Co., NY
(Co-listed with Torrey Botanical Society
and Long Island Native Plant Initiative)

Trip leaders: Uli Lorimer, Brooklyn Botanic Garden Email:
ulilorimer@bbg.org and Polly Weigand, Suffolk County Soil
and Water Conservation District Email: Polly. Weigand@
suffolkcountyny.gov

We will explore coastal dune grassland habitat. Please come
prepared with proper shoes and clothing for hiking in sand,
there may be some wet areas as well. Bring plenty of water,
insect repellent, and a lunch.

Directions: Please meet at the end of Napeague Harbor Rd,
a left turn from Highway 27 headed east towards Montauk.
Park along the roadside.

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( Bicknell cont. from page 24)

Barnhart, J. H. 1925. Eugene Pintard Bicknell. Bull.
Torrey Bot. Club 52: 119-126.

Bicknell, E. P. 1878. Evidences of the Carolinian fauna
in the lower Hudson Valley. Bull. Nuttall Ornith.
Club 5: 60-61.

. 1880. Remarks on the nidification of Loxia

curvirostra americana with a description of its nest and
eggs. Bull. Nuttall Ornith. Club 5: 7—11.

. 1882. A review of the summer birds of a part

of the Catskill Mountains, with prefatory remarks on
the faunal and floral features of the region. Trans.
Linn. Soc. New York 1: 113—168.

. 1885. Cleistogamy in Lamium. Bull. Torrey Bot.

Club 12: 51-52.

. 1898. Two new grasses from Van Courdandt

Park, New York City. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 25:
104-107.

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Garden for their research assistance.

Field Trips cont’d.

OCTOBER 6, 2012 (SATURDAY) 10AM

Muttontown Preserve, East Norwich, Nassau Co., NY
Trip Leaders: A1 and Lois Iindberg

This preserve comprises 570 acres of fields and woodlands
amid the rolling hills and kettiehole ponds of morainal
northern Nassau County. Goldenrods and asters are abundant
in Muttontown’s late successionai fields and woodlands and
will hopefully give us a good show on this early Autumn walk.
The preserve is operated by the Nassau County Department
of Parks, Recreation and Museums and is open from 9:30 to
4:30 daily. To find out more information about the Preserve
and its programming call 516-571-8500.

Directions: Please meet at preserve building at the main
entrance. Take LIE ext 41 north following the fork to the
right to Route 106. Go north on Route 106 for about 3.75
miles and make a left onto Route 25A. Make another left in
0.1 mile onto Muttontown Lane. The entrance is straight
ahead.

OCTOBER 27, 2012 (SATURDAY) 10AM

Alley Pond Environmental Center (APEC) and
Oakland Lake Park, Douglaston, Queens Co., NY
Trip leaders: Andrew Greller Ph.D.

Email: agreller2@optonline.net and Aline Euler Ed.D.

Autumn wildflowers and fall colors. Bring lunch and water.
Wet walking is optional.

Directions: Meet at the APEC parking lot, 100 yards E of
Cross Island Parkway on S side of Northern Boulevard. If
using a map search, the address is 228-06 Northern Boulevard,
Douglaston, NY 11362.

LIBS notes, with sorrow, the recent
passing of two long-time friends:

Vince Puglisi

LIBS charter member and Past President
June 16, 2012.

Patricia Kelly

June 1, 2012.

They will be missed.

Long Island Botanical Society
PO Box 507
Aquebogue, NY 11931

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Long Island Botanical Society Vol. 22 No. 3

Upcoming Programs

September 11, 2012* Tuesday, 7:30 PM
Adam Negrin: “Long Island Flora Atlas-
Developmental Process and Potential for
Future Research.” The presentation will cover the
processes involved in making the LI Flora Atlas. This will
give credit to the long term efforts of botanists to prop-
erly identify and voucher plant species on Long Island,
review the assembly of the plant database, describe
mapmaking via ESRI ArcGIS software, list the proto-
col and labors of the committee review process, and
show the final work involved in remaking the maps and
organizing content for publication and future research.
The potential for testing a wide variety of historical, eco-
logical, and biogeographical hypotheses with modern
statistical software will be described. Adam is currently
a PhD candidate at the CUNY Graduate Center, focus-
ing on natural plant products research in a laboratory
at Lehman College. A Long Island native, he was origi-
nally trained in botany, plant taxonomy, and ecology. His
current work is based on seeking answers to ethno-
botanical questions using quantitative geographic,
phytochemical, and systematics-based methods.

Location: Bill Paterson Nature Center,
Muttontown Preserve, East Norwich

October 9, 2012* Tuesday, 7:30 PM

Steve Young: “Invasive Species Early

Detection and Rapid Response: How LIBS
Members Can Help.” Once an invasive species
has established itself on the island, early detection and
eradication is the most effective way to reduce this
ever-present threat to our native plants and ecosystems.
This presentation will explain how LIBS members have
been, and can be, an effective and important part of the
effort coordinated by the Long Island Invasive Species
Management Area (LIISMA). Some of the low-abun-
dance species to be aware of will be shown. Steve is the
chief botanist of the New York Natural Heritage Program
and the coordinator of LIISMA. He has spent 20 years
surveying the rare plants of New York State and is
now focused on the threat of invasive species on Long
Island.

Location: Museum of Long Island Natural Sciences,
Earth and Space Science Building, Gil Hanson Room
(Room 123), Stony Brook University, Stony Brook

* Refreshments and informal talk begin at 7:30 p.m.

Formal meeting starts at 8:00 p.m.

Directions to Muttontown or Stony Brook: 516-354-6506