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Comment by Mark Sweetland on April 30, 2013 at 1:31am

News Flash!  We will be joined by UofR's Justin and Tara Ramsey, who inititiated and have been pursuing research on the Old Growth area with students.  Also, Jane Milliman, Upstate Gardeners' Journal, and Michael Warren Thomas, host of radio show Naturally Green and others, WYSL AM 1040.  Please RSVP, msweetla@frontiernet.net  

Comment by Mark Sweetland on April 27, 2013 at 7:18pm

Emerging may apple observed during our scouting trip last week. 

Some more info:

The biodiversity of the South Campus is remarkable.  In recent surveys, the Ramsey lab has documented the occurrence >40 tree and shrub species, including several taxa that are generally uncommon in urban areas of New York (American chestnut, Freeman’s maple, black cherry).  The forest understory has a rich community of native herbs (mayapple, Jack-in-the-pulpit, trillium, baneberry, meadowrue, Indian pipe, Canada mayflower) and ferns (sensitive, cinnamon, royal).  The forest has numerous large trees, with some red oak and tuliptrees achieving diameters of >3 feet and heights of >100 feet.  Vernal pools form in shallow depressions through much of the woodlands, providing breeding sites for amphibians.  Among terrestrial vertebrates, we have observed white-tailed deer, red foxes, raccoons, tree squirrels, flying squirrels, muskrats, chipmunks, mice, and voles.  More than 90 bird species have been observed in the woodlands, including eleven warbler species, five thrushes, seven woodpeckers and seven sparrows.