Saturday, April 19,
2008, 10 A.M.
Alley
Pond Park, Queens, NY
Trip Leader: Andy Greller
"Upland Spring
Wildflowers":
Andy Greller is leading a walk for Alley Pond
Environmental Center on April 19th at
10 AM to the upland area of Alley Park. Bring lunch, liquid, sturdy
shoes; (optional) camera, hand lens, field guides to
wildflowers (co-listed with Torrey Botanical Society).
Direction:
We are meeting at the south end of the Ballfield
Parking lot of Alley
Park. It is off Winchester Blvd., 100 yds N of Union Tpke., Bellerose,
Queens. Eastbound Grand Central Parkway (GCP) to Union Turnpike exit.
Follow Union Tpke. east to Winchester Blvd. Make a left and park as
directed above. Car: Westbound GCP to Cross Island Parkway South. Exit
at Union Tpke. Make sharp right at exit to Union Tpke. Left at light
onto Union Tpke heading west; make right after about 300 yds onto
Winchester Blvd. Public Transportation: E or F train to Kew
Gardens/Union Tpke. stop. Go upstairs and take Q46 bus (east) to
Winchester Blvd.
Saturday,
June 14, 2008, 10 A.M.
Pine Trail Preserve,
Ridge/Calverton, NY
Trip Leader: David Laby
Pine Trail Preserve is a
Suffolk County Parks hiking trail designated
on an unbuilt highway right-of-way. It is part of the
Paumanok Path, extending from Rocky Point to the Shinnecock Canal and
beyond. This will be a bit of a walk in Pine Barrens woods
possibly to several ponds (would be 3 or 4 miles out ) which are
headwaters of the Peconic River. Afterwards, we may be able to see and
smell some mature probable hybrid Chestnuts in bloom at a nearby
farmstand.
Bring: Water, snacks, field guides, insect and tick
repellent. Meet at Pine Trail Preserve parking lot on south
side of State Rte 25 in Ridge, a little east of William Floyd
Parkway/rte 25 intersection.
Thursday, June 26,
2008, 10
A.M.
Flushing Meadows, Flushing,
Queens,
NY
Trip Leader: Andy Greller
(Trip is organized by Queens Botanical Garden and
co-listed
here at
LIBS) . The walk should take about 2 hours. People should wear
water-resistant shoes in case we hit some wet spots. Water bottle, hat,
long sleeves, long pants, insect repellant, camera, hand lens
and field guide to wildflowers are useful.
Direction: Meet at Queens Botanical Garden
Administration
Building,
Queens Botanical Garden,
43-50 Main Street,
Flushing, NY 11355.
By Bus:
From the Bronx, Jamaica, or Flushing, Q44 or Q20
By Train:
No. 7 subway or Long Island Rail Road (Port Washington line) to Main
Street/Flushing. Q44 or Q20 bus, or walk 8 blocks south to QBG.
By Car:
Via Midtown Tunnel:
Tunnel to Long Island Expressway (East) to Exit 23 Main Street. Turn
left onto Main Street. Follow to Dahlia Avenue and turn left. Dahlia
Avenue becomes Crommelin Street. The parking lot entrance is on the
left.
Via Triborough Bridge:
Bridge to Grand Central Parkway to Long Island Expressway (East).
Follow directions from Midtown Tunnel.
From Queens, Brooklyn, and Staten Island:
Belt Parkway or Jackie Robinson Parkway to Van Wyck Expressway to Exit
12A (College Point Boulevard). Follow College Point Boulevard to
Blossom Avenue. Make right. Blossom Avenue becomes Crommelin Avenue.
Make a quick right into the Garden’s parking lot.
From Long Island:
Long Island Expressway (West) to Exit 23 Main Street. Make right turn
on Main Street. Follow to Dahlia Avenue and turn left on Dahlia Avenue.
Dahlia Avenue becomes Crommelin Street. The parking lot entrance is on
the left.
There is a fee for parking ($5 or $3 for QBG members)
Wednesday, July
16, 2008, 11 A.M.
Syosset
Public Library, Syosset, NY
Speaker: Andy Greller
(Co-listed with Seatuck Environmental Center)
Lecture/talk
(not field trip). Public talk, at the Syosset Public
Library (Long Island Expressway
[exit 43] and South Oyster Bay Rd., northeast corner). The talk is on
the flora, vegetation and fossils of Caumsett St. Pk. It will start at
11 AM and last one hour. It will be in the basement, lecture room A.
Enter through door on South Oyster Bay Road.
Saturday, July 26,
2008, 10 A.M.
Alley Pond Park, Queens, NY
Trip Leader: Andy
Greller
Genera Jaunt at Alley Pond Park
(trip for the New
York Natural Heritage Program of
NYSDEC and The Nature Conservancy) See a wide selection of botanical
genera at Alley Pond Park and marsh.
Bring: Water,
insect and
tick repellent, Sturdy and/or waterproof footwear, field guides, hand
lens
Directions: Meet at Alley Pond Environmental
Center, 228-06 Northern
Blvd., Bayside, Queens. It is 300 yds E of Cross Island Parkway,
Northern Blvd exit.
Saturday,
September 13, 2008, 10 A.M.
Edgewood-Oak Brush Plain
State Preserve, Town of Babylon, Suffolk County, NY
Trip Leader: Andy Greller (walk sponsored by the Friends of Edgewood
Preserve)
Bring: Lunch/Liquid, insect and tick repellent, Sturdy
and/or waterproof
footwear, field guides, hand lens
Edgewood Preserve covers 813 acres of Oak Brush Plains
and Pine Barrens
in Deer Park see: http://edgewoodpreserve.wordpress.com/.
Edgewood Preserve is New York State property, administered by NYS
Department of Environmental Conservation. Participants or any
users of the property should get a free (=no charge) NYSDEC managed
lands access permit from NYSDEC Region 1 Office in Stony Brook,
NY: 631-444-0273.
Directions: The parking lot is on the east side of
Commack Road, north
of the LIRR tracks.
Saturday, October 4,
2008, 10 A.M.
Blydenburgh County Park,
Smithtown, Suffolk County, NY
Trip Leader: Daniel Karpen
Blydenburgh County Park contains New Mill Pond, the
second largest body of
fresh water on Long Island, and has a population
of old growth Black Gum
trees (Nyssa sylvatica), estimated at 500 or more
years old. The trip
will examine these old growth trees and possibly circumnavigate the
pond,
if participants wish to. The trees are about 1 mile from the parking
lot.
Directions: Meet at parking lot at north end of
Bydenburgh park.from Route 25-25A in Smithtown, go south on Brooksite
Dr.; at next light (New Mill Rd.), turn right and travel to the end of
the road, making the last possible left. At the end of Mill Road travel
past a Blydenburgh County Park sign, to parking area. From Route 347,
find Brooksite Dr. between the 347-454 junction and Rt. 111; head north
on Brooksite to New Mill Rd.; go left onto Mill Road, to parking area.
Saturday, October 11,
2008, 10 A.M.
Prospect Park, Brooklyn,
Kings County, NY
Trip Leader: Andy Greller, for the Prospect Park Alliance (Jessica
DiCicco, Forest Ecologist) and LIBS
We are gathering to do a list of the plants growing
without cultivation
in Prospect Park. Additionally, we will evaluate the success of earlier
restoration
plantings of native wildflowers.
Directions: the meeting location is the Audubon Center
at the Boathouse
in Prospect Park.
Driving from Eastern Parkway: Head west on Eastern
Parkway turning left at Bedford Ave. Continue on Bedford for 0.5 miles
and turn right at Empire Blvd. After 0.3 miles turn left at Ocean Ave.
In 0.6
miles take the entrance into the park merging onto the park drive.
Continue on the park drive to the blinking light and turn left into the
Wollman Rink parking lot. Parking in this lot is open to the public,
just be sure to
be in a designated spot. From the parking lot walk northwest diagonally
through the concert grove (large London plane trees and busts of famous
composers). Continue under the bridge and take the path to the right.
You should pass our wonderful Camperdown Elm on your right. The
Boathouse is the first building on your left. This is the meeting spot.
Subway from the Prospect Park: B, Q, S stop: Exit the
station at Lincoln
Road. The park is a block west. Cross the main drive walking west.
Continue under the bridge and take the path to the right. You should
pass our wonderful Camperdown Elm on your right. The Boathouse is the
first building on your left.
Saturday, August 29,
2009, 10:00 A.M.
Floyd Bennett Field, Kings
County, NY
Trip Leader: Rich Kelly
(516-509-1094).
This site has a wide variety of interesting escaped
weed species, combined with local native coastal species. A hat, water,
suntan lotion, and insect repellent are all recommended. We will never
be very far from the cars, so you will not need to carry your lunch.
Directions: Meet at 10:00 AM at the parking lot on the
right, immediately past the entrance booth. From the Belt Parkway, take
Flatbush Avenue south. Turn left to enter at the traffic light which is
just in front of the bridge toll booths.
Saturday,
September 12, 2009, 9:30 A.M.–
4:30 P.M.
Napeague Area Parks,
Napeague, Suffolk Co., NY
Trip leader: Steve Young
We will explore the beautiful beaches, dunes and
swales of Napeague Beach State Park in the morning and continue with
the dunes and salt marsh
of Napeague Meadows State Park.
We will look for the beach genera of Ammophila, Cakile,
and Salsola and the dune and swale genera of Hudsonia,
Arctostaphylos, Polygonella,
Rhexia, Pityopsis, Schizaea
and Pseudolycopodiella among others. In the
marsh, we should see the uncommon Fimbristylis, Salicornia,
Suaeda, and Sabatia.
Preparations: Bring comfortable shoes
for walking on sand that may get wet. Pack a lunch for eating at Hither
Hills and long pants and insect spray for the mosquitoes and ticks.
Bring plenty of water and sunscreen if it's hot. See you on the island!
Directions: For the first stop, take Montauk Highway
east from
Beach Hampton and go just under 1 mile from Cranberry Hole Road and
park along the south side of Montauk
Highway just after Whalers Lane. Our next stop will be
Napeague Beach State Park
where we will park
on the south side of Montauk Highway 0.7 miles east of Shipwreck Lane
at the park entrance sign and walk to the beach. After lunch at Hither
Hills State Park Campground,
our third stop will be the salt marsh at Napeague Meadows State Park
where we will park along Napeague Meadow Road just south of Cranberry
Hole Road.
