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.
Saturday, October 24,
2009 10:00 AM
William Cullen Bryant
Preserve, Rosyln Harbor, Nassau Co., NY
Trip leader: Dr. Andy Greller (Co-listed with the Torrey
Botanical Society)
We will look for escaping Chinese conifers from the Pinetum
genus while also doing a little hiking. Bring a lunch
and liquids, strong shoes or hiking boots, and a conifer
guide. Participants can opt for morning only or both morning
and afternoon.
Directions: Take the
LIE to Glen Cove Road; go north toward Glen Cove; make a left at 25A
(aka Northern Blvd/North Hempstead Tpke.); go about 1/2 mile and look
for signs on right to Nassau County Museum of Art. Turn right
at the sign and proceed under the LIRR tracks and past the gate house
(there may be a small fee for parking); park in the main parking
lot. Meet on the steps of the Frick mansion.
