Field Trip, Brooklyn Botanic Garden, November 6, 2005

Stone basin with cherry leaves, outside the entrance to the Japanese Garden, Brooklyn Botanic Garden


Another "lost" set of photos which I'd uploaded to Flickr, but never blogged. These are from a year-and-a-half ago, in November of 2005. Again, irritating that the "improved" Blogger won't let me back-date them to the date I took the photos.

My parents were visiting with us, so they show up in several photos.

My parents walking toward the entrance of the Japanese Garden


Pond and bridge in the Japanese Garden


Torii seen from the Viewing Pavilion in the Japanese Garden


My parents in the viewing pavilion


Pond and Torii from the Viewing Pavilion


Pond and Hill


Southern approach to the entrance to the Japanese Garden


Sundial near Magnolia Plaza


Shrubbery in the mixed border, Brooklyn Botanic Garden


Lily Pool Terrace



My parents sitting by the Mixed Perennial Border

Article, Fall 2005: The Changing Flora of the New York Metropolitan Region

The authors compare past distribution data from historical records, and current data from Brooklyn Botanic Garden's New York Metropolitan Flora Project to determine changes in distribution over the past century. They further compare these changes between native and introduced species within the same genus, such as Celastrus scandens, American bittersweet (native) and Celastrus orbiculata (or C. orbiculata), Oriental bittersweet (introduced, and invasive), or Lonicera sempervirens, Trumpet honeysuckle (native) and Lonicera japonica, Japanese honeysuckle (introduced, and invasive).

We statistically analyzed 100 years of herbarium specimen data for woody plants in the New York metropolitan region in order to measure the floristic changes of this area. Change Index values were computed for 224 of the region's 556 woody species to provide a specific measure of whether these species are expanding, contracting, or stable. The results show that, in general, nonnative invasive species are spreading rapidly in the region, while native species are in slight decline.
- The Changing Flora of the New York Metropolitan Region

Links

The Changing Flora of the New York Metropolitan Region, Urban Habitats, Volume 3, Number 1, Fall 2005, Brooklyn Botanic Garden, 1000 Washington Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11225

Notes from a visit to the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Late July 2005

[Transcribed from note book and amended. No date recorded. I was taking notes of plants which were effective or just caught my eye at the time of my visit.]

[From the Compositae/Daisy Family Garden]
Silphium perfoliatum: Large: 6'H x 5'W (supported). Large leaves.
Liatris pycnostachya: 2' tall
L. spicata: 3-4' tall
Helianthus giganteus

Epilobium augustifolium [Chamerion angustifolium, Fireweed, Onagraceae]

Unidentified "weed": ~2-3' tall, leaves opposite, cordate, fuzzy, flowers yellow, 3 petals/sepals

Begonia grandis

[In the Native Flora Garden, I was noting plants which could work in my backyard native plant garden. Several of those listed are plants I grew in the widlflower bed in Garden #1 in the East Village.]

Native Flora Garden
*=blooming
Solidago rugosa
*Allium cernuum
*Dicentra eximia
*Eupatorium fistulosum: 8' tall
Viola pubescens
Vaccinium corymbosum
*Lilium superbum: 8' tall
Polemonium reptans
*Lysimachia ciliata
Polygonatum biflorum
Sanguinaria canadensis
Asarum canadense
Viola striata (same as home?)
Hepatica acutiloba
*Cimicifuga racemosa: 5-6' tall, fragrant
*Allium tricoccum (blooming w/out leaves)
Opuntia humifusa