NY-NJ-CT Botany Online

botany in the greater New York City Metropolitan Area;

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FIELD SECTION

Tree and Shrub and Vine Booklets from the New Jersey Forest Service

** To find information on literally Hundreds of great places to study nature, try this website (very much in progress) of natural places in our area by geographical regions:

New Jersey Natural Places:

1. Appalachian Plateau

2. Kittatinny Mountains

3. Ridge and Valley Region

4. Highlands

5. Piedmont (Newark Basin)

6. Inner Coastal Plain

7. Outer Coastal Plain

pictorial tour of Pine Barren plants  (photos by Dr. Rosemary Santana Cooney)

Natural Places: New York, West of Hudson River

Natural Places: New York, East of Hudson River

Connecticut (far western part)

A Few of the Islands and Mountain Trails of Lake George, New York

River Tours:  (photos of local rivers)

Trips out West

EDITORIALS:

1. EDITORIAL COMMENT ON DEVELOPMENT OF ONCE PUBLIC LANDS: ON THE COOPERATION OF THE STATE, THE TOWN, AND THE DEVELOPERS

2. DO THE BOTANICAL GARDENS, UNIVERSITY BOTANICAL DEPARTMENTS, AND BOTANICAL SOCIETIES OWE ANY RESPONSIBILITY TO THE LARGER ENVIRONMENTAL COMMUNITY AND TO THE FLORA THEY STUDY AND FROM WHICH THEY PROSPER?

3. DOES IT MATTER IF THE BROOKLYN BOTANIC GARDEN TAKES OVER THE TORREY BOTANICAL SOCIETY FROM THE NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN?

4. ANNUAL ADDRESS OF THE CHAIR OF THE FIELD COMMITTEE, DR. PATRICK L. COONEY: END OF FIELD SEASON OF THE YEAR 2000

5.  SECRETIVE NATURE ORGANIZATIONS: TOO SECRETIVE FOR THE FUTURE OF NATURAL LAND PROTECTION AND ACQUISITION?

FOR HELP IN UNDERSTANDING FIELD BOTANY BY USING THE NEW GLEASON AND CRONQUIST BOOK OF PLANT PICTURES (1998)

SYSTEMATIC GUIDE TO FIELD BOTANY (in progress)

MASTER PLANT LIST FOR THE NY METROPOLITAN AREA (in progress)

SOME HARD TO FIND PLANT NAMES (by Karl Anderson)

HISTORY OF THE TORREY BOTANICAL SOCIETY -- NEW

PLANT HUNTERS IN THE NORTHEAST

USING A HABITAT APPROACH TO BECOMING A NATURALIST: A YEAR AT CRANBERRY LAKE

SERVING THE LARGER ENVIRONMENTAL COMMUNITY

SCIENCE OF POLLUTION

POLLUTION PROBLEMS

Bibliographic Sources for all of the above files

For Questions, Comments, Or more Information,
Dr. Patrick L. Cooney