Plants (Rochester-area flora)
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An integral part of our city's environment are our plants, forests, woodlands, urban forests, farming, and agriculture in the Rochester, NY area.
Page Contents: Plants NewsLinks | Plants Education |Official Plants Resources | Non-official Plant Resources |
This plant page gets the
most 'hits' on this site.
My guess is that Rochesterians really like plants and want to know as much about this issue as they can.
We are the "Flower City," formerly the "Flour City," because the Erie Canal made the production and transportation of flour a mainstay of this region.
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Plants Education Sites
- Cornell Cooperative Extension of Monroe County - Welcome... Our Mission is to provide research-based information and education programs to address local priority needs in the areas of 4-H Youth Development, Agriculture, Horticulture, and Nutrition, Food Safety & Health.
- Gardening Resources, Cornell University Your portal to gardening information at Cornell.
- Rochester Gardening Gardening in Upstate New York This web site is meant to encourage the transfer of information relating to the varied interests of gardeners living near Rochester NY. This is accomplished by presenting some material which is local in content, and links to resources found elsewhere on the Internet.
- GardenWeb - The Internet's Garden Community GardenWeb is an award winning site serving more than 3 million page impressions a month. GardenWeb hosts forums, garden exchanges, articles, contests, a plant database, the Web's largest garden-related glossary and online catalogs. We are also home to the Calendar of Garden Events, The Rosarian, Wild-Flowers and sister sites in Europe and Australia. It is our aim to provide the most comprehensive gardening site on the Web, combining the creative use of interactivity with imaginative content and a user-friendly interface.
- Got Tar Spot Disease? In 2003 Tar Spot of Norway Maples is a Rochester regional issue and this year is the worst we have ever seen. Some trees are now showing some defoliation. Fortunately since they are losing their leaves in late summer (the end of the season) the trees will be okay. The problem we are seeing now is related to the wet spring weather. It is unlikely that the conditions will be as favorable for this disease again next year. Below we have reproduced the excellent fact sheet from Cornell Cooperative Extension.
- Caring for your lawn organically: A healthy lawn will not need pesticides. If properly maintained, your lawn will be naturally resistant to weeds and harmful insects. Here are some basic tips for having the healthiest lawn possible.--from NYPRIG
Official Plants Resources
Check these sites first for urban forests, plants rules and regulations for our area. If you have a question on this subject, these are the experts.
- Urban and Community Forestry - NYS Dept. of Environmental Conservation The New York State Urban and Community Forestry, U&CF, Program is a partnership between DEC forestry professionals, public and private individuals, and volunteer organizations who care about trees in urban settings. It supports and assists communities in comprehensive planning, management, and education to create healthy urban and community forests to enhance the quality of life for urban residents. Funding for this program is provided in part by the State of New York and the U.S. Forest Service.
- USDA US Department of Agriculture : In 1862, when President Abraham Lincoln founded the U.S. Department of Agriculture, he called it the "people's Department." In Lincoln's day, 90 percent of the people were farmers who were in need of good seed and information to grow their crops. Today, USDA continues Lincoln's legacy by serving all Americans, the two percent who farm as well as everyone who eats, wears clothes, lives in a house, or visits a rural area or a national forest.
Non-Official Plant Resources
- Trees - Arbor Day
Foundation The Arbor Day Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit
conservation and education organization. A million members,
donors, and partners support our programs to make our world
greener and healthier.
- Tree City USA—The Arbor Day Foundation The Tree City USA® program provides direction, assistance, attention, and national recognition for urban and community forestry programs in thousands of towns and cities
- TreeLink! This site was created to provide information, research, and networking for people working in urban and community forestry. For the researcher, the arborist, the community group leader, the volunteer-our purpose is to inform, educate, and inspire.
- The Horticultural Society of New York The Horticultural Society of New York’s (HSNY) interconnected outreach programs and cultural resources continue to grow and impact expanding, diverse constituencies across New York City.
- The Forest Stewardship Council The Forest Stewardship Council was created to change the dialogue about and the practice of sustainable forestry worldwide. This impressive goal has in many ways been achieved, yet there is more work to be done. FSC sets forth principles, criteria, and standards that span economic, social, and environmental concerns. The FSC standards represent the world’s strongest system for guiding forest management toward sustainable outcomes. Like the forestry profession itself, the FSC system includes stakeholders with a diverse array of perspectives on what represents a well-managed and sustainable forest. While the discussion continues, the FSC standards for forest management have now been applied in over 57 countries around the world.
- The American Chestnut Foundation - Restoring the American chestnut tree The American Chestnut Foundation was founded in 1983 by a group of prominent plant scientists who recognized the severe impact the demise of the American chestnut tree imposed upon the local economy of rural communities, and upon the ecology of forests within the tree’s native range.
- green guerillas Since 1973 greenguerillas™ has helped thousands of people realize their dreams of turning vacant rubble-strewn lots into vibrant community gardens. Each year we work with hundreds of grassroots groups throughout New York City to strengthen underserved neighborhoods through community gardening. With our help, people grow food, plant flowers, educate youth, paint colorful murals and preserve their gardens as vital community centers for future generations.
- NOFA NOFA-NY is the oldest and largest organization in New York devoted to organic and sustainable farming and gardening. We are an organization of consumers, gardeners and farmers creating a sustainable regional food system which is ecologically sound and economically viable.
- American Forests American Forests is a world leader in planting trees for environmental restoration, a pioneer in the science and practice of urban forestry, and a primary communicator of the benefits of trees and forests.
- Wild Ones Niagara Falls and River Region Chapter Create in Niagara Falls (NY) and the Niagara River region a sense of place through grassroots partnerships, advocacy, and education about regional native plants and natural landscaping with a focus on the restoration, preservation and the protection of the botanically unique habitats of Niagara Falls and the Niagara gorge, their old growth forests and rare calcareous cliff botanicals.
- Re-TreeWNY.org Re-Tree WNY was established on November 3, 2006 by a group of about 40 Western New York residents who saw first-hand the devastation done to our beautiful Western New York living resource -- our trees -- and decided to take action to re-forest every public area that was destroyed by the freak October 12-13 snowstorm.