We're excited to roll out a new tool for the Vermont Atlas of Life. You can now track the observations and species in any Vermont town, ideal for town conservation commissions, students, town planners and naturalists. Watch our short screencast about this exciting new tool on our YouTube channel at http://youtu.be/a_SfXZGVnyM.
in gravel parking area
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Several plants blooming around pond/fen edge.
Hundreds blooming in small headwater fen.
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Small group of 2-4 plants in open maple woods with lycopodium and Canada mayflower.
Is this Tussock Cottongrass? It was along the Mt. Mansfield summit ridgeline.
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In bloom on steep, rocky, west-facing hillside.
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Shrubby invasive, but which one?
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It started with a simple question. How many species occur in Vermont? You’d think we’d know this for a small state steeped in a rich tradition of naturalists dating back to Zadock Thompson and his seminal 1842 work on the natural history of Vermont. But, the simple answer was, no one really knew.
We do know how many species there are of some of the popular taxonomic groups like bird... ...more ↓
