The Pollinator Conservation Association in partnership with the DEC, the Niagara River Greenway Commission, and the Niagara River Greenway Ecological Steering Committee have installed a native plant site to benefit pollinators, birds, other wildlife, clean water and air, and human recreation experiences.
Preparation and Installation, Fall 2018 - Spring 2019
October 2018
 Neighbors- 421 Ohio Street, (Ohio Street Boat Launch) directly across from the PCA restoration site. Buffalo River Landing Apartments in background.
Neighbors- 421 Ohio Street, (Ohio Street Boat Launch) directly across from the PCA restoration site. Buffalo Scholastic Rowing Association in background.
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DEC site corner Ohio and Louisiana Streets - Buffalo, New YorkThis is a spectacular urban site in the City of Buffalo-surrounded by playgrounds, urban forest areas, homes, urban streets and roads. It is located directly across the street from the Ohio Street Boat Launch and Habitat Restoration Project on the shoreline of the Buffalo River. The site is owned by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) and is designated to be a long-term habitat restoration site.
Plant List
(Short species) Grasses • Bouteloua curtipendula (Side oats grama) • Bromus Kalmii (Prairie brome) • Carex brevior (Plains oval sedge) • Eragrostis spectabilis (Purple love grass) • Schyzachyrium scoparium (Little bluestem) Forbs • Allium cernuum (Nodding onion) • Asclepias syriaca (Common milkweed) • Asclepias tuberosa (Butterfly weed) • Asclepias verticillata (Whorled milkweed) • Aster laevis (Smooth blue aster) • Euphorbia corollata (Flowering spurge) • Lobelia spicata (Pale spiked lobelia) • Monarada fistulosa (Wild bergamot) • Monarda punctata (Spotted Beebalm) • Pedicularis canadensis (Wood betony) • Potentilla arguta (Prairie cinquefoil) • Rudbeckia hirta (Black-eyed susan) • Solidago ptarmicoides (Upland White Aster) • Solidago speciosa (Showy goldenrod) • Tephrosia virginian (Goat’s rue) • Tradescantia ohiensis (Spiderwort) • Zizia aptera (Heart-leaved golden Alexanders) (Tall woodland edge) Grasses • Andropogon gerardii (Big bluestem) • Bromus kalmii (Prairie brome) • Elymus canadensis (Canada wild rye) • Elymus hystrix (Bottlebrush grass) • Elymus villosus (Silky wild rye) • Elymus virginicus (Virginia wild rye) Forbs • Agastache nepetoides (Yellow giant hyssop) • Asclepias syriaca (Common milkweed) • Aster lateriflorus (Calico aster) • Aster laevis (Smooth blue aster) • Campanula americana (Tall bellflower) • Echinacea purpea (Purple coneflower) • Eupatorium purpureum (Sweet joe pye weed) • Gaura biennis (Biennial gaura) • Heliopsis helianthoides (Early sunflower) • Monarda fitulosa (Wild bergamot) • Pycnanthemum pilosum (Hairy mountain mint) • Rudbeckia hirta (Black eyed susans) • Rudbeckia subtomentosa (Sweet black-eyed Susan) • Rudbeckia triloba (Brown eyed susan) • Scrophularia lanceloata (Early figwort) • Scrophularia marilandica (Late figwort) • Solidago graminifolia (Grass-leaved goldenrod) • Veronicastrum virginicum (Culver’s root) • Zizia aptera (Heart leaf golden Alexanders) • Zizia aurea (Golden Alexanders) (Short Woodland Edge) Grasses • Bromus kalmii (Prairie brome) • Bromus pubescens (Hairy wood chess) • Carex blanda (Common wood sedge) • Carex molesta (Field oval sedge) • Diarrhena obovata (Beak grass) • Elymus hystrix (Bottlebrush grass) • Elymus virginicus (Virginia wild rye) • Schyzachyrium scoparium (Little bluestem) Forbs • Aquilegia canadensis (Wild columbine) • Aster cordifolius (Heart-leaved aster) • Blephilia hirsuta (Hairy wood mint) • Campanula americana (Tall bellflower) • Echinacea purpurea (Purple coneflower) • Pycnanthemum pilosum (Hairy mountain mint) • Rudbeckia hirta (Black eyed susan) • Rudbeckia triloba (Brown eyed susan) • Scrophularia marilandica (Late figwort) • Solidago graminifolia (Grass-leaved goldenrod) • Zizia aurea (Golden Alexanders) |
New Updates Autumn 2019
View from across the street
Chauliognathus pensylvanicus (Goldenrod Soldier Beetle) on Coreopsis lanceolata (Lance-leaved Coreopsis)
Alsclepias tuberosa (Butterfly weed/milkweed)
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Monarda punctata (Spotted Beebalm)
NEW VIDEO September 2019 |
