ABOVE July 20, 2020
Above- OCTOBER 2019
Below- July 2020
Below- July 2020
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July 2020- The site is really coming into its own with a spectacular regenerative 3rd season.
Late 2019- the site has reached its autumn maturity for this first season. The site is in excellent shape with seasonal blooms starting in late May of 2019. 
Agapostemon virescens (Bicolord Striped Sweat Bee). October 2019 Photo by J Burney
Monarda Punctata (Spotted Beebalm) September 2019 Photo by Jburney
Jay Burney holding conservation sign at site. October 2019. Photo by James Grimaldi
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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The Pollinator Conservation Association in partnership with the DEC, the Niagara River Greenway Commission, and the Niagara River Greenway Ecological Steering Committee has installed a native plant site to benefit pollinators, birds, other wildlife, clean water and air, and human recreation experiences.
DEC site corner Ohio and Louisiana Streets - Buffalo, New York
NEW VIDEO September 2019Plant 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)
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