We publish a quarterly newsletter which is distributed to our members. The newsletter is full of interesting and current botanical tid-bits including news items, reviews of recently published books, and letters. It is also the showcase for field trip reports which are written by members after every trip. If you are interested in writing for the newsletter, please take a minute to read the Instructions for Authors. Previous issues of the Ontario Plant Press can be found below.

Previous Issues

2018

Volume 30 (Edition 3)

  • Amongst ferns … 3

  • The richness of Thomas Tract … 5

  • Caulophyllum thalictroides vs. Caulophyllum giganteum … 7

  • Flora of Kawartha Lakes … 12

Volume 30 (Edition 2)

  • Winter botany workshop … 3

  • Corallorhiza odontorhiza news … 4

  • Plants in astronomical numbers … 7

  • A book review … 10

  • 2017 Goldie Award … 11

  • In Memoriam: Dorothy Tiedje … 12

Volume 30 (Edition 1)

  • Steve Varga’s mysterious trip … 3

  • Epiphytic Ontario ... 6

  • In Memoriam: Kent Glauser ... 12

  • Award for Joe Johnson ... 12

  • Plant ID workshop in Michigan ... 12

2017

Volume 29 (Edition 4)

  • Ellice Swamp ... 3

  • Canadian Museum of Nature, twice ... 5 and 6

  • Isoetes of Ottawa ... 6

  • Sphagnums of Sudbury ... 9

  • Financial Review ... 12

  • Bill Crowley writes a nice note! ... 12

Volume 29 (Edition 2-3)

  • On Peel forest ... 3

  • On Native botany ... 4

  • On plants and math ... 6

  • On Prairie Rose ... 9

  • On Round-leaved Greenbrier ... 12

  • Vascular plants of the Carolinian Zone ... 12

  • Remembering Irene McIlveen ... 12

Volume 29 (Edition 1)

  • Message from the President ... 2

  • Editor’s Note ... 3

  • Morris Tract ... 3

  • Woods of Backus ... 4

  • Stump fences as indicators of former pine forests ... 6

  • Constitutional change ... 12

  • Kuepferia pringlei ... 12

2016

Volume 28 (Edition 3-4)

  • Message from the President ... 2

  • Editor’s Note ... 3

  • Sino-Canadian matters in the Ausable valley ... 3

  • Walking around a vineyard ... 6

  • Ontario’s near-north ecosystems near Ottawa ... 7

  • Graminoids on the Beaverton ... 9

  • Another “Mystery Tour” ... 11

  • Ferns aplenty ... 14

  • A rich botanical hollow ... 16

  • Studying prairie restoration ... 17

  • Jim Phipps receives John Goldie Award ... 19

  • 2015 Financial Review ... 20

Volume 28 (Edition 2)

  • Message from the President ... 2

  • Editor’s Note ... 3

  • Cruising Killarney with Rothfels Sr. ... 3

  • Barr Property ... 5

  • Cramahe Twp prairie plants ... 6

  • Alderville Savanna ... 8

  • Lichen field guide review ... 12

Volume 28 (Edition 1)

  • Message from the President ... 2

  • Editor’s Note ... 3

  • Durham’s graminoids ... 3

  • Surveying Sprengel’s Sedge ... 6

  • Discovering Carex nigra in Kawartha Lakes ... 8

  • RBG workshops ... 11

  • 2016 FBO Student Award... 12

2015

Volume 27 (Edition 4)

  • Message from the President ... 2

  • Editor’s Note ... 3

  • With Alvar Dale ... 3

  • On the rock and in the slough ... 5

  • A great Cyperaceae field guide ... 7

  • 2015 Goldie Award ... 9

  • Algae invasions ... 10

  • Not so despondent lichens ... 11

Volume 27 (Edition 3)

  • Message from the (new) President ... 2

  • Editor’s Note ... 3

  • Cruising the Ausable River valley ... 3

  • Under the magnolia trees ... 6

  • FBO members as artists ... 7

  • Figuring out algae ... 8

  • The rarest of birches ... 10

  • Financial statements ... 12

Volume 27 (Edition 2)

  • Message from the President ... 2

  • Editor’s Note ... 3

  • Botanical beachcombers ... 3

  • Sedges in focus ... 5

  • Niagara’s Black Gum from the Renaissance ... 8

  • Driving on planks ... 10

Volume 27 (Edition 1)

  • Message from the President ... 2

  • Editor’s Note ... 3

  • Target: sedges ... 3

  • On the Bruce again ... 5

  • Botany by eye and nose ... 7

  • Branchton prairies ... 8

  • Mad taxonomy ... 10

  • Membership renewal ... 12

2014

Volume 26 (Edition 4)

  • Message from the President ... 2

  • Editor’s Note ... 3

  • Windsor prairies deliver again ... 3

  • Graminoid immersion course ... 4

  • Studying a very old group of plants in Parry Sound ... 6

  • Contorted beauties ... 8

  • George Bryant’s travel notes ... 9

  • Dorothy Tiedje honoured ... 10

Volume 26 (Edition 2-3)

  • Message from the President ... 2

  • Editor’s Note ... 3

  • Botanical refugees in Egypt ... 3

  • Getting lost in wetlands ... 5

  • In Komoka Territory... 7

  • Bill Draper welcomes to his properties ... 8

  • Trees in danger ... 9

  • Fungus Workshop ... 12

  • Tips on improving botanical memory ... 12

Volume 26 (Edition 1)

  • Message from the President ... 2

  • Editor’s Note ... 3

  • Happy Valley FBO ... 3

  • A fleet of botanists lands on an island ... 4

  • Flora additions to Wellington County ... 6

  • Grandes Complications in the genus Rubus ... 8

  • Adele Crowder recognized ... 9

  • FBO Student Award ... 11

  • BioBlitz invite ... 12

  • Call for nominations ... 12

2013

Volume 25 (Edition 4)

  • Message from the President ... 2

  • Editor’s Note ... 3

  • Wild in Dickson ... 3

  • On the Clemons Property ... 5

  • Lichens, directed by Troy McMullin ... 7

  • Wanderings in Hilton Falls ... 8

  • Spring in Lambton’s Reid ... 11

  • Paul Rothfels receives an email ... 15

  • New FBO Directors’ profiles ... 16

  • Riley’s Great Lakes ... 16

Volume 25 (Edition 2-3)

  • Message from the President ... 2

  • Editor’s Note ... 3

  • Botanizing as a charitable activity ... 3

  • ... and, botanizing on the edge ... 6

  • Tribute to Jane Bowles ... 9-18

  • Book review ... 19

Volume 25 (Edition 1)

  • Message from the President ... 2

  • Editor’s Note ... 3

  • On the trail of Catharine Parr Traill ... 3

  • Botanical sketching in Nonquon ... 6

  • Bill and Eleanor meet ... 7

  • Egyptian mysteries ... 9

  • Hastings County Flora ... 11

  • Remembering Laurie Consaul ... 12

  • RBG’s workshops ... 12

  • Lanark County’s natural heritage ... 12

2012

Volume 24 (Edition 3)

  • Message from the (new) President ... 2

  • Editor's Note ... 3

  • Mushroom Class of 2012 ... 3

  • Pitch Pines on fire ... 4

  • Mosses under the loupe ... 7

  • Mark your trees ... 8

  • The 2012 Goldie Award goes to ... 11

  • Botany's apparent dichotomies ... 12

  • From Russia, with wildflowers . . . 12

Volume 24 (Edition 2)

  • Message from the President ... 2

  • Sandbanks Park lichens ... 3

  • Botany in Moraviantown ... 4

  • New plant records in the Credit Valley Watershed ... 7

  • Field Manual of Michigan Flora, a review ... 10

  • Remembering Henry Kock and Donald Britton ... 12

  • On FBO Constitution ... 12

Volume 24 (Edition 1)

  • Message from the President ... 2

  • Sparrow Lake's aquatics ... 3

  • On Haldimand Clay Plain with Native Plant Girl ... 4

  • Cape Croker Alvar: flat and beautiful ... 6

  • Hawthorns, or hybridization gone mad ... 8

  • Botanical roots: Quaternary botany in Ontario ... 9

  • Website update ... 12

  • AGM Notice ... 12

  • In Memoriam: Paul F. Maycock ... 12

2011

Volume 23 (Edition 3)

  • President’s Message - Bill Crowley ... inside front cover

  • Field Trip Report: Nonquon Crown Area – Prachi Patel ... 1

  • Field Trip Report: St. Williams Conservation Reserve – Joan Crowe ... 3

  • Field Trip Report: Spring Garden Prairie – W. D. McIlveen ... 5

  • A Call Down the Path: Trail Marker Trees in Ontario – Paul O’Hara ... 6

Volume 23 (Edition 2)

  • President’s Message - Bill Crowley ... inside front cover

  • Field Trip Report: Fleetwood Creek on the Oak Ridges Moraine – Anne Barbour ... 1

  • Trip Report: A Botanical Tour of Murphys Point Provincial Park - Mike McMurtry ... 5

  • The Duff Layer ... 8

  • Botanical Roots Some Historical Considerations for the Lake Superior Region – W. D. McIlveen ... 8

Volume 23 (Edition 1)

  • President’s Message - Bill Crowley ... inside front cover

  • Field Trip Report: Five Points Forest – Brian Miller ... 1

  • Trip Report: Toronto Islands – Holly Stover ... 2

  • Trip Report: Wainfleet Wetlands – Victoria MacPhail ... 5

  • New Records for Listera ovata from the Credit Valley Watershed and Region of Peel Natural Areas Inventory Project – Charles Cecile ... 8

  • Book Review: Plants of St. Lawrence County, NY – Daniel Brunton ... 10

  • The Duff Layer: New Michigan Flora Website ... 11

  • Has Sea Buckthorn escaped? – Gisele Mitrow and Paul Catling ... 11

  • Revenue and Expense Statement and Auditor’s Report 2010 ... 13

2010

Volume 22 (Edition 4)

  • President’s Message - Bill Crowley ... inside front cover

  • Field Trip Report: MacTier Sand Plain, Borrow Pit and Bog – George Bryant ... 1

  • Field Trip Report: Awenda Provincial Park – Andrea Sinclair ... 3

  • Field Trip Report: Muskoka Mosses – Leanne Wallis ... 5

  • Field Trip Report: Mushrooms and Other Fungi – Bill Thompson ... 5

  • The Duff Layer: John Goldie Award 2010 – W. D. McIlveen ... 9

  • The Duff Layer: VASCAN released ... 10

  • The Duff Layer: In Memorium: Dr. John Morton – Cheryl Hendrickson ... 10

  • Botanical Roots: The Adamson Beech – W. D. McIlveen ... 11

  • Revenue and Expense Statement and Auditor’s Report 2009 ... 12

Volume 22 (Edition 2-3)

  • President’s Message - Bill Crowley ... Inside front cover

  • Field Trip Report: Backus Woods - Christopher Zoladeski ... 1

  • Field Trip Report: Lichens of the Bruce Peninsula - Joan Crowe ... 3

  • Field Trip Report: Prairie Smoke Alvar - Christopher Zoladeski ... 6

  • Book Review: Ontario’s Old Growth Forest - Mike McMurtry ... 8

  • WILDFLOWER 1985 – 2004: A Full and Worthy Life - Jim Hodgins ... 9

  • New and Interesting Plant Records from the Credit Valley Watershed and Region of Peel Natural Areas Inventory Project - Charles Cecile and Dawn Renfrew ... 10

  • The Duff Layer: Invasive Species - Joan Crowe ... 13

  • Botanical Roots: Skin to Skin: Peeled Hemlocks to Leather Boots - Bill McIlveen ... 14

Volume 22 (Edition 1)

  • President’s Message – Bill Crowley … inside front cover

  • Good Plants Gone Bad: Rattray Marsh CA Mississauga – Jason Elliott … 1

  • Notes on Mockernut Hickory (Carya tomentosa) in Ontario - Mike Oldham … 2

  • Wildlife Value of Black Alder (Alnus glutinosa) in Southern Ontario - Ken Dance … 4

  • Wildlife Value of Black Alder (Alnus glutinosa) in Southern Ontario - Sarah Mainguy … 5

  • Joan Venn - Cheryl Hendrickson … 5

  • The Duff Layer: Understanding and Defining Invasive Species - Bill McIlveen … 8

  • Editor’s Corner - Cheryl Hendrickson … 11

  • The Plants We Love to Hate - Cheryl Hendrickson … 12

  • Asters and Goldenrods of the Ojibway Prairie Nature Reserve- Paul O’Hara … 13

2009

Volume 21 (Edition 3-4)

  • President’s Message – Bill Crowley … inside front cover

  • Treasures of Port Franks – George Bryant … 1

  • Torrance Barrens - Simon Grafe … 3

  • Exploring “The Land Between” with Dale Leadbeater - Anne Barbour … 4

  • City of Kawartha Lakes (CKL) Flora - Anne Barbour … 6

  • Menzel Nature Reserve - Charles Chaffey … 10

  • Bogging in Grey County - Kim Sayers … 12

  • Sedge Workshop at the Royal Botanical Gardens - Christopher Zoladeski … 13

  • Ilmari Talvila - Tuula Talvila and George Bryant … 14

  • Botanical Roots - Wardian Cases – W.D. McIlveen … 15

  • The Falls Property - Mary Marsh … 2

  • The Duff Layer: Botanical Fiction: Mr. M’s Expedition to Labrador, 1892 - Hans Rasmussen … 7

Volume 21 (Edition 2)

  • President’s Message – Sarah Mainguy … inside front cover

  • Joany’s Woods–Elaine McShane … 1

  • Bryophytes (the other plants) in Joany’s Woods - Jennifer Doubt … 3, 10

  • Field Botanists of Ontario 25th Anniversary Celebration - Lesley McDonell … 7

  • 2008 Goldie Award to George Argus- Sarah Mainguy … 6

  • Botanical Roots - The Seventh Sister?– W.D. McIlveen … 8

  • Editor’s Corner - Cheryl Hendrickson … 9

  • The Duff Layer: A Note on Acer x wyonii - Alan Procter … 10

Volume 21 (Edition 1)

  • President’s Message – Sarah Mainguy … inside front cover

  • Alderville Black Oak Savanna–Sean Spisani … 1

  • The Duff Layer: Looking for Cystopteris/Gymnocarpium specimens; Royal Oaks; Conocephalum conicum - Cone Headed Liverwort; Fourth Edition of Rare Vascular Plants of Ontario … 5-6

  • Book Review: Natural Treasures of Carolinian Canada - Lesley McDonell … 7

  • Book Review: Flowering Plant Families of the World - George Bryant … 8

  • Editor’s Corner – Cheryl Hendrickson … 8

  • Botanical Roots - The King’s Pines– W.D. McIlveen … 9

2008

Volume 20 (Edition 4)

  • President’s Message – Sarah Mainguy … inside front cover

  • No Botanizing Allowed! Orienteering in Algonquin Park–Sarah Hendershot and John Klymko … 1

  • Altberg Nature Reserve– Kate Hayes … 2

  • What do Muskoka and the Atlantic Coastal Plain Have in Common?– Michael McMurtry … 4

  • Canada Plum (Prunus nigra) New to Ecoregion 3E -Anna Sheppard and Edward Morris … 7

  • Botanical Roots - A Royal Oak at Speyside– W.D. McIlveen … 9

  • Editor’s Corner – Cheryl Hendrickson … 10

Volume 20 (Edition 3)

  • President’s Message – Sarah Mainguy … inside front cover

  • Editor’s Corner – Cheryl Hendrickson … inside front cover

  • The Green Plant Herbarium at the ROM - Chris Zoladeski … 1

  • eFloras - Tim Dickenson … 1

  • McGregor Point and Inverhuron Provincial Parks–Walter Muma … 2

  • Agrostemma githago Discovered on Field Trip -Joan Crowe … 4

  • Charleston Lake Provincial Park - Bill Crowley … 5

  • Requiem for Asters - Sheila C. Thompson … 5

  • Botanical Roots - Botanical Place Names – W.D. McIlveen … 6

  • Rosa arkansana Sighting at Inaugural Meeting Not Accepted - Joe Johnson … 8

  • Prairie Rose (Rosa arkansana) in Ontario - Michael J. Oldham … 8

Volume 20 (Edition 2)

  • President’s Message – Sarah Mainguy … inside front cover

  • Editor’s Corner – Cheryl Hendrickson … inside front cover

  • Natural Heritage Management Through Fire: Pinery Provincial Park – Sarah Mainguy … 1

  • An Update to the Pteridophytes of Waterloo Region– Craig Campbell and Brett Woodman … 3

  • Hawthorns at the ROM– Rosalind Chaundry-Smart … 6

  • Stinking Marigold: Coming to a Freeway Near You - George Bryant … 7

  • Ranking Spergularia salina - Alan Proctor … 8

  • Botanical Roots - Botanical Place Names – W.D. McIlveen … 9

Volume 20 (Edition 1)

  • President’s Message – Sarah Mainguy … inside front cover

  • Mushrooms of Dufferin County Forest – Mary Marsh … 2

  • Inglis Falls – Prachi Patel … 4

  • Cape Croker, Neyaashiinigming– Cheryl Hendrickson … 6

  • Botanical Roots - The Muir Maple – W.D. McIlveen … 8

  • The Plant Press and the Field Botanists of Ontario - John Riley … 9

  • 2008 John Goldie Award - W.D. McIlveen … 10

  • New Name for FBO Newsletter? - W.D. McIlveen … 10

  • Editor’s Corner – Cheryl Hendrickson … 10

2007

Volume 19 (Edition 3-4)

  • President’s Message – Sarah Mainguy … inside front cover

  • Royal Botanical Gardens – Alan Procter and Cheryl Hendrickson … 1

  • Walpole Island – Dorothy and Henry Tiedje … 2

  • Whirlpool and Niagara Glen – George Bryant … 4

  • Larose Forest – Sheila C. Thomson … 6

  • Inglis Falls Conservation Area – Sheila C. Thomson … 8

  • Asters and Goldenrods – Jim Lane and Carol Brotman … 10

  • Fens of the Lake Huron Shoreline – Sheila C. Thomson … 12

  • Botanical Roots - Rural Roadside Trees – W.D. McIlveen … 13

  • Essay – Pines in the Port Franks Area – John Tiedje … 15

  • Editor’s Corner – Botanizing on the Right Side of the Brain – Cheryl Hendrickson … 17

Volume 19 (Edition 2)

  • President’s Message – Sarah Mainguy … inside front cover

  • Field Trip Report: Searching for Salix: FBO Willow Workshop – Mike McMurtry … 1

  • Silver Creek Valley ANSI – Joan Crowe … 4

  • Botanical Roots Unsung Heroine Saves First Experimental Farm in Canada – Bill McIlveen … 6

  • Some Facts about Goldie Recipient Don Britton – Sarah Mainguy … 8

  • Book Review – The Last Stand – Lesley McDonell … 9

  • Editors’ Corner – Cheryl Hendrickson and Lesley McDonell … 10

Volume 19 (Edition 1)

  • President’s Message … 2

  • Editor’s Corner … 2

  • Field Trip Report: Presqu’ile Pannes … 3

  • Field Trip Report: Bala Fen Event … 5

  • Field Trip Report: Awenda Provincial Park … 6

  • Field Trip Report: Trip to Marcy’s Woods, Point Abino … 7

  • Field Trip Report: FBO Trip to Manitoulin Island … 8

  • Botanical Roots: John Goldie – Pioneer Field Botanist … 11

  • Notice … 12

2006

Volume 18 (Edition 3-4)

  • President’s Message … 2

  • Editor’s Corner … 2

  • Feature: A key to the common grasses of southern Ontario by vegetative characteristics … 3

  • Field Trip Report: Crawford Lake … 12

  • Field Trip Report: Sheffield Conservation Area … 15

Volume 18 (Edition 2)

  • President's Message … 2

  • Editor's Comer … 2

  • Revenue and Expense Statement … 3

  • Auditor's Report to the FBO Board … 3

  • Feature: Hamilton Weeding … 4

  • Field Trip Report: Alderville First Nation's Black Oak Savannah and Tallgrass Prairie … 7

  • Field Trip Report: Rockwood Conservation Area … 8

  • Field Trip Report: Essex County Carolinian Sites … 10

  • Errata … 11

  • Books Photographic Atlas of Botany and Guide to Plant Identification … 11

  • Notice: East Asia Beckons … 12

  • Notice: Keep Your Newsletters Coming! … 12

Volume 18 (Edition 1)

  • 2005 Annual General Meeting Update … 2

  • Revenue and Expense Statement … 3

  • Auditor's Report to the FBO Board … 3

  • Tribute: Nels Maher -The Great Naturalist … 4

  • Tribute: Wayne McShane, MD: May 17, 1942 -Sept. 24, 2005 … 4

  • Tribute: Walking With You … 5

  • Field Trip Report: Madawaska Highlands … 5

  • Field Trip Report: Coastal Plains Plants in Muskoka … 8

  • Letter: HAM Significant Plants Records Feedback … 11

  • Book Review: Orchids of Manitoba … 11

  • Books and Reviewers Needed … 12

  • Notice: Macrocarpaea pringleana Named … 12

  • Notice: 2006 Annual General Meeting … 12

  • Notice: Trip Report Guidelines … 12

2005

Volume 17 (Edition 4)

  • Field Trip Report: Massassauga Point Conservation Area … 3

  • Field Trip Report: Recolonization and Natural Regeneration of a Sandpit and Forest … 4

  • Feature: The Long Swamp … 6

  • Feature: Vascular Plants of the Long Swamp … 7

  • Letter: HAM Significant Plant Records Feedback … 10

  • Notice: FBO 2005 Annual General Meeting … 10

  • Notice: New Royal Botanical Gardens Checklist … 10

  • Notice: Society for Ecological Restoration (SER) Ontario Chapter … 11

  • Notice: Terrestrial Monitoring Volunteers Wanted … 1

  • Notice: English Ivy Information Request … 12

  • Notice: Harebell Seed Collection Request … 12

  • Notice: Newsletter Housekeeping … 12

  • Botanical Diversions The Latin Name Game … 12

Volume 17 (Edition 3)

  • Field Trip Report: Manitoulin Island Extravaganza - L. Collins … 3

  • Field Trip Report: Home Team Advantage at Bronte Creek - N. Hodges … 7

  • Feature: Flat-roof Flora - W. D. Mcllveen … 9

  • Notes on Perfoliate Bellwort, Uvularia perfoliata L. - M. Thompson … 10

  • Letters: Rocky Saugeen Feedback … 11

  • Errata … 12

  • Notice: Salix Workshop with George Argus … 12

Volume 17 (Edition 2)

  • Annual General Meeting Update - M. Johnson … 2

  • Field Trip Reports Lord of the Rings Grove - P. O'Hara … 3

  • Durham Coastal Marshes Field Trip - M. McMurtry … 5

  • Feature Significant Plant Records from the Herbarium of Royal Botanical Gardens (HAM): 2003 - C. Rothfels … 7

  • Notices Minor Newsletter Changes - L. Collins … 12

Volume 17 (Edition 1)

  • Field Trip Reports: Ferns and Orchids of the Rocky Saugeen - M. McMurtry … 3

  • Orchids of the Bruce Peninsula - C. Wenzler … 6

  • Wasaga Beach Provincial Park - B. Kowalyk … 7

  • Feature: The Atlantic Coastal Plain Flora of the Great Lakes Basin and Ontario - D Janas … 8

  • Essay: Mystery Plant at Port Franks - L. Dukelow … 11

  • Announcement: Many Thanks to Ed Morris - D. Janas … 11

  • A Brand New FBO Newsletter Editor - L. Collins … 12

2004

Volume 16 (Edition 4)

  • Field Botanists of Ontario: Revenue and Expenses Statement (2003) - G. Bryant … 3

  • Auditor’s Report to the FBO Board - I. Talvila … 3

  • Field Trip Report: Mono Cliffs Provincial Park - L. Collins … 3

  • Field Trip Report: Wasaga Beach Provincial Park - L. Collins … 5

  • Essay: These Are a Few of My Favourite Weeds - G. Bryant … 7

  • Essay: Explaining the Dog in Dogwood - A. Procter … 7

  • Essay: A Tale of Two Cemeteries - D. Storen … 9

  • Announcement: FBO Website Has Been Updated - M. Thompson … 10

  • Announcement: Northern Ontario Plant Database Website - S. Meades … 10

  • Announcement: FBO Newsletter Editor Prepares to Step Down - E. Morris … 11

Volume 16 (Edition 3)

  • Review of the 2003 AGM and Message From the President - D. Janas … 3

  • Field Trip Report: Nogies Creek - S. Mainguy … 3

  • Field Trip Report: Algonquin Liberation: FBO Orienteering Trip to Algonquin Park - J. Hernandez … 5

  • Field Trip Report: FBO Trip to North Oakville - A. Procter … 5

  • Feature: Significant Plant Records from the Herbarium of Royal Botanical Gardens (HAM): 2002 - C.J. Rothfels … 7

  • Publication Notices … 12

  • AGM 2004 … 12

2003

Volume 16 (Edition 2)

  • Editorial Style Note - E.R. Morris … 2

  • Field Trip Reports: A Fen-tastic Day at Wye Marsh - B. Korol … 3

  • Cameron Ranch Alvar - M.J. Thompson … 4

  • FBO Trip to Joker’s Hill - W.D. McIlveen … 5

  • Feature: Common Forest Vascular Plants of Northeastern Ontario - E.R. Morris … 7

  • Reviews: Waldron, Gerry. 2003. Trees of the Carolinian Forest: A Guide to Species, Their Ecology and Uses. Boston Mills Press - G. Bryant … 12

Volume 16 (Edition 1)

  • Auditor’s Report … 3

  • Revenue and Expense Statement … 3

  • Field Trip Report: Dewdney’s Newport Forest - L. Gaitskell … 4

  • Field Trip Report: Dutton-Dunwich Prairie - M.J. Thompson … 4

  • Field Trip Report: Bruce Peninsula Geology and Landforms - J. Crowe … 6

  • Feature: Bruce Peninsula Geology and Landforms - J. Crowe … 6

  • Review: Kershaw, Linda. 2002. Ontario Wildflowers: 101, Wayside Flowers - D. Lockrey … 19

  • Review: Flora of North America Editorial Committee (eds.) 2003. Flora of North America North of Mexico. Volume 23: Magnoliophyta: Commelinidae (in part): Cyperaceae - M.J. Oldham … 20

  • Notices … 20

2002

Volume 15 (Edition 4)

  • Annual General Meeting Minutes … 3

  • Field Trip Report: Belanger Bay Alvar - E.K. Winterhalder & W.D. McIlveen … 3

  • Field Trip Report: Spencer Gorge Wilderness Area - N. Hodges … 5

  • Field Trip Report: Yarmouth Natural Heritage Area - C. Rothfels … 7

  • Feature: Protracted Flowering of Clammy Locust at Speyside, Ontario - W.D. McIlveen … 9

  • Letter: A correction: Tagetes minuta (Asteraceae) should be deleted from the known spontaneous flora of Canada - J.S. Pringle … 11

  • Notices … 12

Volume 15 (Edition 2-3)

  • Field Trip Report: Muskoka Barrens, Bogs, & Lakes - A. Procter … 3

  • Field Trip Report: Rice Lake Plains - A. Procter … 5

  • Field Trip Report: Ghost Town Botany - G. Bryant … 7

  • Field Trip Report: Rare Trees of the Carolinian Forest - B. Korol … 8

  • Field Trip Report: Komoka Park - G. Bryant … 11

  • Feature: Carden Alvar: Restoring Plant Communities or Protecting an Endangered Bird? A Conflict of Desirable Objectives - D. Leadbeater & B. Henshaw … 12

  • Review: A Rum Affair: A true story of Botanical Fraud - G. Bryant … 15

  • Review: Achiever Microscope - E. Morris … 15

  • Notices … 16

Volume 15 (Edition 1)

  • Revenue and Expense Statement (2001) - G. Bryant … 3

  • Field Trip Report: Simcoe County Mushroom Trip, Midland Area - W.D. McIlveen … 4

  • Field Trip Report: Field Trip to Whitefish Point, Michigan - W.D. McIlveen … 5

  • Review: Bill Casselman. 1997. Canadian Garden Words. Little, Brown, and Company (Canada) Ltd. 356 pp. - W.D. McIlveen … 7

  • Botanical Diversion: Salad Taxonomy - C. Rothfels … 8

  • Range Extension: Purple-stemmed Angelica New to Muskoka - G. Bryant … 11

  • Notices … 11

2001

Volume 14 (Edition 4)

  • Field Trip Report: Clear Creek Forest - M.J. Thompson … 3

  • Field Trip Report: AGM Moss Field Trip, Owen Sound Area - W.D. McIlveen … 4

  • Field Trip Report: Introduction to Landforms - A. Procter … 5

  • Feature: 2001 Botanical Highlights - M.J. Oldham … 6

  • Feature: A Yellow Wood Lily (Lilium philadelphicum f. flaviflorum): First Record of Occurrence in Ontario - M. Holt … 9

  • Feature: Brenda Ann Chambers (1953-2001): A Brief Tribute to a Friend and Colleague - W. Crins … 9

  • Notices … 10

Volume 14 (Edition 3)

  • Field Trip Report: Orchid Walk on the Bruce Peninsula - D. Edwards … 3

  • Feature: Using Volunteers to Conduct Botanical Research: the Best Use of Anybody’s Time? - S. Mainguy and M.A. Johnson … 5

  • Some Notes on the Nature of Witches’-Brooms - W.D. McIlveen … 7

  • Letters … 11

  • Notices … 12

Volume 14 (Edition 2)

  • Field Trip Report: Bruce Peninsula - D. Janus … 3

  • Field Trip Report: A Fern Trip with Nels and Jean Maher - B. Falls … 3

  • Feature: Cowslips in Canada - J. Crowe … 5

  • Feature: Strawberry Clover (Trifolium fragiferum L) New to Ontario - W.D. McIlveen … 5

  • Feature: Does Dwarf Lake Iris (Iris lacustris Nutt.) Reproduce Sexually? - E.R. Morris … 6

  • Letters & Notices … 8

Volume 14 (Edition 1)

  • Revenue and Expense Statement for 2000 … 3

  • Field Trip Report: Moss Workshop - J. Jones … 3

  • Feature: Getting Started on Bryophytes - J.M. Crowe … 4

  • Feature: Some Additional Lichen and Bryophyte Resources - E.R. Morris … 5

  • Feature: Recent Lichen and Bryophyte Records from Hills’ (1961) Site Region 4E - E.R. Morris & J.M. Crowe … 7 Review: The Asters, Goldenrods and Fleabanes of Grey and Bruce Counties - J. Lundholm … 12

  • Publication Notice … 12

2000

Volume 13 (Edition 4)

  • Field Trip Report: Brittania Conservation Area, Ottawa - W. McShane … 2

  • Field Trip Report: Fire and Limestone: Burnt Lands Alvar - J. Lundholm … 4

  • Feature: Royston Park Revisited - J. Crowe … 6

  • Feature: Dispersal of Giant Cow-Parsnip (Heracleum mantegazzianum) along streams in Halton County - W.D. McIlveen … 9

Volume 13 (Edition 3)

  • Field Trip Report: Spring Flora of Spencer Gorge and Dundas Valley, Hamilton-Wentworth - R. Reinholt … 2

  • Field Trip Report: Owen Sound Ferns - B. Learmouth … 4

  • Botany Excursions: Massassauga Point and Point Petre Wildlife Area, Prince Edward County - C.J. Rothfels and M.T. Johnson … 6

  • Obituary: In Memory of Paul McGaw (Nov. 1, 1936 - Aug. 31, 2000) - R. Aaron … 10

  • Notice: Executive Members Stepping Down … 11

  • Notice: Members Show Interest in Bound Sets of FBO Newsletters … 12

  • Notice: Field Trip Destinations for 2001 … 12

  • Notice: Newsletter Expenses Catching Up to Budget … 12

Volume 13 (Edition 2)

  • Revenue and Expense Statement … 3

  • Field Trip Report: Awenda Provincial Park - E. Morris … 3

  • Feature: A Provisional List of the Mosses of Simcoe County, Ontario - F.S. Cook … 6

  • Review: The Goldenrods of Ontario: Solidago L. and Euthamia Nutt. (Third Edition) - W. Buck … .9

  • Notice: Invasive Plants: Information Request for Control and Monitoring Activities - E. Haber … 11

  • Notice: FBO Newsletter Volumes 1-12 to be Offered as a Package - E. Morris … 11

  • More Almost Free Books for Review: The Flora of Manitoulin Island (Third Edition) - J.K. Morton and J.M. Venn … 12

  • More Almost Free Books for Review: The Asters, Goldenrods and Fleabanes of Grey and Bruce Counties - Bruce-Grey Plant Committee … 12

Volume 13 (Edition 1)

  • Feature: 1999 Botanical Highlights - M.J. Oldham … 3

  • Feature: The Plants of Cruickston Park Farm - G. Buck … 4

  • Feature: Hybridization in endangered populations of Red Mulberry (Morus rubra L.) in Southern Ontario - K. Burgess … 6

  • Feature: The Niagara Escarpment Ancient Tree Atlas Project: the Hunt for Ontario’s Oldest Trees - P. Kelly … 8

  • Review: Ontario Plant List - E.R. Morris … 8

  • Letters: Is American Beech threatened? - A. Procter … 10

  • Notice: Nature Conservancy of Canada launches campaign to save Clear Creek Forest … 12

  • Notice: FBO Website up and running … 12

  • Publication Notice: Cliff Ecology: Patterns and Process in Cliff Ecosystems … 12

1999

Volume 12 (Edition 4)

  • Field Trip Report: Walpole Island - G. Bryant … 3

  • Field Trip Report: Bronte Creek Prairies and Savanna - D. Orsini … 4

  • Field Trip Report: Carden Alvar - G. Bryant … 6

  • Feature: Belanger Bay purchased by Nature Conservancy of Canada - E. Morris & J. Jones … 7

  • Letter: Comments on George Bryant’s field trip report of East Point Park, Toronto - A. Procter … 10

  • Letter: Joan Crowe on Gilbert White - J. Crowe … 11

  • Publication Notices … 11

  • Errata … 2

  • Obituary - Herb Wagner … 2

  • A Dune Moonwort - E. Morris … 12

Volume 12 (Edition 3)

  • President’s Message … 2

  • Editorial: Be prepared! - E. Morris … 3

  • Field Trip Report: Minesing Swamp - A. Procter … 4

  • Field Trip Report: Biological Recovery of the Sudbury Region - C. Brotman … 5

  • Field Trip Report: White Bear Wetland and Forest, Temagami - E. Morris … 7

  • Feature: Range Extension for Shining Ladies’ Tresses (Spiranthes lucida (Eaton) Ames): Dufferin County - A. Procter … 9

  • Review: Gleason’s Plants of Michigan - J. Jones … 10

  • Announcements … 11

  • Botanical Time Wasters … 12

Volume 12 (Edition 2)

  • Field Trip Report: Marblehead Peninsula and Kelley’s Island, Ohio - S. Mainguy … 2

  • Feature: Ontario’s Globally Rare Plants - M.J. Oldham … 3

  • Feature: 1998 Ontario Botanical Highlights - M.J. Oldham … 6

  • Letters: Bruce Peninsula in Winter Bloom: Greenhouse Warming? - J. Johnson … 8

  • Have You Seen Flowering Rush? - C. Eckert … 10

  • Publication Notices … 11

Volume 12 (Edition 1)

  • Feature: New Records for Carex oligocarpa (Cyperaceae) in Southern Ontario - T.W. Smith & M.J. Oldham … 2

  • New Vascular Plants for Thunder Bay District, Ontario - A.G. Harris & M.J. Oldham … 4

  • Letter: Comments on Gentiana rubricaulis (Gentianaceae) … 7

    • Part 1: General Comments - J. Pringle … 8

    • Part 2: Distribution Notes from Grey and Bruce Counties - J. Crowe … 10

    • Part 3: Notes from the Thunder Bay District - S. Bryan … 10

  • Announcements … 10

  • Publication Notices … 11

1998

Volume 11 (Edition 4)

  • Field Trip Report: Leslie Street Spit - G. Bryant … 2

  • Field Trip Report: East Point, Toronto - G. Bryant … 3

  • Feature: Notes From An Expedition to Maple Mountain and Adjacent Lakes, Lady Evelyn - Smoothwater Provincial Park - W. Kershaw and E. Morris … 4

  • Feature: Black Sedge (Carex atratiformis Britton) Grows in Lawns and in Municipal Parks - A. Harris … 8

  • Letters and Notices: Invitation to Second Information Centre, Algonquin Park Forest Management Plan - J. Winters … 10

  • Letters and Notices: To anyone familiar with Gentiana rubricaulis Schwein - A. Proctor … 10

  • Letters and Notices: Publication Notices … 12

  • Editorial: Lands for Life: is it Too Late to Comment? - E. Morris … 12

Volume 11 (Edition 3)

  • President’s Message (1997-1998) - M. Austen … 2

  • Minutes of the Annual General Meeting … 3

  • Field Trip Reports: Strathroy Conservation Area - W. McShane … 3

  • FBO Trip to Ojibway Prairie - J. Line … 4

  • Pterophylla Nursery, HaldimandNorfolk County - L. Weber … 5

  • Beverly Swamp & Dundas Valley Rims - A. Croxall … 9

  • Publication Notice: Illustrated Companion to Gleason & Cronquist’s Manual of Vascular Plants … 12

  • Doggerel Department: Botanist Bewildered - S.C.T. … 12

Volume 11 (Edition 2)

  • Field Trip Report: Toronto Islands - G. Bryant … 2

  • Field Trip Report: FBO Invades Manitoulin - E. Morris … 4

  • Field Trip Report: Pukaskwa National Park - E. Morris … 8

  • Notes & Letters: Some Potential Names for our Newsletter … 11

  • Notes & Letters: New Ontario Plant List Published … 12

Volume 11 (Edition 1)

  • Field Trip Report: Salmon River Alvar - G. Bryant … 2

  • Field Trip Report: AGM Trip to Albion Falls - M.D. McDonell … 4

  • Field Trip Report: Glen Major Oak Ridges Moraine Forest and Goodwood Southeast Area of Natural and Scientific Interest - S. Mainguy … 5

  • Feature: An Unique Fen Community near Forks of the Credit Provincial Park, Regional Municipality of Peel - D.T. Kraus … 6

  • Feature: Development Planned for Carter Bay, Manitoulin Island - J. Jones … 8

  • Feature: Recent Botanical Discoveries in Ontario - M.J. Oldham, J.K Morton, & J.M. Venn … 9

  • Note: Vascular Plant Checklist for Misery Bay Provincial Park … 12

1997

Volume 10 (Edition 4)

  • President’s Message - M. Austen … 2

  • Minutes from the Annual General Meeting - J. Lundholm … 3

  • A Short Note from the Editor - E. Morris … 4

  • Field Trip Report: AGM Trip to the Willoughby Clay Plain Forest - J. Line … 4

  • Field Trip Report: AGM Trip to Point Abino - D. Kirk … 6

  • Field Trip Report: Mushrooms of Algonquin Park - J. Kamstra … 8

  • Field Trip Report: Wasaga Beach Back Dunes Trip - M. Ursic … 9

  • Review: The Asters of Ontario (Compositae: Astereae): Diplactis Raf., Oclemena E.L. Greene, Doellingeria Nees and Aster L. (including Canadanthus Nesom, Symphyotrichum Nees and Virgulus Raf.) - W.J. Crins … 10

  • Letter: Regarding Curly Grass in Ontario - J. Crowe … 12

Volume 10 (Edition 3)

  • Field Trip Report: AGM Trip to the Fonthill Kame - M. Purchase … 2

  • Field Trip Report: A Trip to the Ojibway Prairie - Carol Brotman & W.D. McIlveen … 4

  • Field Trip Report: Menzel Nature Reserve - S.C. Thomson & D. Cuddy … 5

  • Field Trip Report: FBO Tackles Killarney - J. Crowe … 6

  • Feature: Some Notes on the Discovery of Curly Grass (Schizaea pusilla Pursh) in Bruce County, Ontario - W.G. Stewart … 9

  • Notice: Correct Authorship for the Scientific Name of Lakeside Daisy, Hymenoxys herbacea. - M.J. Oldham … 11

  • Notice: Flora of North America Volume 3 Now in Print - J. Crowe … 12

  • Notice: Reviewer Needed for Plants of the Kingston Region: 1996 … 12

  • Notice: Revised Checklist of New York State Plants Now Available … 12

Volume 10 (Edition 2)

  • Claudia and Jeff Move West - C. Schaefer … 3

  • Field Trip Report: Spring Plant Reproductive Biology on the Bruce Peninsula - R. Aaron … 3

  • Feature: Potential Additions to the Native Flora of Ontario - M.J. Oldham … 4

  • Letters: Wild Ginseng - M. Kirk … 11

  • Obituary - William G. Stewart - M.J. Oldham … 11

  • Back Page: More Internet Sites for Botanists … 12

  • Back Page: Botanical Time Wasters! … 12

Volume 10 (Edition 1)

  • Newsletter Begins 10th Year! - E. Morris … 3

  • Regarding the Referendum - C. Schaefer … 3

  • Apology and Thanks - C. Schaefer … 3

  • Field Trip Report: AGM Trip to Presqu’ile Park - A. Fennicus … 3

  • Field Trip Report: AGM Trip to Rice Lake Plains - W. Kilburn & C.A. Lacroix … 6

  • Feature: County Distribution of Southern Ontario Vascular Plants - M.J. Oldham … 7

  • Feature: Additions to the Vascular Flora of HamiltonWentworth Regional Municipality, Ontario. - M.J. Oldham … 8

  • Feature: Notes on Some Adventive Species in the Flora of Hamilton, Ontario. - J.S. Pringle … 10

  • Feature: Rose Galls of Ontario - S. Brooks … 11

  • Feature: Wainfleet Bog Area of Natural and Scientific Interest (S. Mainguy … 16

  • Letters: The Burning Question - J. Skevington … 17

  • Claude Eugene Garton (1907-1996) - J. Crowe … 18

  • Solution to Shrubs Crossword … 19

  • Botanical Time Wasters! … 20

1996

Volume 9 (Edition 4)

  • President’s Message … 3

  • Editor’s Message … 3

  • Anagrams Winner! … 3

  • Field Trip Report: Prince Edward County - W.D. McIlveen … 4

  • Field Trip Report: Windsor Ojibway Prairie - A. Fennicus … 6

  • Field Trip Report: Petroglyphs Provincial Park - M. Ursic … 8

  • Feature: What was “Cow-cabbage?” - J. Pringle … 9

  • Feature: Making Your Own Botanical Stereograms - E. Morris … 10

  • Review: A Descriptive Forest Inventory of Canada's Forest Regions - W.D. McIlveen … 11

  • Notes Cat-tails with Split Heads - W.D. & I. McIlveen … 13

  • Update on “The Aquatic and Wetland Plants of North-eastern North America.” - E. Morris … 15

  • Volume 3 of Michigan Flora Now In Print! - M. Oldham … 15

  • Botanical Time Wasters! … 16

Volume 9 (Edition 3)

  • Editor’s Comments - E. Morris … 3

  • President's Report on the Past Year - C. Schaefer … 3

  • Minutes of the Annual General Meeting - M. Austen … 4

  • Field Trip Report: Mono Cliffs Provincial Park - S. Mainguy … 5

  • Field Trip Report: Kolapore Swamps, Forests, Escarpment and Caves - G. Bryant … 6

  • Field Trip Report: Dry Oak Woodlands, Forests, and Prairie in Hamilton-Wentworth - J. Matheson … 7

  • Field Trip Report: Muskoka Aquatic Plants and Atlantic Coastal Plain Weekend - J. Lundholm … 8

  • A Call for Your Observations - C. Schaefer … 10

  • Can of Worms: Authorities and Botanical Nomenclature - E. Morris … 10

  • Upcoming Field Trip Reports … 11

  • Notices … 11

  • Botanical Time Wasters! … 12

Volume 9 (Edition 2)

Volume 9 (Edition 1)

1995

Volume 8 (Edition 4)

  • President's Report (1994-1995) … 3

  • FB0 Budget 1995 … 4

  • Minutes of the Annual General Meeting … 5

  • Field trip reports: Grass Workshop - D. Hoy … 6

  • Presidents Report on AGM - C. Schaefer … 8

  • Lambton County Heritage Forest - E. McShane … 10

  • Riverside Trail, Pinery Provincial Park - A. Falls … 11

  • Howard Watson Railway Trail, Sarnia - S. Mainguy … 12

  • Publications … 13

  • Past Field Trips … 14

Volume 8 (Edition 3)

  • Field trip report: Stoco Fen - J. Benckhuysen … 3

  • Field trip report: Bruce Peninsula Alvars - W. McShane … 5

  • Field trip report: Pelee Island - J Crowe … 7

  • The Curious Case of Curly Grass - J. Crowe … 9

  • A Quick Glance At The Genus Pinus - J. Benckhuysen … 10

Volume 8 (Edition 2)

  • Field trip reports: Torrance Barrens - G. Bryant … 3

  • Plant I.D. Workshop - B.Bain … 4

  • Spring in Springwater Forest - D .Lockrey … 5

Volume 8 (Edition 1)

  • FBO Financial Statement … 3

  • Workshop report … 4

  • Experiences With an Altona Forest Inventory - J.Douglas Lockrey … 5

  • Botanicalantics … 6

  • From The Editor … 7

  • Book Notices … 7

  • Natural Heritage Information Centre - M.J.Oldham … 8

  • Range Extension Note: New County Plant Records For Southern Ontario - M.H. Larson … 9

1994

Volume 7 (Edition 4)

  • Field trip report: Rice Lake Prairies - P. McGaw … 3

  • Field trip report: Rondeau Provincial Park - J. Crowe … 4

  • Field trip report: Inner City Hamilton and Burlington Beach - E. McShane … 6

  • From the editor … 7

  • Botanicalantics … 8

  • Ontario Tree Atlas … 9

  • Range extension note: Adventive and naturalized species in the flora of Ontario - J. Pringle … 10

  • Range extension note: Carex gracilescens new to Middlesex - W. Draper, J. Bowles & M. Oldham … 15

Volume 7 (Edition 3)

  • Minutes of the Annual General Meeting … 2

  • FBO financial statement … 3

  • Report on the AGM weekend - C. Schaefer … 4

  • AGM trip report: Wye Marsh - G. Bennet … 4

  • AGM trip report: Hardy Lake canoe trip - M. Holt … 5

  • Sight records wanted for invasive plants … 7

  • Field trip report: Peter's Woods outing - M.D.B. … 9

  • Field trip report: Simcoe County and Awenda Park - S. Thomson … 10

  • Field trip report: Manitoulin Island - N. Ironside … 13

  • From the editor … 14

  • Book Review: Flora of North America: Volume 2 - D. F. Brunton … 15

Volume 7 (Edition 2)

  • Message from the Editor … 3

  • Errata … 3

  • New COSEWIC status … 6

  • Plants in the London area … 6

  • Field Trip Report: Lichen Workshop - W.D. Mcllveen … 4

  • Range Extension Note: Betula pumila in Middlesex - J. Bowles … 7

Volume 7 (Edition 1)

  • FBO financial statement for 1993 … 3

  • FBO field trips for 1994 … 4

  • Confusion in the Carolinian Zone - G. Waldron and K. Colthurst … 5

  • Long Purples - J. Crowe … 8

  • Towards a flora for Hamilton-Wentworth … 10

  • Field Trip Reports: Dundas Valley Forests - M. Gartshore … 9

  • Range Extension Note: Carex virescens in Hamilton-Wentworth - A. Goodban … 11

  • Range Extension Note: Herniaria glabra in Muskoka - G. Bryant … 13

1993

Volume 6 (Edition 4)

  • Report on the trip to Carden Plain Alvar - W.D. Mcllveen … 3

  • Gifts from the other side … 4

  • Cavan Bog -regeneration survey - R. Jones et al. … 5

  • Report on Asters and Goldenrods workshop - D. Hoy … 6

  • Reports on AGM field trip: Hendrie Valley and Oakville Creek - G. Bryant … 7

  • Reports on AGM field trip: Nassagaweya Canyon and Crawford Lake - P. McGaw … 9

  • Reports on AGM field trip: Rock Chapel - I. Mcllveen … 10

  • Toronto's Leslie Street Spit -trip report - G. Bennet … 11

  • Review: Plant communities of the Leslie Street Spit - W.J. Crins … 13

  • Range Extension Note: Geum laciniatum and Geum urbanum in Muskoka - W.J. Crins … 15

Volume 6 (Edition 3)

  • Minutes of the Annual General Meeting … 3

  • FBO financial statement … 4

  • President's report … 5

  • FBO Articles of the Constitution … 6

  • Report on the Annual General Meeting … 9

  • Report on the Essex County field trip - Dale Larson … 1 O

  • Response: re: "pensylvanica" … 12

  • Report on the aquatics outing at Lake Opinicon - George Bryant … 13

  • Report on the fern outing at Queen's Biological StationRange Extension Note: Winifred Smith … 14

  • Range Extension Note: Vicia hirsuta new to Lambton County, Ontario - Jane M. Bowles … 16

  • Range Extension Note: Carex lupuliformis new to Elgin and Middlesex Counties, Ontario - M.J. Oldham, D. McLeod & R. Vanderjeugd … 17

  • Range Extension Note: Phegopteris hexagonoptera new to Lambton County, Ontario - Michael J. Oldham … 19

Volume 6 (Edition 2)

  • Report on the trip to Sydenham River Corridor - Dorothy Tiedje … 3

  • A established stand of Ohio Buckeye in Peterborough County - Doug Sadler … 5

  • Update on endangered plants … 6

  • Trouble with Asters and Goldenrods - Kent Glauser … 7

  • Review: Checklist of vascular plants of Pickering and Ajax - Michael J. Oldham … 8

  • Review: Checklist of vascular plants of Thunder Bay District - Bill Crins … 9

  • Range Extension Note: Aster nemoralis in Hastings County - Dallas Bader … 10

  • Range Extension Note: Glyceria melicaria in Hastings County - Dallas Bader … 11

  • Range Extension Note: Glyceria x laxa in Hastings County - Dallas Bader … 12

  • Range Extension Note: Carex concinna in Peterborough County - Michael J. Oldham … 13

Volume 6 (Edition 1)

  • FBO by-law changes … 3

  • Changes to the FBO Newsletter … 3

  • FBO financial statement … 4

  • Winter botany: the cold hard facts … 5

  • In the eye of the beholder … 7

  • Range extension notes … 8

1992

Volume 5 (Edition 4)

  • Changes to the FBO executive … 2

  • Another successful AGM … 3

  • Botany walk on Beausoleil Island … 3

  • A little aquatic in Muskoka … 5

  • Ferns and fern allies of Mono Cliffs Provincial Park … 6

  • Botanizing the Altberg Nature Reserve … 8

  • St. Thomas railway yards … 1 0

  • Galls, galls, galls … 12

  • Review: Goldenrods of Ontario … 13

Volume 5 (Edition 3)

  • Minutes of the Annual General Meeting 1993 … 3

  • President's Report … 4

  • Financial Statement … 5

  • Report of the Salix workshop … 6

  • FBO Special Publication … 8

  • Canoeing in Bon Echo … 9

  • Flora and ecology in Minesing Swamp … 1 O

  • The ferns and fern allies of Current River Parks … 1 2

  • Recent publications in botany … 14

Volume 5 (Edition 2)

  • Plans for the Annual Meeting at Honey Harbour … 3

  • Call for nominations to the executive … 4

  • FBO Archives … 4

  • International conferences in Ontario this summer … 4

  • Report on the ROM Herbarium workshop … 5

  • Report on the spring trip to the Ausable River … 6

  • Unreported Woody Poppy population relocated after nineteen years … 7

Volume 5 (Edition 1)

  • FBO attains charitable status … 2

  • Some responses to questions raised … 3

  • Response to membership questionnaires … 4

  • A perennial complaint … 6

  • Spontaneous nomenclature: a response … 6

  • Emily Hamilton 1910-1992 … 7

  • Death of Arthur Cronquist … 7

  • Report on the second Crataegus workshop … 8

  • Publications for Ontario field botanists … 9

1991

Volume 4 (Edition 4)

Botanizing the Huron shoreline: Pinery Provincial Park … 3

  • Spontaneous nomenclature: A Requiem … 4

  • Report of the Long Point boat trip … 5

  • Field trip to Turkey Point … 7

  • Some thoughts on the role of the FBO… 9

  • FBO Geographic distribution of FBO membership … 9

  • Fall outing to Niagara … 10

  • A new edition of Gleason and Cronquist … 12

Volume 4 (Edition 3)

  • Minutes of the Annual General Meeting, 1991 … 3

  • Field Botanists of Ontario Annual Report 1990-1991 … 4

  • Financial Statement June 1990 to May 1991 … 5

  • Financial Statement June 1991 to August 1991 … 6

  • Trip Report: Expedition to Oakville Creek … 7

  • Trip Report: Muskoka Bogs, Ridges, and Lakeshores … 8

  • Trip Report: Haliburton Forests and Trails … 10

  • Trip Report: Plants of the Georgian Bay Shoreline … 11

  • Trip Report: Prairie Savannahs Field Trip… 12

  • Trip Report: Strange Doings at Sparrow Lake … 13

  • Trip Report: Field Trip to Stoco Fen … 14

Volume 4 (Edition 2)

  • Field Trips and Workshops … 1

  • Annual General Meeting 1991 … 1

  • Newsletter Illustrations … 2

  • A message from our President … 3

  • Review of "Conserving Carolinian Canada" … 4

  • Managing garlic mustard … 5

  • Report of the Crataegus workshop in London … 6

  • Hawthorn Wonder land … 7

  • Child botanists in the FBO … 7

  • Some news on COSEWIC Reports … 8

Volume 4 (Edition 1)

  • Field Trips and Workshops: a new registration format … 1

  • Review of "Orchids of the Western Great Lakes" … 3

  • Review of "FEC in Northwestern Ontario" … 4

  • Review of "Haliburton Flora" … 6

  • Botanical Hotspots: Some Response from members … 9

  • Report on the Fern Workshop … 10

  • A checklist of plants in Elgin, Midllesex and Oxford Counties … 10

  • Muskoka Heritage Program: a call for a qualified Botanist … 12

1990

Volume 3 (Edition 4)

  • FBO Newsletter Policy on plant names … 3

  • Call for Contributions … 3

  • Report of the Brantford Prairies Field Trip … 4

  • Cold reception for Botanical Hot Spots … 5

  • Fall meetinging for 1991 AGM … 5

  • In defense of Scientific names … 6

  • Field Trip Organization for 1991 … 9

  • Review: The Flora of Long Point … 10

  • Report of the Niagara Trees and Shrubs Field Trip … 11

  • Canadian Society of Environmental Biologists Conference … 12

Volume 3 (Edition 3)

  • Erratta … 2

  • Report on the Walpole Island Workshop … 3

  • A New Book on Poisonous Plants of Canada … 4

  • Review of "Checklist of the Flora of Ontario" … 5

  • Rainforest week at the ROM … 6

  • Report on the Big and Little Chutes Field Trip … 7

  • Review of "Field Guide to Peat Mosses" … 8

  • Report on the Saratoga Swamp Field Trip … 9

  • Report on the Hasting Highlands Lichen & Sphagnum trip … 10

Volume 3 (Edition 2)

  • Illustrators for this issue … 2

  • FBO Newsletter moves to recycled paper … 2

  • Minutes of the Annual General Meeting … 3

  • FBO Annual Report … 4

  • Treasurer' s Report … 5

  • From the President … 5

  • A Proposed Project for Field Botanists … 6

  • A Checklist of the Flora of Ontario … 6

  • Report on the Norfolk county Field Trip … 7

  • Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Central Region … 8

  • Report of the Blue Mountain Field Trip … 9

  • Report on the St. Lawrence Islands Field Trip … 12

  • New Plant Checklist for Metro Toronto … 13

  • FBO Member has an Art Exhibition at the RBG … 13

  • Lichen Exhibition at the ROM … 14

  • Getting Permission to Botanize on Walpole Island … 14

Volume 3 (Edition 1)

  • We now have an ISSN … 2

  • Plant Drawings for the Newsletter … 3

  • Call for Contributions … 3

  • Call for Nominations to the Executive … 3

  • Book Review: Identification Guide to the Trees of Canada … 4

  • Who was Michx.? … 5

  • Book Review: Plant Alert, Poisonous plant booklet … 6

  • Report on the Grass, Sedge and Rush workshop … 7

  • Times have changed: hemp crops in Ontario … 8

  • Book Review: The Natural History of Ontario … 8

1989

Volume 2 (Edition 4)

  • From the President … 3

  • About the Annual General Meeting … 3

  • Obituary: Wilf Botham … 4

  • A Plant Collector's Canon … 5

  • Report of the Walpole Island Field Trip … 6

  • Rare Plant Mapping in southwest Ontario … 7

  • Review of "Haldimand-Norfolk Natural Areas Report" … 8

  • New Restrictions on Wild-Collected Bulb Trade … 10

  • Arboretum in a Toronto Cemetery … 10

Volume 2 (Edition 3)

  • Increase in Membership Dues … 2

  • Results of the Membership Survey … 3

  • Report of the Axe Lake Field Trip … 4

  • More on the Grimsby Garden … 4

  • Review of "Ferns and Fern Allies of Canada" … 6

  • Call for Unpublished Checklists … 7

  • Annual General Meeting 1990 … 7

  • A Name for the Newsletter? … 8

  • A Patron Saint for Botanists … 8

Volume 2 (Edition 2)

  • President's Report … 2

  • Minutes of the Annual General Meeting … 3

  • Butterfly Food Plants … 4

  • Rare Plants of the Hamilton area … 5

  • Ontario Transportation Map Series … 7

  • New Edition of "Lichen of the Ottawa Region" … 8

Volume 2 (Edition 1)

  • Native and Aliens weeds in a Native Garden … 2

  • News of some Regional Plant Lists … 4

  • More on Site District Reports … 4

  • Review of Peterson Guide to Eastern Trees … 5

  • Plant Protection and COSEWIC Reports … 6

  • The Michigan Flora … 7

  • Report of the ROM Herbarium Outing … 8

  • Projected Plant extinctions in the US … 8

1988

Volume 1 (Edition 4)

  • Part of Wainfleet Bog Preserved … 2

  • Book Review: Collins Guide to Tropical Plants … 3

  • Honour Roll of Ontario Trees … 4

  • MNR responds to FBO AGM Inquiries … 5

  • Outing Reports … 6

  • Manitoulin Island Outing … 6

  • New sites for Wall-rue … 8

  • Arethusa in Northwood Bog … 8

  • What’s not in a name … 8

Volume 1 (Edition 3)

  • A new Conservation Area at MacDonald's Corners … 2

  • Ontario's Oldest Trees … 2

  • Report of the Algonquin Park weekend … 3

  • News of the Ontario Herpetofaunal Survey … 4

  • Report of an Expedition to Red River Gorge, Kentucky … 5

  • Results of the Forest Decline Conference … 7

  • A Note on Food Crops … 8

  • Review of "Islands of Green" by S. Hilts et al. (1986) ..... 8

Volume 1 (Edition 2)

  • Minutes of the Annual General Meeting … 2

  • Annual Report … 3

  • Report on the Frontenac Provincial Park Field Trip … 5

  • Abandoned Railways … 5

  • John Arthur Runnells, Obituary … 6

  • Camden East Alvar ANSI … 7

  • Fifty three new Provincial Parks … 7

  • What' s in a name? … 8

Volume 1 (Edition 1)

  • President's Report - 2

  • Report of the Parry Sound Outing - 3

  • Natural Heritage Challenge - 3

  • The Madawaska Highlands Regional Trust - 4

  • News of the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society Magazine - 5

  • News of the Atlas of Rare Plants of Ontario - 5

  • Prairie Buttercups in Bloom - 5

  • Life Science Areas of Natural and Scientific Interest - 6

  • News of the Plant Press - 7

  • Report from Cavan Swamp - 8