Wildflower Field Guides

Each field guide offers a month-by-month listing (March through October) of blooming wildflowers in their order of appearance.  All field guides include a description of every species that I observed, each illustrated with a full color photograph.  Every field guide contains a table of contents, trail map and a list of technical references for more information.  Field guides may be downloaded from this page; each is available either as a PDF or a PowerPoint Show.  I hope you find all of them useful.

Available guides include:

1. 100 Acre Wood (Town of Malta)
2. Anchor Diamond Park at Hawkwood (Town of Ballston)
3. Ann Lee Pond Nature and Historic Preserve (Town of Colonie)
4. Ashford Glen Preserve (Town of Colonie)
5. Ballston Creek Preserve (Town of Ballston)
6. Balsam Way Natural Area (Town of Clifton Park)
7. Bauer Environmental Park (Town of Colonie)
8. Community Connector Trail (Towns of Clifton Park and Halfmoon)
9. Dwaas Kill Nature Preserve (Town of Clifton Park)
10. Fox Preserve (Town of Colonie)
11. Garnsey Park (Town of Clifton Park)
12. Hayes Nature Park (Town of Clifton Park)
13. Historic Champlain Canalway Trail (Towns of Halfmoon and Waterford)
14. Mohawk Hudson Bike-Hike Trail (portion between City of Cohoes through Town of Colonie)
15. Mohawk Landing Nature Preserve (Town of Clifton Park)
16. North Woods Nature Preserve (Town of Clifton Park)
17. Old Iron Spring Fitness Trail (Town of Ballston)
18. Peter Desrochers Memorial Country Knolls Trails (Town of Clifton Park)
19. Settlers Hill Natural Area (Town of Clifton Park)
20. Shenantaha Creek Park (Town of Malta)
21. Stillwater Multi-Use Trail (Town of Stillwater)
22. Summer Hill Natural Area (Town of Clifton Park)
23. Swatling Falls Nature Trails (Town of Halfmoon)
24. Town Park (Town of Halfmoon)
25. Ushers Road State Forest (Towns of Clifton Park and Halfmoon)
26. Veterans Bike Path (Town of Ballston)
27. Veterans Memorial Park (Town of Clifton Park) – expanded 2nd edition now available!
28. Vischer Ferry Nature and Historic Preserve (Town of Clifton Park)
29. West Sky Natural Area (Town of Clifton Park)
30. Woodcock Preserve (Town of Clifton Park)
31. Zim Smith Trail (Towns of Ballston, Clifton Park, Halfmoon and Malta)

100 Acre Wood

This field guide (Adobe Portable Document Format (.pdf) format; 25.9MB) contains 245 species.

Anchor Diamond Park at Hawkwood

This field guide (Microsoft PowerPoint Slide Show (.ppsx) format; 130.2MB) contains 224 species.

Ann Lee Pond Nature & Historic Preserve

This field guide (Adobe Portable Document Format (.pdf) format; 20.0MB) contains 347 species.

 Ashford Glen Preserve

This field guide (Microsoft PowerPoint Slide Show (.ppsx) format; 76.2MB) contains 149 species.

Ballston Creek Preserve

This field guide (Adobe Portable Document Format (.pdf) format; 20.5MB) contains 227 species.

Balsam Way Natural Area

This field guide (Adobe Portable Document Format (.pdf) format; 27.1MB) contains 207 species.

Bauer Environmental Park

This field guide (Microsoft PowerPoint Slide Show (.ppsx) format; 128.0MB) contains 209 species.

Community Connector Trail

This field guide (Microsoft PowerPoint Slide Show (.ppsx) format; 370.0MB) contains 340 species.

Dwaas Kill Nature Preserve

This field guide (Microsoft PowerPoint Slide Show (.ppsx) format; 283.8MB) contains 283 species.

Fox Preserve

This field guide (Microsoft PowerPoint Slide Show (.ppsx) format; 214.0MB) contains 200 species.

Garnsey Park

This field guide (Adobe Portable Document Format (.pdf) format; 20.9MB) contains 231 species.

Hayes Nature Park

This field guide (Adobe Portable Document Format (.pdf) format; 12.2MB) contains 277 species.

Historic Champlain Canalway Trail

This field guide (Microsoft PowerPoint Slide Show (.ppsx) format; 182.7MB) contains 369 species.

Mohawk Hudson Bike-Hike

This field guide (Microsoft PowerPoint Slide Show (.ppsx) format; 439.1MB) contains 407 species.

Mohawk Landing Nature Preserve

This field guide (Adobe Portable Document Format (.pdf) format; 10.8MB) contains 230 species.

 North Woods Nature Preserve

This field guide (Adobe Portable Document Format (.pdf) format; 18.6MB) contains 222 species.

Old Iron Spring Fitness Trail

This field guide (Microsoft PowerPoint Slide Show (.ppsx) format; 70.8MB) contains 115 species.

Peter Desrochers Memorial Country Knolls Trails

This field guide (Microsoft PowerPoint Slide Show (.ppsx) format; 125.7MB) contains 226 species.

Settlers Hill Natural Area

This field guide (Microsoft PowerPoint Slide Show (.ppsx) format; 223.0MB) contains 208 species.

Shenantaha Creek Park

This field guide (Adobe Portable Document Format (.pdf) format; 20.4MB) contains 209 species.

Stillwater Multi-Use Trail

This field guide (Microsoft PowerPoint Slide Show (.ppsx) format; 118.7MB) contains 227 species.

Summer Hill Natural Area

This field guide (Microsoft PowerPoint Slide Show (.ppsx) format; 272.0MB) contains 275 species.

Swatling Falls Nature Trails

This field guide (Microsoft PowerPoint Slide Show (.ppsx) format; 254.5MB) contains 255 species.

Town Park

This field guide (Adobe Portable Document Format (.pdf) format; 17.4MB) contains 199 species.

Ushers Road State Forest

This field guide (Adobe Portable Document Format (.pdf) format; 12.1MB) contains 263 species.

Veterans Bike Path

This field guide (Adobe Portable Document Format (.pdf) format; 27.2MB) contains 297 species.

Veterans Memorial Park – expanded 2nd edition now available!

This field guide (Microsoft PowerPoint Slide Show (.ppsx) format; 175MB) contains 287 species.

Vischer Ferry Nature & Historic Preserve

This field guide (Microsoft PowerPoint Slide Show (.ppsx) format; 323.0MB) contains 309 species.

West Sky Natural Area

This field guide (Microsoft PowerPoint Slide Show (.ppsx) format; 209MB) contains 225 species.

Woodcock Preserve (AKA Tanner Road Preserve)

This field guide (Adobe Portable Document Format (.pdf) format; 12.4MB) contains 228 species.

Zim Smith Trail

This field guide (Microsoft PowerPoint Slide Show (.ppsx) format; 488.4MB) contains 480 species.