Buffalo, New York, USA
The Niagara Frontier Botanical Society was established in 1983 with 35 charter members, to promote the study, appreciation and conservation of plant life in Western New York and adjacent Ontario, with an emphasis on field botany. We have grown to over 100 members, 8 of which are institutional. We are an affiliate of the Buffalo Museum of Science; however, our meetings are held at the Harlem Road Community Center. We meet there the second Tuesday of each month, September through May. The Center is located at the intersection of Harlem Road and Lincoln Street, a quarter mile south of Main Street in Snyder.
More about the Niagara Frontier
Botanical Society
The Founding of the Niagara Frontier
Botanical Society
Clintonia
The Journal of the Niagara Frontier Botanical Society
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A Section You'll Wish to Explore:
Articles from the Clintonia Archives
Most Recent: Bruce Kershner's 1986 article on Problems
with a Kenmore Lawn.
Articles Posted Earlier
Of Special Note
A quite remarkable resource for local flora is the book published in late 2005 by NFBS entitled
by Patricia Eckel, continuing Research Associate at the Buffalo Museum of Science. Copies of this book are available through the science museum's website and gift shop.
Related to this and available on the web is
also prepared by Patricia Eckel. It is a very useful revised checklist of the flowering plants, conifers and ferns that occur within 50 miles of downtown Buffalo. It is based on Flora of the Niagara Frontier Region, Third Supplement and is copiously illustrated with photographs. Like her husband, Dr. Richard Zander, Ms. Eckel is now located at the Missouri Botanical Gardens where she maintains a website.
Your attention is also called to a paper by former NFBS member Nora Lindell which may be accessed on the web at
Pronunciation of Scientific Names.