CT Botanical Society

CT Botanical Society We are Botanists and people seriously interested in learning about plants and plant ID, preserving/promoting native flora in CT and surrounding areas.

1) Building awareness of the botanical resources in other CT groups' beloved places, and in the neighborhoods of our members.

2) To have a site where people feel comfortable posting photos of plants and asking for help with ID, to encourage hands-on botany.

3) From a practical standpoint, a place to post weather updates and supplemental directions for the nearly weekly CBS field trips, a

nd lectures and indoor programs as well.

4) A place to share informal photos of botanists exploring together, to increase membership and build our sense of camaraderie.

5) A place to resolve serious identification challenges or post photos of new varieties -- for scientific feedback from the experts among us.

We had a great first field trip of 2026 at the Ravine Trail in Lyme. The weather was perfect and we saw lots of plants.
04/29/2026

We had a great first field trip of 2026 at the Ravine Trail in Lyme. The weather was perfect and we saw lots of plants.

CBS had a great spring program. Board member Juan Sanchez presented Victorian era naturalists, including some from Conn...
04/12/2026

CBS had a great spring program. Board member Juan Sanchez presented Victorian era naturalists, including some from Connecticut!

Will you be attending the Connecticut Land Conservation Council Conference on March 21? Gail Reynolds and Sigrun Gadwa ...
03/10/2026

Will you be attending the Connecticut Land Conservation Council Conference on March 21? Gail Reynolds and Sigrun Gadwa from the CT Botanical Society Board will be presenting on taking the next steps for using native plants.

Hope to see you there!

Many have wonderfully embraced native plants for re-vegetation, restoration, and other plantings. What’s missing is ecological synchronization with the local landscape. Plants advertised as native are often not truly native to CT, or are cultivars, which are not as ecologically appropriate as wild...

We had a great presentation by Lukas Keras on his research of native moths and their food and nectar plants on Saturday,...
10/19/2025

We had a great presentation by Lukas Keras on his research of native moths and their food and nectar plants on Saturday, October 18.

07/24/2025

The location of the field trip scheduled for Sunday, July 27, 9 am, has been changed.

The new location is in Branford. Visit https://www.ct-botanical-society.org/events/sunday-july-27-9-am-guilford-land-conservation-trust-westwoods-west-property-guilford/ for additional information.

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Platanthera ciliaris, a lovely fringed orchid
07/17/2025

Platanthera ciliaris, a lovely fringed orchid

06/22/2025

Today's field trip to Farm River State Park is cancelled due to weather considerations.

06/14/2025

Today's field trip to People's Forest is postponed until tomorrow, Sunday, June 15.

05/16/2025

The May 17 field trip to White Memorial Foundation is cancelled due to forecasted poor weather.

05/02/2025

Saturday, May 3, 2025, Field Trip Is a GO!

Note from trip leader Juan Sanchez:

Sigrun and I are still planning to lead the trip. However, a few changes. We will be there for any one that wishes to brave the overcast weather. We will meet in the parking lot behind the
Colebrook Town Hall. We will not visit MT Pisgah Rd., instead we will travel about three miles to a private site as it has a rich variety of botanicals. That said we will be on a hill side and lower trail so dress appropriately for the weather and we suggest a walking stick may be helpful for some people. We are hoping to get the morning in before and serious rain or storms come along. The private site has flush toilets that we may use and I will bring waivers to sign before we head out into the field. Please to meet us by 10 AM.

04/22/2025

FIELD TRIP DATE CHANGE

Due to the impending heavy rain forecast for this Saturday, April 26, 2025, the field trip to Colebrook has been changed to Saturday, May 3, 2025. The starting time of 10 am remains the same.

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