Plant Indicator Guides

Each guide describes and illustrates plants that can be used as indicators of ecologically significant habitats in the Hudson Valley region, including calcareous wet meadows, calcareous crests, fens, and swamps. We encourage the free download and distribution of these guides to anyone interested in learning how to recognize habitats that may be unfamiliar.

red elderberry

Cool Ravines

blue flag iris

Wet Meadows

blue vervain

Calcareous Wet Meadow

wild columbine

Calcareous Ledge

cinquefoil

Fens

pond lily

Circumneutral Bog Lake

pickerelweed

Marsh

carex squarrosa

Wet Clay Meadow

swamp azalea

Swamps

buttonbush

Kettle Shrub Pool