NYC Official Wildflower Candidate Quest

WildflowerNYC is a campaign to restore the connection between New Yorkers and our wild flora by voting for an official NYC wildflower. Botanical organizations from each borough have nominated the candidates, and now it is up to the people to vote! For our May EcoQuest, we have partnered with the WildflowerNYC campaign to highlight these 5 wildflower species, introduce them to our community scientists, and document their distribution throughout the city. Which wildflower will win?

LEARN MORE AND CAST YOUR VOTE HERE

MEET THE CANDIDATES

Spicebush (Lindera benzoin)

Wild Columbine (Aquilegia canadensis)

Butterfly Milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa)

Giant Sunflower (Helianthus giganteus)

Pinxter Azalea (Rhododendron periclymenoides)

"On Staten Island, flood control plans threaten a haven for rare plants"

Marlowe Starling, an environmental journalist, attended an EcoFlora walk and wrote an article about it.

Read it here!

"Ten years after Superstorm Sandy struck the east coast, naturalists worry a government-funded storm mitigation plan will wipe out a historic ecosystem."