I received the following message from the Olean Hiking Club and I was sure some of our experts could identify this plant.  Leave a comment here and I will forward it to the Olean Club.  The Olean Club uses a Google Group to communicate if you may want to join them.

Maybe Susan can help, or anyone else that might know. These plants were growing at the start of the trail at Wolf Creek Narrows on Saturday. I guessed that they might be some sort of (wild) lettuce. But I can’t find it in my Newcomb’s guide, nor any others I looked in so far. Notice the “wings” growing along the leaf petiole between the leaf and the base.
– Lee Ann

Gene and Georgia have volunteered to coordinate the summer hikes for 2013.  Let’s all work together to make their job easy.

The first thing you can do is volunteer to plan a hike.  You can tell Gene in person, or fill out our form on the web.  Let Gene know what you would like to do, and what help you need.  If you want to do a hike we have already done, we can provide the description for you to modify.  If you want to do a Pre Hike (highly recommended), we can help find someone to hike with you.  If you need reference books, just ask.  But please volunteer.

If you are willing to commit to leading one of the hike groups, send Gene an email, and he will connect you with a hike planner.

After tonight, Linda will be done with Classical Idol for one more year.  But I want to share two websites with you if you would like to support the Rochester Oratorio Society.

Get more information about Classical Idol.

And join Linda at the final ROS concert on May 18th. Look here for information about the World Premier taking place that evening.

And I will be so excited if Springwater Trails is a major connection to ROS!  You may not be able to get me to stop talking about it.

For the geeks in the crowd, I wanted to share a history I received from Katherine.

Thanks Katherine.