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> This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. --Boundary_(ID_1aHixaEBn1vK2vW49V7X+A) Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Thanks, Ruth! from Jim et al. I had it backwards between Maianthemum and Smilacina. The three species cited below, all now in genus Maianthemum with wild lily-of-the-valley, are three-leaved Solomon's-seal, starry or star-flowered Solomon's-seal, and false Solomon's-seal. Cheers from Jim and Ruth ---------- From: Ruth Newell <ruth.newell@acadiau.ca> Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2007 13:37:01 -0300 To: Jim Wolford <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> Subject: RE: re name of wild lily-of-valley, was Plant Identification Help Jim, Sorry for the delay in responding! Have been on vacation. Maianthemum canadense is still Maianthemum canadense! Smilacina species have been moved into the genus Maianthemum. So, Smilacina trifolia is now Maianthemum trifolium, Smilacina stellata is now Maianthemum stellatum and Smilacina racemosa is now Maianthemum racemosum. Ruth From: Jim Wolford [mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca] Sent: Wednesday, July 04, 2007 10:30 AM To: NatureNS Cc: Ruth Newell Subject: FW: re name of wild lily-of-valley, was Plant Identification Help Regarding the binomial name of wild lily-of-the-valley, I believe that Ruth Newell told me a few months ago that Maianthemum canadense is now in the genus Smilacina (S. canadense? or canadensis?) along with false Solomon's seal, twisted stalks, star-flowered Solomon's seal, three-leaved Solomon's seal, etc. Perhaps Ruth can confirm this for us? Cheers from Jim in Wolfville ---------- From: Kent Mullin <kmullin@ns.sympatico.ca> Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca Date: Tue, 03 Jul 2007 01:41:58 -0300 To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Nature Notes and Plant Identification Help Hi Hans and all, Regarding your flower query, Devils Paintbrush is an acceptable common name for Hieracium aurantiacum, another is Orange Hawkweed. I see that you've received great help with the others, although I think that number three is Maianthemum canadense (Wild Lily-of-the-Valley) as DW suggested. It appears from your pic that it is a four part flower as opposed to a six part, which it would have to be to be a Smilacina (False Sol. Seal). K. On 2-Jul-07, at 7:10 PM, Hans Toom wrote: Hi all, This is a summary from a series of diverse nature photos from recent days. On June 29 I found a pair of Spruce Grouse mid trail at Taylor Head PP, but as usual this woodlands bird was in deep shade. Just before this grouse encounter I enjoyed a morning chorus of simultaneous song by Hermit Thrush, Magnolia Warbler and Lincoln's Sparrow, quite the treat. I have several wildflower slides from this hike at the end of this slide show that need identification. Despite all our reference material it never seems to be enough! Later that evening I photographed the rising full moon. Under these conditions the camera lens is compressing more turbulent atmosphere onto the frame then it would do for overhead shots so image sharpness is always a problem but a morning person like me needs his sleep. I also encountered a family of young willets at Taylor Head PP. This bird is normally quite jittery but the inexperienced young of this species as with many other bird species are more apt to pose for a time, but not too close. On June 30 I took a mid morning stroll at Lewis Lake PP. The morning dew on the Daisy enhances even this common flower. The chatter of young Downey Woodpeckers emanated from a tree cavity alongside the trail. I watched the parents excavating this place three weeks ago. Yesterday Laura and I walked our usual route along Chubucto Head Road to Chebucto Head via the old WW2 airfield area. We found what Laura knew as Devil's Paint Brush, a north mountain moniker for this flower, but I am sure there are other folk names as well. This morning I hiked the loop at Crystal Crescent Beach PP, about 10 kilometres and 3.5 hours, but there is always surprise awaiting me on this route. This morning it was a "double" Dragon's Mouth Orchid. Also on route were Hummingbird Clearwing moth, Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly, Common Riglet and Questionmark butterflies. The third Tiger Swallowtail photo shows a passenger attached. Perhaps someone might know what it is. I've attached a photo of what I believe is Silverweed Cinquefoil based on the serrated leaves and also six slides of unidentified flowers, labelled one to six. Identification help is appreciated. We have several references for wildflowers but it never seems to be enough. Hans http://www.hanstoom.com/Highlights/Highlight57.html ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________ When viewing images tap F11 or View Full Screen and use the navigation buttons on my website ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________ Hans Toom Portuguese Cove, Nova Scotia, Canada E-mail: htoom@hfx.eastlink.ca Migration Count: http://hanstoom.com/NAMC/Index.html Nature Website: http://hanstoom.com ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________ --Boundary_(ID_1aHixaEBn1vK2vW49V7X+A) Content-type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT <HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>re name of wild lily-of-valley and Solomon's-seal spp., was Plant Identification Help</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> Thanks, Ruth! from Jim et al. I had it backwards between Maianthemum and Smilacina. The three species cited below, all now in genus Maianthemum with wild lily-of-the-valley, are three-leaved Solomon's-seal, starry or star-flowered Solomon's-seal, and false Solomon's-seal. Cheers from Jim and Ruth<BR> ----------<BR> <B>From: </B>Ruth Newell <ruth.newell@acadiau.ca><BR> <B>Date: </B>Tue, 17 Jul 2007 13:37:01 -0300<BR> <B>To: </B>Jim Wolford <jimwolford@eastlink.ca><BR> <B>Subject: </B>RE: re name of wild lily-of-valley, was Plant Identification Help<BR> <BR> <FONT SIZE="2"><FONT FACE="Arial">Jim,</FONT></FONT> <BR> <BR> <FONT SIZE="2"><FONT FACE="Arial">Sorry for the delay in responding! Have been on vacation. <BR> </FONT></FONT><BR> <FONT SIZE="2"><FONT FACE="Arial">Maianthemum canadense is still Maianthemum canadense! <BR> </FONT></FONT><BR> <FONT SIZE="2"><FONT FACE="Arial"> Smilacina species have been moved into the genus Maianthemum. So, Smilacina trifolia is now Maianthemum trifolium, Smilacina stellata is now Maianthemum stellatum and Smilacina racemosa is now Maianthemum racemosum.</FONT></FONT> <BR> <BR> <FONT SIZE="2"><FONT FACE="Arial"> Ruth</FONT></FONT> <BR> <BR> <FONT SIZE="2"><FONT FACE="Arial"> <BR> </FONT></FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"><HR ALIGN=CENTER SIZE="2" WIDTH="100%"><BR> </FONT><FONT SIZE="2"><B>From:</B> Jim Wolford [mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca] <BR> <B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, July 04, 2007 10:30 AM<BR> <B>To:</B> NatureNS<BR> <B>Cc:</B> Ruth Newell<BR> <B>Subject:</B> FW: re name of wild lily-of-valley, was Plant Identification Help</FONT> <BR> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman"> <BR> </FONT><BR> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Regarding the binomial name of wild lily-of-the-valley, I believe that Ruth Newell told me a few months ago that Maianthemum canadense is now in the genus Smilacina (S. canadense? or canadensis?) along with false Solomon's seal, twisted stalks, star-flowered Solomon's seal, three-leaved Solomon's seal, etc.<BR> <BR> Perhaps Ruth can confirm this for us?<BR> <BR> Cheers from Jim in Wolfville<BR> ----------<BR> <B>From: </B>Kent Mullin <kmullin@ns.sympatico.ca><BR> <B>Reply-To: </B>naturens@chebucto.ns.ca<BR> <B>Date: </B>Tue, 03 Jul 2007 01:41:58 -0300<BR> <B>To: </B>naturens@chebucto.ns.ca<BR> <B>Subject: </B>Re: [NatureNS] Nature Notes and Plant Identification Help<BR> <BR> Hi Hans and all,<BR> <BR> Regarding your flower query, Devils Paintbrush is an acceptable common name for Hieracium aurantiacum, another is Orange Hawkweed. I see that you've received great help with the others, although I think that number three is Maianthemum canadense (Wild Lily-of-the-Valley) as DW<BR> suggested. It appears from your pic that it is a four part flower as opposed to a six part, which it would have to be to be a Smilacina (False Sol. Seal).<BR> <BR> K.<BR> <BR> On 2-Jul-07, at 7:10 PM, Hans Toom wrote:</FONT> <BR> <BR> <FONT SIZE="2"><FONT FACE="Arial">Hi all,<BR> </FONT></FONT> <BR> <FONT SIZE="2"><FONT FACE="Arial">This is a summary from a series of diverse nature photos from recent days.<BR> </FONT></FONT> <BR> <FONT SIZE="2"><FONT FACE="Arial">On June 29 I found a pair of Spruce Grouse mid trail at Taylor Head PP, but as usual this woodlands bird was in deep shade. Just before this grouse encounter I enjoyed a morning chorus of simultaneous song by Hermit Thrush, Magnolia Warbler and Lincoln's Sparrow, quite the treat. I have several wildflower slides from this hike at the end of this slide show that need identification. Despite all our reference material it never seems to be enough!<BR> </FONT></FONT> <BR> <FONT SIZE="2"><FONT FACE="Arial">Later that evening I photographed the rising full moon. Under these conditions the camera lens is compressing more turbulent atmosphere onto the frame then it would do for overhead shots so image sharpness is always a problem but a morning person like me needs his sleep.<BR> </FONT></FONT> <BR> <FONT SIZE="2"><FONT FACE="Arial">I also encountered a family of young willets at Taylor Head PP. This bird is normally quite jittery but the inexperienced young of this species as with many other bird species are more apt to pose for a time, but not too close.<BR> </FONT></FONT> <BR> <FONT SIZE="2"><FONT FACE="Arial">On June 30 I took a mid morning stroll at Lewis Lake PP. The morning dew on the Daisy enhances even this common flower. The chatter of young Downey Woodpeckers emanated from a tree cavity alongside the trail. I watched the parents excavating this place three weeks ago.<BR> </FONT></FONT> <BR> <FONT SIZE="2"><FONT FACE="Arial">Yesterday Laura and I walked our usual route along Chubucto Head Road to Chebucto Head via the old WW2 airfield area. We found what Laura knew as Devil's Paint Brush, a north mountain moniker for this flower, but I am sure there are other folk names as well.<BR> </FONT></FONT> <BR> <FONT SIZE="2"><FONT FACE="Arial">This morning I hiked the loop at Crystal Crescent Beach PP, about 10 kilometres and 3.5 hours, but there is always surprise awaiting me on this route. This morning it was a "double" Dragon's Mouth Orchid. Also on route were Hummingbird Clearwing moth, Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly, Common Riglet and Questionmark butterflies. The third Tiger Swallowtail photo shows a passenger attached. Perhaps someone might know what it is.<BR> </FONT></FONT> <BR> <FONT SIZE="2"><FONT FACE="Arial">I've attached a photo of what I believe is Silverweed Cinquefoil based on the serrated leaves and also six slides of unidentified flowers, labelled one to six. Identification help is appreciated. We have several references for wildflowers but it never seems to be enough.<BR> </FONT></FONT> <BR> <FONT SIZE="2"><FONT FACE="Arial">Hans<BR> </FONT></FONT> <BR> <FONT SIZE="2"><FONT FACE="Arial">http://www.hanstoom.com/Highlights/Highlight57.html<BR> </FONT></FONT> <BR> <FONT SIZE="2"><FONT FACE="Arial">________________________________________________________________________________________________<BR> When viewing images tap F11 or View Full Screen and use the navigation buttons on my website<BR> ________________________________________________________________________________________________<BR> Hans Toom<BR> Portuguese Cove, Nova Scotia, Canada<BR> E-mail: htoom@hfx.eastlink.ca<BR> Migration Count: http://hanstoom.com/NAMC/Index.html<BR> Nature Website: http://hanstoom.com <BR> ________________________________________________________________________________________________</FONT></FONT> <BR> <BR> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman"> <BR> </FONT><BR> </BODY> </HTML> --Boundary_(ID_1aHixaEBn1vK2vW49V7X+A)--
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