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--Apple-Mail-111-638838861 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Hi folks, Roland's Flora of Nova Scotia says of Viburnum opulus L. (highbush cranberry) that it is found from Annapolis and Cumberland counties to northern Cape Breton, occasionally becoming more common eastward along intervales in central Nova Scotia. It is frequently planted and occasionally escapes around towns such as Wolfville, Truro, Halifax, and elsewhere. Note: the name of the plant is now Viburnum opulus L. (Laburnum, or golden-chain, is a yellow-flowered bush in the pea family). The old name of Viburnum trilobum Marsh. was formerly applied to the North American variety of this plant (Viburnum opulus is also native to and widely distributed in Europe and Asia). This north American variety is now called Viburnum opulus var. americanum Aiton. In variety americanum the glands on the petioles are stalked. I believe both varieties can be found in Nova Scotia, V. opulus as as an escaped planted bush, and V. o. americanum as the native variety found in the wild. Cheers, Chris On Dec 18, 2007, at 9:37 AM, Mike McCall wrote: > We have several high bush cranberry bushes on our property here in > Hall's Harbour. > One that tops 5 feet regularly attracts Ruffed Grouse who do a high- > wire act when > they haul their bulk up the slender stalks to reach high hanging > fruit. > > The bush laburnum trilobum is native, although Durr tells us it is > found in New > Brunswick (and many other places) but doesn't mention Nova Scotia. > > Mike McCall > On 17-Dec-07, at 8:16 PM, Roland McCormick wrote: > >> I have never seen high bush cranberries in Nova Scotia, and didn't >> know we had any here. The only place I have seen them is in >> northern New Brunswick. Do we have very many of them in NS ? >> Christopher Majka Nova Scotia Museum, 1747 Summer St., Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3H 3A6 c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca --Apple-Mail-111-638838861 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "> <div>Hi folks,</div><div><br = class=3D"webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>Roland's Flora of Nova = Scotia says of <i>Viburnum opulus</i> L. (highbush cranberry) that it is = found from Annapolis and Cumberland counties to northern Cape Breton, = occasionally becoming more common eastward along intervales in central = Nova Scotia. It is frequently planted and occasionally escapes around = towns such as Wolfville, Truro, Halifax, and elsewhere.</div><div><br = class=3D"webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>Note: the name of the = plant is now=A0<i>Viburnum opulus</i> L. (<i>Laburnum</i>, or = golden-chain, is a yellow-flowered bush in the pea family). The old name = of=A0<i>Viburnum trilobum</i> Marsh. was formerly applied to the North = American variety of this plant (<i>Viburnum opulus</i> is also native to = and widely distributed in Europe and Asia). This north American variety = is now called=A0<i>Viburnum opulus</i> var. <i>americanum</i> Aiton. In = variety <i>americanum</i> the glands on the petioles are stalked. = I=A0believe=A0both varieties can be found in Nova Scotia, <i>V. = opulus</i> as as an escaped planted bush, and <i>V. o. americanum</i> as = the native variety found in the wild.</div><div><br = class=3D"webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>Cheers,</div><div><br = class=3D"webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>Chris</div><div><br = class=3D"webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div><div>On Dec 18, 2007, at = 9:37 AM, Mike McCall wrote:</div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type=3D"cite"> We have = several high bush cranberry bushes on our property here in Hall's = Harbour.<div>One that tops 5 feet regularly attracts Ruffed Grouse who = do a high-wire act when</div><div>they haul their bulk up the slender = stalks to reach high hanging fruit.</div><div><br = class=3D"webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>The bush <i>laburnum = trilobum</i> is native, although Durr tells us it is found in = New</div><div>Brunswick (and many other places) but doesn't mention Nova = Scotia.</div><div><br class=3D"webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>Mike = McCall<br><div><div>On 17-Dec-07, at 8:16 PM, Roland McCormick = wrote:</div><br class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote = type=3D"cite"><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">I have never seen high bush = cranberries in Nova Scotia, and didn't know we had any here. The only = place I have seen them is in northern New Brunswick. Do we have very = many of them in NS ?</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: = 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; = "><br></div></blockquote></div></div></blockquote><br></div><div> <span = class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"border-collapse: separate; = border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; = font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: = normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; = -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; = -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; = white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><div>Christopher = Majka</div><div>Nova Scotia Museum, 1747 Summer St., Halifax, Nova = Scotia, Canada=A0 B3H 3A6</div><div><a = href=3D"mailto:c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca">c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca</a></div><= div><br class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"></span> </div><br></body></html>= --Apple-Mail-111-638838861--
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