[NatureNS] Caraway & toad

Date: Wed, 02 Jul 2008 19:11:54 -0300
From: "James W. Wolford" <jimwolford@eastlink.ca>
To: Ruth Newell <ruth.newell@acadiau.ca>, naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
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THANKS, RUTH! from Jim et al.

On 2-Jul-08, at 1:15 PM, Ruth Newell wrote:

> Hi folks,
>
> There is a field in Black River with a conspicuously large number  
> of caraway plants. Was driving by quite recently and stopped to  
> check to see if indeed they were caraway because I do not see it  
> very often these days.
>
> Directions: go to community of Black River (up to the top of  
> mountain from White Rock), turn left at church & community hall,  
> turn right immediately past farm (with silos), about a km or less  
> on the right hand side of the road.
>
> Ruth
>
> From: James W. Wolford [mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2008 12:51 PM
> To: ruth.newell@acadiau.ca; Marian Munro; Jim Wolford
> Cc: Jean Timpa; Nancy Nickerson; John Gilhen; Fred Scott; David &  
> Alison Webster
> Subject: Fwd: [NatureNS] Caraway & toad
>
> Just to add to David's message re caraway, Roland's Flora of N.S.  
> (1998) states "common throughout the province", and habitat  
> described as "damp fields and fertile soil, around houses, and  
> along roadsides".  However, my observations agree with David --  
> sightings mainly or totally along shorelines like the Bay of Fundy  
> -- however, I may have forgotten some inland observations.   Cheers  
> from Jim
>
> Begin forwarded message:
>
>
> From: David & Alison Webster <dwebster@glinx.com>
> Date: July 2, 2008 11:28:24 AM ADT
> To: NatureNS@chebucto.ns.ca
> Subject: [NatureNS] Caraway & toad
> Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
>
> Dear All,                July 2, 2008
>    I collected some Caraway seed at Black Rock year before last,  
> the only nearby patch I know of offhand, to plant in the garden.  
> The Black Rock colony has been around for at least 150 years but is  
> about to fade away.
>
>    Roland and Smith say common throughout (the latest edition is  
> mute on distribution) but I can recall seeing it only near the  
> coast. I wonder how common it really is inland. My garden plants  
> are bearing seed but have a fair amount of mildew.
>
>    I saw a toad in the yard yesterday; now an event.
> Yt,  DW
>
>


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