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Hi there,
Mary, your plant description sounds like Canada Burnet,
(Sanguisorba canadensis), which is an herbaceous perennial in the
rose family. There are photos in John Maunder's "Digital Flora of
Newfoundland and Labrador", which you can find on the web. Canada
Burnet, as the species name suggests, is a native to the northeast,
found in Newfoundland and Labrador, as well as in Nova Scotia and
parts of New England. It is uncommon in mainland N.S.; the only
place where I can remember seeing it is at Scot's Bay along the road
before the start of the Cape Split trail. It is more common in
northern Cape Breton and the island of Newfoundland. I've seen it in
the Cheticamp area, and along the Great Northern Peninsula.
Cheers,
Patricia L. Chalmers
Halifax
At 09:18 AM 12/09/2008, Mary Macaulay wrote:
>Hello - I was just tenting in NL. There is a plant blooming along
>the ditches right now which has even found it's way into the burnt
>cape reserve. It has a compound leaf and a white fluffy flower
>spike. I haven't seen it in NS yet but it has found it's way into
>the ditches in Labrador near the ferry. Just wondering if anyone
>knows what this is and if it is native to NL or invasive. this is
>the first time I've been to NL at this time of year so hadn't seen it before.
>M
>
> > From: roland.mccormick@ns.sympatico.ca
> > To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
> > Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Japanese Knotweed-invasive species
> > Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2008 21:45:41 -0300
> >
> > At what point does a plant become invasive? I think all of our plants have
> > come in since the ice age. I even remember a discussion when it
> was said all
> > the worms arrived after the ice age ended. I think all of the people came
> > later as well. The only ones that are native here are those of us who were
> > born here. So also with plants. Where do native plants stop and invasive
> > plants start? I think some of these plants hat are being called invasive
> > have been around long enough to consider them native.
> >
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