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Hi Kristl & All, July 28, 2010
Drawing on memory, Houstonia caerulea is usually in poorly drained soil (wet in spring; dry in summer) where other plant growth is sparse or absent. I suspect that slope (don't know where it is) was mowed late because it didn't need to be mowed earlier.
Yt, DW
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From: Kristl Walek
To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 2010 4:44 PM
Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Help with Finding Plants
Is sanguisorba canadensis the stuff that grows all along the ditches in Newfoundland. If so please be careful with any seeds you get. It's very aggressive in NL.
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Mary,
Hard to know which species you mean---ditches are the repository of so many plants. It was very rare in my former area of Ontario; in Quebec, one finds it normally on the sides of the highway---and I suspect road ditches/low wet areas are its preferred habitat although one sees them in much drier situations as well.
Both native and exotic species have the potential for aggressiveness given the right environment. Sanguisorba canadensis is native to most of North America, but only eastern Canada. It is threatened or endangered in a number of USA states.
I do thank members for helping me locate this species outside of Cape Breton---I was there this morning---and the plants are still there on the Scots Bay Road, in glorious bloom at the moment.
I had less success with the Cloudberry.
I noticed that the sloped hill next to the airport that is solid with Houstonia caerulea in spring has gotten mowed in the past two weeks for the first time this year. The majority of the seed would have ripened and fallen by now and the tiny remnant rosettes would have escaped the mower's blade. As a newcomer to Nova Scotia, I was curious, in fact, whether they are aware of the colony and do not mow the grass purposely until this time of the year. The optimist in me wanted to believe that in any event....
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Hi Kristl & All,
July 28, 2010</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial> Drawing on memory, Houstonia caerulea
is usually in poorly drained soil (wet in spring; dry in summer) where other
plant growth is sparse or absent. I suspect that slope (don't know where it is)
was mowed late because it didn't need to be mowed earlier. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Yt, DW</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=kristl@bellaliant.net href="mailto:kristl@bellaliant.net">Kristl
Walek</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
href="mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, July 27, 2010 4:44
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [NatureNS] Help with Finding
Plants</DIV>
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<DIV>Is sanguisorba canadensis the stuff that grows all along the ditches in
Newfoundland. If so please be careful with any seeds you get.
It's very aggressive in NL.</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Mary,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Hard to know which species you mean---ditches are the
repository of so many plants. It was very rare in my former area of
Ontario; in Quebec, one finds it normally on the sides of the highway---and I
suspect road ditches/low wet areas are its preferred habitat although one
sees them in much drier situations as well.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Both native and exotic species have the potential
for aggressiveness given the right environment. Sanguisorba canadensis is
native to most of North America, but only eastern Canada. </FONT><FONT
face=Arial>It is threatened or endangered in a number of USA
states.</FONT><FONT face=Arial></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>I do thank members for helping me locate this
species outside of Cape Breton---I was there this morning---and the plants are
still there on the Scots Bay Road, in glorious bloom at the
moment.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>I had less success with the Cloudberry.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>I noticed that the sloped hill next to the airport that
is solid with Houstonia caerulea in spring has gotten mowed in the past two
weeks for the first time this year. </FONT><FONT face=Arial>The
majority of the seed would have ripened and fallen by now and
the tiny remnant rosettes would have escaped the mower's blade. As a newcomer
to Nova Scotia, I was curious, in fact, whether they are aware of the colony
and do not mow the grass purposely until this time of the year. The optimist
in me wanted to believe that in any event....</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
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