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--Boundary_(ID_RtA2vhaHWCqaqgFKjIweeg) Content-type: text/plain; charset=WINDOWS-1252; delsp=yes; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable I can't sit back and watch these comments without putting in a plug =20 for biodiversity (vive la differences) and for native flora species, =20 all of which have rights to existence. We naturalists should take =20 the trouble to show people how to identify problematic plants like =20 poison ivy. For those who lose sleep about contacting this plant, =20 stay away from beaches in the Antigonish area! And, like David says =20 below, it may be spotty in distribution but can be very abundant =20 where it does occur. Cheers from Jim in Wolfville Begin forwarded message: > From: "Paul S. Boyer" <psboyer@eastlink.ca> > Date: August 27, 2010 10:11:05 AM ADT > To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > Subject: Re: Poison Ivy: was Re: [NatureNS] blackfly bites, or what =20= > are they > Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > > By all means, kill it off. Pick you choice of method: weed-spray, =20 > atomic weapons =97 but get rid of it. > > Leaving it there is like refusing to treat a disease because =20 > another germ might move it. > > On Aug 25, 2010, at 8:32 PM, David & Alison Webster wrote: > >> Hi Paul & All, Aug 26, 2010 >> Poison Ivy Is relatively common in the eastern half of Kings Co. =20= >> but can be readily missed even here because the plant distribution =20= >> is highly clustered; e.g. 4 patches of cheek-to-jowl plants that =20 >> total 2000 sq paces in 50 acres. >> >> It can be an irritation but even if one could eradicate some =20 >> patches at great cost, the resultant bare ground would simply give =20= >> more invasive plants a toehold. >> >> YT, DW, Kentville >> >> >> >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul S. Boyer" =20 >> <psboyer@eastlink.ca> >> To: <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> >> Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2010 8:51 AM >> Subject: Re: [NatureNS] blackfly bites, or what are they >> >> >>> I would rule out the chiggers and the poison ivy. I am very =20 >>> familiar with both. >>> >>> The chigger bites I have experienced are never in the spaced, =20 >>> constellation-distribution you describe. They also are unlikely =20 >>> to be on open parts of the legs, but rather where clothing is =20 >>> tight, like around the belt-line. >>> >>> Poison ivy produces irregular areas of reaction, depending on =20 >>> where the oil from the leaves (and other parts of the plant) has =20 >>> made contact. There is some poison ivy in Nova Scotia, but it is =20 >>> relatively uncommon: I have had to point it out to many long-time =20= >>> residents. In my opinion, it should be treated as a noxious =20 >>> plant, and should be eliminated as quickly as possible wherever =20 >>> it is found. >>> >>> The location of the spots on your legs suggests more some nettle-=20 >>> like plant, for some of the various biting insects which have =20 >>> been suggested would just as likely have bitten your arms, next, =20 >>> and upper body parts. >>> >>> >>> On Aug 22, 2010, at 9:36 AM, Martin Alpert wrote: >>> >>>> I walked last thurs into North River Fall, in shorts. >>>> On my lower leg I had quite a few, what looked like, black fly =20 >>>> bites. Some 40 on each leg, randomly spaced - not like I brushed =20= >>>> into some noxious plant. >>>> Usually they are no problem and the next day they are almost gone. >>>> These itch a little. >>>> Today is Sunday and there really red and slightly raised. >>>> Anybody know what happened? >>>> >>>> Marty >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------=20= >> ----------- >> >> >> >> No virus found in this incoming message. >> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >> Version: 9.0.851 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3093 - Release Date: =20 >> 08/25/10 03:34:00 >> > --Boundary_(ID_RtA2vhaHWCqaqgFKjIweeg) Content-type: text/html; charset=WINDOWS-1252 Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "> I can't sit back and watch these comments without putting in a plug for = biodiversity (vive la differences) and for native flora species, all of = which have rights to existence. We naturalists should take the = trouble to show people how to identify problematic plants like poison = ivy. For those who lose sleep about contacting this plant, stay = away from beaches in the Antigonish area! And, like David says = below, it may be spotty in distribution but can be very abundant where = it does occur.<div><br></div><div>Cheers from Jim in = Wolfville<br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</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; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>From: = </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Helvetica">"Paul S. Boyer" <<a = href=3D"mailto:psboyer@eastlink.ca">psboyer@eastlink.ca</a>></font></di= v><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Date: = </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Helvetica">August 27, 2010 10:11:05 AM ADT</font></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>To: </b></font><font = face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><a = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a></font>= </div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: = 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>Subject: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>Re: Poison Ivy: was Re: [NatureN