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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0030_01CCFC8F.1AF74F80 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable There is a smallish Witch-hazel (Hamamelis sp.) tree in full bloom on = the Dalhousie University campus off South St. The haze of showy yellow = petals is quite impressive at this time of the year, with patches of = snow still on the ground. The showy flowering tree is right next to a specimen of our native = Witch-hazel (H. virginiana), which probably finished flowering a few = months ago and which provides a nice comparison. The tree in question is = clearly an exotic, or maybe even a hybrid. Any thoughts about its = identification? What might be the pollinator at this time of the year?=20 The above trees are located about 100 m off South St. (near its = intersection with Oxford St.), across from the entrance to the Dalplex = parking lot and just past the tennis courts. Right behind Shirreff Hall = and the Life Sciences Centre/Psychology building. Dusan Soudek ------=_NextPart_000_0030_01CCFC8F.1AF74F80 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1" = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META name=3DGENERATOR content=3D"MSHTML 8.00.6001.19154"> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=3D4> There is a smallish Witch-hazel = (<EM>Hamamelis=20 sp.)</EM> tree in full bloom on the Dalhousie University campus off = South St.=20 The haze of showy yellow petals is quite impressive at this time of the = year,=20 with patches of snow still on the ground.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D4> The showy flowering tree is = right next=20 to a specimen of our native Witch-hazel (<EM>H. virginiana</EM>), which = probably=20 finished flowering a few months ago and which provides a nice = comparison. The=20 tree in question is clearly an exotic, or maybe even a hybrid. Any = thoughts=20 about its identification? What might be the pollinator at this time of = the=20 year? </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D4> The above trees are located about 100 m = off South=20 St. (near its intersection with Oxford St.), across from the = entrance to=20 the Dalplex parking lot and just past the tennis courts. Right behind = Shirreff=20 Hall and the Life Sciences Centre/Psychology building.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D4> Dusan Soudek</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0030_01CCFC8F.1AF74F80--
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