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Index of Subjects If we eliminated all the poisonous and so called noxious plants we would not have much left. Marian Fulton Hantsport NS ---- Paul MacDonald <paulrita2001@yahoo.com> wrote: > Thats interesting Dave because there was a beetle on some of the plants which looks like the beetle shown under Chrysolina hyperici in Google. Shinny black about the size of a lady bug. Anyway it doesn't appear they have made a big inroad yet! The plant takes over though - alarm bells will likely soon ring when the press becomes aware of it. Have a nice summer Paul ________________________________ From: David & Alison Webster <dwebster@glinx.com> To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca Sent: Sunday, July 29, 2012 9:33:33 AM Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Common St Johns Wort Hi Paul, July 29, 2012 It is no doubt included in the Noxious Weed Act. But some don't consider the Weed Act to be noxious. I understand that, in exceptional circumstances, H. perforatum can be toxic to livestock but I don't recall any local problems with it. On the other hand I know of problems when livestock broke into a stand of green Oats. A beetle was introduced (Chrysolina hyperici ?) to control it. Yt, Dave Webster, Kentville ----- Original Message ----- >From: Paul MacDonald >To: Nature NS >Sent: Saturday, July 28, 2012 10:01 PM >Subject: [NatureNS] Common St Johns Wort > > >Hi All >This evening we went to the Owl Night at Graves Island Prov. Park, Lunenburg Co.with Dr. Soren Bondrup-Nielsen. A very nice presentation even if electricity might have eased the strain >on Dr Soren. >When we came out I noticed a large rough area of yellow flowers. I am not very familiar with them >and rarely visit Graves Island except in winter when they are not in bloom. >They look like Common St Johns wort Hypericum perforatum, with the black spots on the petal and >the translucent dots on the leaves. >When I looked it up in Google, the Nova Scotia Museum www site on poison plants has it among the >vilians. Perhaps not unusual for this site to over react on the dangers of some plants >but other www sites agree with them. >The interesting thing is that it was growing profusely in a provincial park with lots of >innocent folks tramping around. No livestock there so that was not a danger. >One would think if one Government department said something was dangerous, other departments >would take some simple steps to eliminate the danger. Or do I not understand government? >Anyone have any thoughts on this? >Enjoy the summer - I am! >Paul > > > > >No virus found in this message. >Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >Version: 2012.0.2197 / Virus Database: 2437/5157 - Release Date: 07/26/12
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