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--Apple-Mail-109--812671373 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed > Subject: [ValleyNature] helleborine orchids + cardinals singing, > Wolfville > > JULY 25, 2013 - In Wolfville, the n. cardinal in our yard was > singing strongly, as was another one near the Acadia Arena parking > lot. > > And I made a nice discovery in our front garden today: four plants > in bloom of the HELLEBORINE ORCHID, Epipactis helleborine, the > exotic species for our province discovered in 1985 by Bernard > Forsythe in Blomidon Park, after which there were rapid discoveries > pointing to the dispersal of this then-newly-arrived species. It > is now quite widespread and common, and I know it is found in and > around the botanical gardens of the Irving Centre. I guess almost > any habitat, other than dense coniferous woods, is expectable for > this species. Zinck's Flora of N.S. (1998) shows only a few dots > on its distribution map, but I'm sure a current map would look > different? Zinck states that the first North American record goes > back to 1879. Most of my own discoveries of helleborine have been > in open edges of wooded habitats, and good old humans have created > oodles of such edges. > > Cheers from Jim in Wolfville. > _______________________________________________ > Nature mailing list > Nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca > http://blomidonnaturalists.ca/mailman/listinfo/ > nature_blomidonnaturalists.ca --Apple-Mail-109--812671373 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><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>Subject: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>[ValleyNature] helleborine orchids + = cardinals singing, Wolfville</b></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; = min-height: 14px; "><br></div> <div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font = face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>JULY = 25, 2013</b> - In Wolfville, the <b>n. cardinal</b> in our yard was = singing strongly, as was another one near the Acadia Arena parking = lot.</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal = 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: = 12.0px Helvetica">And I made a nice discovery in our front garden today: = four plants in bloom of the <b>HELLEBORINE ORCHID</b>, <i>Epipactis = helleborine</i>, the exotic species for our province discovered in 1985 = by Bernard Forsythe in Blomidon Park, after which there were rapid = discoveries pointing to the dispersal of this then-newly-arrived = species. It is now quite widespread and common, and I know it is = found in and around the botanical gardens of the Irving Centre. I = guess almost any habitat, other than dense coniferous woods, is = expectable for this species. Zinck's Flora of N.S. (1998) shows = only a few dots on its distribution map, but I'm sure a current map = would look different? Zinck states that the first North American = record goes back to 1879. Most of my own discoveries of = helleborine have been in open edges of wooded habitats, and good old = humans have created oodles of such edges.</font></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: = 12.0px Helvetica"><br></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font = face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">Cheers = from Jim in Wolfville.</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; = ">_______________________________________________</div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">Nature mailing list</div><div style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><a = href=3D"mailto:Nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca">Nature@blomidonnaturalists.c= a</a></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><a = href=3D"http://blomidonnaturalists.ca/mailman/listinfo/nature_blomidonnatu= ralists.ca">http://blomidonnaturalists.ca/mailman/listinfo/nature_blomidon= naturalists.ca</a></div> </blockquote></div><br></body></html>= --Apple-Mail-109--812671373--
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