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Index of Subjects This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_4C99_01CE8975.CD037D60 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Jim & All, July 25, 2013 Based on some 2001 observations (e-mail Nov 13, 2001) it can be = spread by dry seeds adhering to animal hair (e.g. animals or wool socks) = so dispersal will be rapid locally along paths etc. but slower over = large distances [until someone e.g. drives home with seeds adhering and = then goes into the garden].=20 Initially it was common and spreading rapidly in my North Alton = woodlot but now is sparse. Deer eat the shoots but they surely would = miss some so some other control factor must have come into play.=20 Yt, Dave Webster, Kentville=20 ----- Original Message -----=20 From: James W. Wolford=20 To: NatureNS=20 Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2013 4:03 PM Subject: [NatureNS] helleborine orchids + cardinals singing, Wolfville 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 No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2013.0.3349 / Virus Database: 3209/6520 - Release Date: = 07/25/13 ------=_NextPart_000_4C99_01CE8975.CD037D60 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 8.00.6001.23507"> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY=20 style=3D"WORD-WRAP: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space"=20 bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>Hi Jim & All, = =20 = =20 July 25, 2013</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2> Based on some 2001 observations = (e-mail Nov=20 13, 2001) it can be spread by dry seeds adhering = to animal=20 hair (e.g. animals or wool socks) so dispersal will be rapid locally = along paths=20 etc. but slower over large distances [until someone e.g. drives home = with seeds=20 adhering and then goes into the garden]. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2> Initially it was common and = spreading=20 rapidly in my North Alton woodlot but now is sparse. Deer eat the shoots = but they surely would miss some so some other control factor must = have come=20 into play. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>Yt, Dave Webster, Kentville</FONT> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE=20 style=3D"BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; = PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"=20 dir=3Dltr> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV=20 style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B>=20 <A title=3Djimwolford@eastlink.ca = href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca">James W.=20 Wolford</A> </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=3Dnaturens@chebucto.ns.ca=20 href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">NatureNS</A> </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, July 25, 2013 = 4:03=20 PM</DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [NatureNS] helleborine = orchids +=20 cardinals singing, Wolfville</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE type=3D"cite"> <DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style=3D"FONT: 12px Helvetica; = COLOR: #000000"=20 color=3D#000000 size=3D3 face=3DHelvetica><B>Subject: = </B></FONT><FONT=20 style=3D"FONT: 12px Helvetica" size=3D3 = face=3DHelvetica><B>[ValleyNature]=20 helleborine orchids + cardinals singing, Wolfville</B></FONT></DIV> <DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px; MIN-HEIGHT: 14px"><BR></DIV> <DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style=3D"FONT: 12px Helvetica" = size=3D3=20 face=3DHelvetica><B>JULY 25, 2013</B> - In Wolfville, the <B>n. = cardinal</B>=20 in our yard was singing strongly, as was another one near the Acadia = Arena=20 parking lot.</FONT></DIV> <DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px; MIN-HEIGHT: 14px; FONT: 12px = Helvetica"><BR></DIV> <DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style=3D"FONT: 12px Helvetica" = size=3D3=20 face=3DHelvetica>And I made a nice discovery in our front garden = today: four=20 plants in bloom of the <B>HELLEBORINE ORCHID</B>, <I>Epipactis=20 helleborine</I>, the exotic species for our province discovered in = 1985 by=20 Bernard Forsythe in Blomidon Park, after which there were rapid = discoveries=20 pointing to the dispersal of this then-newly-arrived species. = It is=20 now quite widespread and common, and I know it is found in and = around the=20 botanical gardens of the Irving Centre. I guess almost any = habitat,=20 other than dense coniferous woods, is expectable for this = species. =20 Zinck's Flora of N.S. (1998) shows only a few dots on its = distribution map,=20 but I'm sure a current map would look different? Zinck states = that the=20 first North American record goes back to 1879. Most of my own=20 discoveries of helleborine have been in open edges of wooded = habitats, and=20 good old humans have created oodles of such edges.</FONT></DIV> <DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style=3D"FONT: 12px Helvetica" = size=3D3=20 face=3DHelvetica><BR></FONT></DIV> <DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style=3D"FONT: 12px Helvetica" = size=3D3=20 face=3DHelvetica>Cheers from Jim in Wolfville.</FONT></DIV> <DIV=20 style=3D"MARGIN: = 0px">_______________________________________________</DIV> <DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px">Nature mailing list</DIV> <DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px"><A=20 = href=3D"mailto:Nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca">Nature@blomidonnaturalists.= ca</A></DIV> <DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px"><A=20 = href=3D"http://blomidonnaturalists.ca/mailman/listinfo/nature_blomidonnat= uralists.ca">http://blomidonnaturalists.ca/mailman/listinfo/nature_blomid= onnaturalists.ca</A></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR><A></A> <P align=3Dleft color=3D"#000000" avgcert??>No virus found in this=20 message.<BR>Checked by AVG - <A=20 href=3D"http://www.avg.com">www.avg.com</A><BR>Version: 2013.0.3349 / = Virus=20 Database: 3209/6520 - Release Date: = 07/25/13</P></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_4C99_01CE8975.CD037D60--
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