[NatureNS] "Wild Cucumber"

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On 8/28/2013 2:03 PM, Patrick Kelly wrote:
> It is a native plant, but I was thinking the same thing. There are
> places around Falmouth that seem to be overrun with it this year. Unless
> you see it on a dark tree like an evergreen, it  does not really stand
> out until it blossoms, and then you realize that some areas are covered
> with it!

* also fabulously abundant in eastern Ontario this year. I think it's 
usually controlled by Squash Bugs, Anasa tristis, and that there's 
hardly any of them this year, maybe because of the dry late summer last 
year.

fred.
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> On Aug 28, 2013, at 2:37 PM, Richard Stern wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> At the moment there seems to be a huge amount of Wild Cucumber (I
>> don't know any other name for it) festooned all over trees and shrubs
>> in my yard and elsewhere in the Valley. Along parts of the 101, the
>> road edges are almost white with it. Can anyone tell me its status in
>> NS - e.g. is it a noxious weed, is it introduced, does it have any
>> beneficial effects for other plants , animals or people, and any other
>> interesting information?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Richard
>>
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>> #################
>> Richard Stern,
>> Port Williams, NS, Canada
>> sternrichard@gmail.com <mailto:sternrichard@gmail.com>
>> ###################
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