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Index of Subjects This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_99A0_01CEA5AC.9DEC9A90 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Randy & All, Aug 30, 2013 We have been here before but I must object to your "horrible patches = of Japanese Knotweed". Adjectives such as horrible and even invasive are I think offensive = because they reflect and result in prejudice. Most if not all so called = invasive plants are merely taking advantage of an opportunity created by = habitat distubance/degradation. They are the scabs over the wound = generated, directly or indirectly, by human activities.=20 Yt, Dave Webster, Kentville ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Randy Lauff=20 To: NatureNS=20 Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2013 3:01 PM Subject: Re: [NatureNS] "Wild Cucumber" I was just on a tour of the Antigonish Landing last week, where a grad = student from the Ag Campus of Dal showed us the horrible patches of = Japanese Knotweed. Cascading over some of it and other local vegetation = was wild cucumber, which he said was native. I think I've heard the same = before...I'm not within arm's reach of Zinck (the book, not the person), = or I'd check. Randy Randy _________________________________ RF Lauff Way in the boonies of Antigonish County, NS. On 28 August 2013 14:37, Richard Stern <sternrichard@gmail.com> 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 --=20 ################# Richard Stern,=20 Port Williams, NS, Canada sternrichard@gmail.com ###################=20 No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2013.0.3392 / Virus Database: 3211/6612 - Release Date: = 08/27/13 ------=_NextPart_000_99A0_01CEA5AC.9DEC9A90 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 8.00.6001.23515"> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV>Hi Randy & All, = =20 Aug 30, = 2013</DIV> <DIV> We have been here before but I must object to = your=20 "horrible patches of Japanese Knotweed".</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> Adjectives such as horrible and even invasive = are I=20 think offensive because they reflect and result in prejudice. Most if = not all so=20 called invasive plants are merely taking advantage of an = opportunity=20 created by habitat distubance/degradation. They are the scabs = over=20 the wound generated, directly or indirectly, by human = activities. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Yt, Dave Webster, Kentville</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=3Drandy.lauff@gmail.com = href=3D"mailto:randy.lauff@gmail.com">Randy=20 Lauff</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> Wednesday, August 28, = 2013 3:01=20 PM</DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [NatureNS] "Wild=20 Cucumber"</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV dir=3Dltr>I was just on a tour of the Antigonish Landing last = week, where a=20 grad student from the Ag Campus of Dal showed us the horrible patches = of=20 Japanese Knotweed. Cascading over some of it and other local = vegetation was=20 wild cucumber, which he said was native. I think I've heard the same=20 before...I'm not within arm's reach of Zinck (the book, not the = person), or=20 I'd check. <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>Randy<BR> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>Randy</DIV></DIV></DIV> <DIV class=3Dgmail_extra><BR clear=3Dall> <DIV>_________________________________<BR>RF Lauff<BR>Way in the = boonies=20 of<BR>Antigonish County, NS.</DIV><BR><BR> <DIV class=3Dgmail_quote>On 28 August 2013 14:37, Richard Stern <SPAN=20 dir=3Dltr><<A href=3D"mailto:sternrichard@gmail.com"=20 target=3D_blank>sternrichard@gmail.com</A>></SPAN> wrote:<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE=20 style=3D"BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; = PADDING-LEFT: 1ex"=20 class=3Dgmail_quote> <DIV dir=3Dltr> <DIV> <DIV> <DIV>Hi,<BR><BR></DIV>At the moment there seems to be a huge amount = of Wild=20 Cucumber (I don't know any other name for it) festooned all over = trees and=20 shrubs in my yard and elsewhere in the Valley. Along parts of the = 101, the=20 road edges are almost white with it. Can anyone tell me its status = in NS -=20 e.g. is it a noxious weed, is it introduced, does it have any = beneficial=20 effects for other plants , animals or people, and any other = interesting=20 information?<BR><BR></DIV>Thanks,<BR><BR></DIV>Richard<SPAN=20 class=3DHOEnZb><FONT color=3D#888888><BR clear=3Dall> <DIV> <DIV> <DIV> <DIV><BR>-- <BR>#################<BR>Richard Stern, <BR>Port = Williams, NS,=20 Canada<BR><A href=3D"mailto:sternrichard@gmail.com"=20 target=3D_blank>sternrichard@gmail.com</A><BR>###################=20 = </DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></FONT></SPAN></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></DIV>= <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: 2013.0.3392 / = Virus=20 Database: 3211/6612 - Release Date: = 08/27/13</P></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_99A0_01CEA5AC.9DEC9A90--
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