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<div style="WIDOWS: 1; PAGE-BREAK-INSIDE: avoid; FONT-WEIGHT: normal" align=left><FONT color=#000000><FONT face="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt" size=1>Behind the row of pines is the Lower Field. This is where the House Wren is spending most of its time but it can also be seen by walking the edges of the cemetery. </FONT></FONT>& --Apple-Mail-1-235628846 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Zinck is probably reflecting the comment found in Roland and Smith's, = The Flora of Nova Scotia, "doubtfully native to N.S." Taxonomy of = Vascular Plants by Lawrence, refers to it, (Echinocystis (lobata)) as = one species representing the Cucurbitaceae family in the U.S. Other = references show it as being native to North America, e.g. Wildflowers = of Ontario. Wild Cucumber was featured with notes in the BNS calendar this year = (July 2013).=20 I grew up with it in Pugwash Jct., in the 1940s-50s, as a decorative = vine on our sundeck. Wild cucumber does not seem any more prevalent in = that part of the province now than it was then. I must have a more = critical look next time I'm at my old home territory. I know it is = certainly commonly seen around the Valley, including here in Avonport. I've used its early stages in the school science classroom as a means to = observe plant growth (dramatic, measurable growth over a short period of = time). Sherman Sherman Williams shermwms@eastlink.ca http://www.sherm39.com/Site_2/Home_Site.html On Aug 31, 2013, at 10:59 AM, James W. Wolford wrote: > In answer to Richard's question, Zinck (1998) says that wild cucumber = is "probably not native", is often cultivated to cover fences and walls, = grows luxuriantly in dumps, and may become a troublesome weed. Its = range is across southern Canada and south to Florida and Texas. Cheers = from Jim in Wolfville. >=20 > Begin forwarded message: >=20 >> From: David & Alison Webster <dwebster@glinx.com> >> Date: August 30, 2013 6:13:24 PM ADT >> To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca >> Subject: Re: [NatureNS] "Wild Cucumber" >> Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca >>=20 >> Hi Randy & All, Aug 30, 2013 >> We have been here before but I must object to your "horrible = patches of Japanese Knotweed". >> =20 >> 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 >> =20 >> Yt, Dave Webster, Kentville >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: Randy Lauff >> To: NatureNS >> Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2013 3:01 PM >> Subject: Re: [NatureNS] "Wild Cucumber" >>=20 >> 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. >>=20 >> Randy >>=20 >> Randy >>=20 >> _________________________________ >> RF Lauff >> Way in the boonies of >> Antigonish County, NS. >>=20 >>=20 >> On 28 August 2013 14:37, Richard Stern<sternrichard@gmail.com> wrote: >> Hi, >>=20 >> 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? >>=20 >> Thanks, >>=20 >> Richard >>=20 >> --=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 >>=20 >=20 --Apple-Mail-1-235628846 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii <html><head></head><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; = -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Zinck = is probably reflecting the comment found in Roland and Smith's, = The Flora of Nova Scotia, "doubtfully native to N.S." = Taxonomy of Vascular Plants by Lawrence, refers to it, = (<i>Echinocystis</i> (<i>lobata</i>)) as one species representing = the Cucurbitaceae family in the U.S. Other = references show it as being native to North America, e.g. = Wildflowers of Ontario.<div><br></div><div>Wild Cucumber was featured = with notes in the BNS calendar this year (July = 2013). </div><div><br></div><div>I grew up with it in Pugwash = Jct., in the 1940s-50s, as a decorative vine on our sundeck. = Wild cucumber does not seem any more prevalent in that part of the = province now than it was then. I must have a more critical look = next time I'm at my old home territory. I know it is certainly = commonly seen around the Valley, including here in = Avonport.</div><div><br></div><div>I've used its early stages in the = school science classroom as a means to observe plant growth (dramatic, = measurable growth over a short period of = time).</div><div><br></div><div>Sherman</div><div><br><div> <span class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"border-collapse: separate; = color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; = font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; = line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: = 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: = 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: = auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><span = class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"orphans: 2; text-align: = -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; widows: 2; = -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><div style=3D"word-wrap: = break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: = after-white-space; "><div style=3D"border-collapse: separate; color: = rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: = normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: = normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: = 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; = font-size: medium; ">Sherman Williams</div><div style=3D"border-collapse: = separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; = font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; = line-height: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; = word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; = -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><a = href=3D"mailto:shermwms@eastlink.ca">shermwms@eastlink.ca</a></div><div><a= = href=3D"http://www.sherm39.com/Site_2/Home_Site.html">http://www.sherm39.c= om/Site_2/Home_Site.html</a></div></div></span><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"></span><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"> </div> <br><div><div>On Aug 31, 2013, at 10:59 AM, James W. Wolford = wrote:</div><br class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote = type=3D"cite"><div style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: = space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "> In answer to Richard's question, Zinck (1998) says that wild cucumber is = "probably not native", is often cultivated to cover fences and walls, = grows luxuriantly in dumps, and may become a troublesome weed. Its = range is across southern Canada and south to Florida and Texas. = Cheers from Jim in Wolfville.<br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded = message:</div><br class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><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>From: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">David & Alison Webster <<a = href=3D"mailto:dwebster@glinx.com">dwebster@glinx.com</a>></font></div>= <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>Date: = </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Helvetica">August 30, 2013 6:13:24 PM ADT</font></div><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>To: </b></font><font = face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><a = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a></font>= </div><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>Re: [NatureNS] "Wild = Cucumber"</b></font></div><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>Reply-To: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><a = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a></font>= </div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: = 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div> <span = class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"border-collapse: separate; = font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; = font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; = orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; = widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: = auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div>Hi Randy = & All, = Aug 30, = 2013</div><div> We have been here before but I must = object to your "horrible patches of Japanese = Knotweed".</div><div> </div><div> 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. </div><div> </div><div>Yt, Dave Webster, = Kentville</div><blockquote dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"border-left-color: = rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left-width: 2px; border-left-style: solid; = padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 0px; margin-left: 5px; margin-right: = 0px; "><div style=3D"font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal arial; = ">----- Original Message -----</div><div style=3D"font: normal normal = normal 10pt/normal arial; background-image: initial; = background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; = background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(228, 228, 228); = background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial = initial; "><b>From:</b><span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><a = title=3D"randy.lauff@gmail.com" = href=3D"mailto:randy.lauff@gmail.com">Randy Lauff</a></div><div = style=3D"font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal arial; "><b>To:</b><span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><a = title=3D"naturens@chebucto.ns.ca" = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">NatureNS</a></div><div = style=3D"font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal arial; = "><b>Sent:</b><span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>Wednesday, August 28, 2013 = 3:01 PM</div><div style=3D"font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal arial; = "><b>Subject:</b><span class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>Re: = [NatureNS] "Wild Cucumber"</div><div><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">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.<div><br></div><div>Randy<br><div><br></div><div>Randy</div></div></= div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br = clear=3D"all"><div>_________________________________<br>RF Lauff<br>Way = in the boonies of<br>Antigonish County, NS.</div><br><br><div = class=3D"gmail_quote">On 28 August 2013 14:37, Richard Stern<span = dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:sternrichard@gmail.com" = target=3D"_blank">sternrichard@gmail.com</a>></span><span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>wrote:<br><blockquote = class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); = border-left-width: 1px; border-left-style: solid; margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.8ex; padding-left: = 1ex; "><div dir=3D"ltr"><div><div><div>Hi,<br><br></div>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?<br><br></div>Thanks,<br><br></div>Richard<span = class=3D"HOEnZb"><font color=3D"#888888"><br = clear=3D"all"><div><div><div><div><br>--<span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>#################<br>Rich= ard Stern,<span class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>Port = Williams, NS, Canada<br><a href=3D"mailto:sternrichard@gmail.com" = target=3D"_blank">sternrichard@gmail.com</a><br>###################</div><= /div></div></div></font></span></div></blockquote></div><br></div><a></a><= p align=3D"left" color=3D"#000000" avgcert??=3D"">No virus found in this = message.<br>Checked by AVG -<span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><a = href=3D"http://www.avg.com/">www.avg.com</a><br>Version: 2013.0.3392 / = Virus Database: 3211/6612 - Release Date: = 08/27/13</p></blockquote></span></blockquote></div><br></div></blockquote>= </div><br></div></body></html>= --Apple-Mail-1-235628846--
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