[NatureNS] Himalayan Balsam (alien touch-me-not) in Wolfville

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> From: Jim Wolford <jimwolford@eastlink.ca>
> Subject: [ValleyNature] Himalayan Balsam (alien touch-me-not) in =
Wolfville
> Date: September 2, 2014 at 6:21:23 PM ADT
>=20
> SEPT. 1, 2014 - Pat & I had a Labour Day walk in Wolfville along the =
rail trail west of town.  Not far east of Cherry Lane, on the old =
railroad tracks, I spotted a couple of tall weeds sporting large pink =
flowers.  I recognized this plant as our third species of Impatiens, =
alias jewelweed, touch-me-not, or (my own name?) hummingbird heaven.
>=20
> Our two species with orange to yellow flowers are Impatiens capensis, =
spotted touch-me-not, and Impatiens pallida, pale touch-me-not (as in =
Zinck=92s 1998 Flora of Nova Scotia).  (I hear that Marian Zinck and =
Ruth Newell are working on more portable and updated version of the =
FLORA of NS, which has been needed for a long time =97 in the meantime, =
check any public or university or high school? library for easy access =
to the 2-volume tome of 1998 =97 also much of the Flora of NS is =
available on-line via the E. C. Smith Herbarium Web-site of Acadia =
University.)  The family is Balsaminaceae.
>=20
> Zinck does not list a common name for the third species, Impatiens =
glandulifera, which I believe is an alien species that is rumored to be =
invasive.  I have seen it in England, on Brier Island (where there is no =
evidence of invasiveness that I have seen), and once in King=92s County, =
where it was obviously planted by someone but subsequently disappeared.  =
Google the Latinized name above for info=92 and nice photos.  Wikipedia =
says it is native to the Himalayas, and is called =93Himalayan Balsam=94. =
 Zinck says its habitat is waste ground and roadside thickets, and its =
range in N.S. is from Brier Island to Halifax and Pictou Counties.
>=20
> Identification is easy from the conspicuous & large pink flowers plus =
the whorled or opposite leaves (vs. alternate leaves in the other wild =
Impatiens species).
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Himalayan Balsam (alien touch-me-not) in =
Wolfville</b><br></span></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; =
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style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Date: =
</b></span><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';">September 2, 2014 at =
6:21:23 PM ADT</span></div><br><div><meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" =
content=3D"text/html charset=3Dwindows-1252"><div style=3D"word-wrap: =
break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: =
after-white-space;"><div style=3D"margin: 0px; font-size: 13px; =
font-family: Arial;"><b>SEPT. 1, 2014</b> - Pat &amp; I had a Labour Day =
walk in <b>Wolfville </b>along the<b> rail trail </b>west of town.&nbsp; =
Not far east of Cherry Lane, on the old railroad tracks, I spotted a =
couple of tall weeds sporting large pink flowers.&nbsp; I recognized =
this plant as our third species of <i>Impatiens</i>, alias jewelweed, =
touch-me-not, or (my own name?) hummingbird heaven.</div><div =
style=3D"margin: 0px; font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; min-height: =
15px;"><br></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; font-size: 13px; =
font-family: Arial;">Our two species with orange to yellow flowers are =
<i>Impatiens capensis</i>, spotted touch-me-not, and <i>Impatiens =
pallida</i>, pale touch-me-not (as in Zinck=92s 1998 Flora of Nova =
Scotia).&nbsp; (I hear that Marian Zinck and Ruth Newell are working on =
more portable and updated version of the FLORA of NS, which has been =
needed for a long time =97 in the meantime, check any public or =
university or high school? library for easy access to the 2-volume tome =
of 1998 =97 also much of the Flora of NS is available on-line via the E. =
C. Smith Herbarium Web-site of Acadia University.)&nbsp; The family is =
Balsaminaceae.</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; font-size: 13px; =
font-family: Arial; min-height: 15px;"><br></div><div style=3D"margin: =
0px; font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial;">Zinck does not list a common =
name for the third species, Impatiens glandulifera, which I believe is =
an alien species that is rumored to be invasive.&nbsp; I have seen it in =
England, on Brier Island (where there is no evidence of invasiveness =
that I have seen), and once in King=92s County, where it was obviously =
planted by someone but subsequently disappeared.&nbsp; Google the =
Latinized name above for info=92 and nice photos.&nbsp; Wikipedia says =
it is native to the Himalayas, and is called =93Himalayan Balsam=94. =
&nbsp;Zinck says its habitat is waste ground and roadside thickets, and =
its range in N.S. is from Brier Island to Halifax and Pictou =
Counties.</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; font-size: 13px; font-family: =
Arial; min-height: 15px;"><br></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; =
font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial;">Identification is easy from the =
conspicuous &amp; large pink flowers plus the whorled or opposite leaves =
(vs. alternate leaves in the other wild Impatiens =
species).</div></div>_______________________________________________<br>Na=
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uralists.ca<br></div><