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On 7/16/2015 12:05 PM, rita.paul@ns.sympatico.ca wrote:
> Black Maple is reputed to be a sub species of sugar maple so not
> surprising they cross breed.
* "reputed" is a good word here. They're sympatric over the whole range
of the Black Maple, and yet don't blend away their identities. This is
something that needs study before we can say what's going on.
fred.
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> London Plane Tree is being promoted as a replacement for Norway Maple. I
> don't know if
> there is any in NS yet. It resembles Sugar Maple to some extent.
> It is a 2 species cross which shows some characterists of hybrids. Its
> seed is only occasionally fertile
> so is much less invasive than Norway Maple.
> Crossing species of trees is an interesting study - however not a hobby
> thing like rhododendrons say
> because of the length of time to see the result! Much quicker to select
> seedlings.
> Enjoy the summer
> Paul
>
> > On July 16, 2015 at 11:58 AM Dusan Soudek <soudekd@ns.sympatico.ca>
> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Oops! Wrong maple species. According to J. L. Farrar's "Trees in Canada"
> > (1995), Sugar Maple hybridizes with Black Maple, which is NOT native
> to our
> > province. No mention of possible hybridization with Norway Maple.
> > Dusan Soudek
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Fred Schueler
> > Sent: Thursday, July 16, 2015 11:09 AM
> > To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
> > Subject: Fwd: Re: Re: [NatureNS] Maple hybrids
> >
> >
> > -------- Forwarded Message --------
> > Subject: Re: Re: [NatureNS] Maple ID
> > Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2015 09:55:17 -0400
> > From: Owen Clarkin <wrecsvp@gmail.com>
> > To: Fred Schueler <bckcdb@istar.ca>
> >
> > You are correct; Sugar and Norway Maples aren't closely related and
> > don't hybridize - Owen
> >
> > On Thu, Jul 16, 2015 at 9:42 AM, Fred Schueler <bckcdb@istar.ca wrote:
> >
> > * don't believe this is the case. - fred.
> >
> > =======================================
> >
> > -------- Forwarded Message --------
> > Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Maple ID
> > Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2015 10:14:54 -0300
> > From: Dusan Soudek <soudekd@ns.sympatico.ca
> > <mailto:soudekd@ns.sympatico.ca>>
> > Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca <mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca>
> > To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca <mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca>
> >
> >
> > Remember, Sugar Maple and Norway Maple hybridize... - Dusan Soudek
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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