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On 2017-04-28 10:47 AM, Burkhard Plache wrote:
> while looking through old photos, I came across some that look like
> oyster plant (Mertensia maritima). I am a bit uncertain, because on
> most occasions that I can recall, oyster plant grows prostate on the
> ground, and not upright, as in the photos. Can anybody tell me if it
> is oyster plant or some other species? The photos were taken in mid
> May 2007 on Brier Island.
Looks correct to me, Burkhard. Young plants form mounds like that but
they become prostrate and creeping as they get older, rooting at nodes
to reproduce and, presumably, to obtain nutrients that may be exhausted
at the centre of the old plant.
Phil
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