[NatureNS] Frog Pond Plant ID Question

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There are a number of young Norway spruce in the park,
probably propagating from a large tree.
And somebody planted two skunk cabbages.

On another topic: It appears the semi-collapsed
boardwalk in the park is under repair.

On Tue, Aug 15, 2017 at 5:30 PM, plchalmers@ns.sympatico.ca
<plchalmers@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote:
> There have  been a number of deliberate introductions of plants at the Frog
> Pond over the years, by enthusiastic horticulturalists/botanizers.
>
> The most obvious are the rhododendrons, a la Pine Grove Park in Milton,
> Queen's County
> http://www.novascotia.com/see-do/outdoor-activities/pine-grove-park/1722
> However I have also observed some less conspicuous plants, including Jack in
> the Pulpit.
>
> Buttonbush is one I haven't seen yet, so good spotting, Burkhard.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Patricia
>
>
>> On August 15, 2017 at 10:43 AM Burkhard Plache <burkhardplache@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>> Thank you, Fred.
>>
>> Buttonbush does not occur naturally around Halifax.
>> It was planted in Point Pleasant Park after Hurricane Juan.
>> Maybe it spread from there.
>>
>> Burkhard
>>
>> On Mon, Aug 14, 2017 at 11:52 PM, Frederick W. Schueler <bckcdb@istar.ca>
>> wrote:
>> > On 8/14/2017 10:36 PM, Burkhard Plache wrote:
>> >
>> >> this Sunday, while walking around the Frog Pond in Halifax' Dingle
>> >> Park,
>> >> I came across a plant I am not familiar with. It grew at the edge of
>> >> one
>> >> of the wetlands.
>> >>
>> >> http://inaturalist.ca/observations/7477018
>> >
>> >
>> > * Buttonbush, Cephalanthus occidentalis.
>> >
>> > fred.
>> > ------------------------------------------------------------
>> > Frederick W. Schueler & Aleta Karstad
>> > Bishops Mills Natural History Centre - http://pinicola.ca/bmnhc.htm
>> > Mudpuppy Night in Oxford Mills - http://pinicola.ca/mudpup1.htm
>> > Daily Paintings - http://karstaddailypaintings.blogspot.com/
>> > South Nation Basin Art & Science Book
>> > http://pinicola.ca/books/SNR_book.htm
>> > RR#2 Bishops Mills, Ontario, Canada K0G 1T0
>> > on the Smiths Falls Limestone Plain 44* 52'N 75* 42'W
>> > (613)258-3107 <bckcdb at istar.ca> http://pinicola.ca/
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