Hello....I don't want to be acting like an old school teacher, but spelling is key when using latin, for that is what correctly identifies what you are refering to...so Aralia spinosa is the Devils Walking Stick, not Arilia...... Peter On 19-Mar-09, at 10:46 AM, Edward Frank wrote:
> Jenny, > > As uncomfortable as grabbing it may be for the hiker, Arilia > spinosa is a native tree across much of eastern United States. It > isn't clear if it actually is native to NYC, or if that is just > beyond its native range. It was used in Victorian gardens as an > ornamental, and the aromatic roots and fruit were used by settlers > as home remedies...mainly for toothache. I am curious how large of > trees they are removing? It certainly is not a highly thought of > tree in any case. The tallest specimen in our database is 36 feet, > and the fattest is 53.4 inches GBH. That is a pretty fat one, but > I am sure there are many taller examples out there, we just don't > measure that many of them. The oldest one we have found was one > Jess Riddle noted cut along a trail at just 32 years old. Some of > these pioneer species seem to just die before growing very old. I > would be interested in ring counts from any larger or old specimens > removed as part of the project. I personally am curious about many > of these unwanted and oft overlooked species. > > Ed > . > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "JennyNYC" <[email protected]> > To: "ENTSTrees" <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:17 AM > Subject: [ENTS] Re: Hemlocks - HWA? > > The DEVIL is Aralia spinosa - Devil's Walking Stick. I joke a lot that > we are removing the Devil and the Tree of Heaven (Ailanthus) from the > Forest. Nobody really laughs though...I can't figure out if they don't > get it or the joke is just getting really really old or it just wasn't > that funny in the first place! > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Eastern Native Tree Society http://www.nativetreesociety.org Send email to [email protected] Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees?hl=en To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
