Ed, I realize that...actually its a minor sickness of mine and I promise to get help! Me Sooooo Solly! On 21-Mar-09, at 10:20 PM, Edward Frank wrote:
> Peter, > > Your spelling is correct. But this is an informal group. If you > correct every spelling error you will need to reply to every post. > It was not unclear what species I was writing about, so... > > Ed > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Peter Aplin > To: [email protected] > Sent: Saturday, March 21, 2009 10:13 PM > Subject: [ENTS] Re: The Devil is in the details ...Arilia spinosa > > 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] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
