Absolutely no offense meant or taken! On 21-Mar-09, at 10:27 PM, Edward Frank wrote:
> Peter, > > I am not offended, and I hope I did not offend you. It is a simple > observation. I welcome your participation in the group. > > Ed > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Peter Aplin > To: [email protected] > Sent: Saturday, March 21, 2009 10:23 PM > Subject: [ENTS] Re: The Devil is in the details ...Arilia spinosa > > 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] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
