Hey, Will. When you get a chance photograph those " devils " near your home. I will be looking for them around here.
James P. On Mar 19, 4:33 pm, James Parton <[email protected]> wrote: > Ed & Jenny, > > I can't ever remember finding Devils Walking Stick here in the > mountains of North Carolina. If anyone would know it would be Will > Blozan. I find the plant uniquely beautiful. Much like I do Hawthorn. > > James Parton > > On Mar 19, 10:46 am, "Edward Frank" <[email protected]> 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] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
