Re: [ENTS] Re: Devil's Walking Stick - Arilia spinosaCarolyn. I am willing to go with their findings for now. They made an effort to locate populations of Aralia. They found elanta, but not spinosa. It just strikes me as odd that it is not naturally present as the species seems to be spreading its range and that the area is potentially viable for the species, adjacent to counties with natural populations, and it is not present. There may be potential for some undocumented populations of the species by chance not found in the compilation, but no reason for turf issues. I can't see any reason that their results would be biased in this regard. I am insanely driven to reevaluate various stated and unstated assumptions of distribution, height, size, age, and similar issues when it comes to trees and forests. I want things to make sense to me. I am not satisfied that they purportedly make sense to someone else who I don't know anything about.
Ed ----- Original Message ----- From: Carolyn Summers To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, March 22, 2009 8:22 PM Subject: [ENTS] Re: Devil's Walking Stick - Arilia spinosa It also has a point map showing the locations of many populations of A. elata throughout the NYC metro region. Their researchers could not find any populations of A. spinosa to map. So it is not an issue of A. spinosa extending its range, rather it is a case of mistaken identity. I would think it unlikely that they would have missed a population at NYBG, but maybe there was a turf issue? :) -- Carolyn Summers --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
