Jenny, Both species are likely called Devil's walkingstick, as they both have the same characteristic spiny trunk. The devil is in the details, the details of the leaves in this case. That emphasizes why it is important to list species name (and spell them correctly) when talking about specific trees on the list to make sure everyone is on the same page. Now I guess we need measurements and ages for Aralia elata. ( ;))
Ed ----- Original Message ----- From: "Edward Frank" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, March 23, 2009 10:04 AM Subject: [ENTS] Re: Aralia elata > > Jenny, > > As far as ENTS is concerned - it is not a problem. The key is to get any > identification errors corrected. All of us have made mistakes and we when > we find them, we fix them. On the website I tend to just edit out the > errors in the original post on the webpages and replace it with the > correct > information to avoid confusion by readers. No problem. > > Ed > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "JennyNYC" <[email protected]> > To: "ENTSTrees" <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, March 23, 2009 9:53 AM > Subject: [ENTS] Aralia elata > > >> >> Hi, >> >> Well, I just asked a curator at NYBG and found out that it is Aralia >> ELATA we have been weeding and that she is still in the process of >> determining the status of spinosa in the Forest. >> >> This makes me really really mad. I was led to believe it was spinosa. >> >> So BBG may be right about the presence of spinosa, Carolyn. >> >> I'm really sorry I contributed the wrong info here. I don't understand >> how there could have been such an incredible misunderstanding even >> after I submitted id research. Not happy... >> >> Jenny --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
