Botany is complex. This sort of thing happens all the time. Just be glad
that you don't have to work buying plants from nurseries. They make huge
mistakes and mislabel and sell the wrong plants. I made a list for my book
of plants frequently mislabeled by nurseries so that buyers can be wary.
Even places like New England Wild Flower Society make huge mistakes. I'm
constantly trying to improve my own botany skills so that I can be sure the
plant I'm buying is the correct plant. I'm looking forward to your photo ID
book. I think it will be very helpful.
--
Carolyn Summers
63 Ferndale Drive
Hastings-on-Hudson, NY 10706
914-478-5712
> From: JennyNYC <[email protected]>
> Reply-To: <[email protected]>
> Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2009 06:53:48 -0700 (PDT)
> To: ENTSTrees <[email protected]>
> 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
> >
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