Jenny- It's nearly impossible to separate the two species while dormant---A. elata has a more pubescent leaf underside, and tends to grow somewhat taller.
Steve On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 9:53 AM, JennyNYC <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
