Thanks to you all for understanding. Maybe when spring comes, I'll be able to see the spinosa using the leaf id... if I haven't had my eyes poked out by the elata. (I read that one of the common names for the elata is Japanese Angelica...devils, angels, all the same I guess!)
Thanks again, Jenny On Mar 23, 1:08 pm, Steve Galehouse <[email protected]> wrote: > 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] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
