Unfortunately, Don, some insects don¹t know the difference, either, and it
could be a problem if they need the native for a host plant and they lay
their eggs on the exotic. I don¹t know whether Aralia spinosa is a host
plant for any insect or not; maybe no one knows. I do know that some
butterflies that use native plants in the mustard family have been fooled
into laying their eggs on non-native plants in the mustard family, such as
garlic mustard, and their caterpillars either starve or become poisoned.
That¹s just one example.
--
Carolyn Summers
63 Ferndale Drive
Hastings-on-Hudson, NY 10706
914-478-5712
From: DON BERTOLETTE <[email protected]>
Reply-To: <[email protected]>
Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2009 18:13:39 +0000
To: <[email protected]>
Subject: [ENTS] Re: Devil's Walking Stick - Arilia spinosa
ENTS-
I know nothing of the genus (here in Alaska we have what must be similar in
some respects, a plant called Devil's Club)...are either an endangered,
threatened or species of concern?
Am I the only one that thinks that there is a global climate change
opportunity here? When only experts can tell otherwise identical species
apart, is there really a problem here?
-Don
> Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2009 05:21:24 -0700
> Subject: [ENTS] Re: Devil's Walking Stick - Arilia spinosa
> From: [email protected]
> To: [email protected]
>
>
> ENTS
>
> Some believe that all of the devils walking stick in SE PA is A.
> Elata. Both species may be increasing their range by replacing other
> natives that deer eat to extirpation. Deer don't eat Aralia.
>
> Ed, yes, the one pictured is the one planted in 67. It is in a very
> dry competitive landscape. It has it's own colony around it, but no
> others on the site.
>
> Scott
>
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