Ed- Sorry for the perceived tone--comment meant to be humorous--lammas growth is a horticultural term, I guess, which I thought was universal in botany/forestry. Not meant to offend or challenge in any way.
Steve On Sat, Aug 29, 2009 at 12:01 AM, Edward Frank <[email protected]> wrote: > Steve, > > I run into terminology related to forestry and ecology that are not in the > common lexicon, at least not in the chemistry and geology terms with which I > am most familiar. I found what this one meant... > > Ed > > "The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. > It is the source of all true art and all science." - Albert Einstein > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* Steve Galehouse <[email protected]> > *To:* [email protected] > *Sent:* Friday, August 28, 2009 11:53 PM > *Subject:* [ENTS] Re: early Fall foliage > > Well, yeah.... > > On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 11:50 PM, Edward Frank <[email protected]>wrote: > >> *Aha!!!* >> ** >> *Lammas leaves* or *Lammas growth<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lammas_growth> >> * refers to a second crop of leaves produced in high summer by deciduous >> trees in temperate countries to replace those lost to insect damage. They >> often differ slightly in shape, texture and/or hairiness from the earlier >> leaves. >> >> >> "The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. >> It is the source of all true art and all science." - Albert Einstein >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> *From:* Steve Galehouse <[email protected]> >> *To:* [email protected] >> *Sent:* Friday, August 28, 2009 11:47 PM >> *Subject:* [ENTS] Re: early Fall foliage >> >> Tupelos changing here in NE Ohio, due to drought. Oaks still in lammas >> mode. >> >> Steve >> >> On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 11:28 PM, Edward Frank <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> Barry, >>> >>> There aren't any trees changing here yet, not even the black gums, but >>> curiously a couple individual branches on some of my red maples are now >>> bright red with fall colors. Everything else is green. >>> >>> Ed >>> >>> "The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. >>> It is the source of all true art and all science." - Albert Einstein >>> >>> >>> >> >> > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
