Will,
Holy Smokes! Their count of non-microbial species is in the neighborhood of 12,000! And they think there are many more. Bob ----- Original Message ----- From: "Will Blozan" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, October 13, 2009 5:21:13 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: [ENTS] Re: Report from DLIA Yeah, click here: http://www.discoverlifeinamerica.org/index.shtml From: Bob <[email protected]> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, October 13, 2009 10:19:57 AM Subject: [ENTS] Re: Report from DLIA Will Do you know what the numbers are for the species in the Smokies? Trees, shrubs, herbs, lichens, mosses, ferns, etc. Bob Sent from my iPhone On Oct 13, 2009, at 9:44 AM, Will Blozan < [email protected] > wrote: Gary, The DLIA is such an awesome program! It certainly shows how little we know and how much is left to find. When I was working in the Smokies with a botanist we found several new tree, shrub, and herbs species in one summer, including a running serviceberry (Amelanchier stolonifera) and locust (Robinia boyntonii (?)) new to the park. Shumard oak was just found a few years ago- a tree many of us have driven by many times. In fact, I measured the tree thinking it was a scarlet oak in the early 90's... Will From: Gary A. Beluzo < [email protected] > To: [email protected] Cc: Leverett Robert < [email protected] > Sent: Tuesday, October 13, 2009 8:37:42 AM Subject: [ENTS] Report from DLIA ENTS: The DLIA (Discover Life in America) the folks that are sponsoring the 10+ year All Taxa Biodiversity Inventory sent me their latest report regarding the Great Smoky National Park in TN/NC. Here are a few of the highlights of this diverse temperate forest: Hop Tree (Ptelea trifoliatea) is a new species discovered in the Park that is found only on ONE SITE on a steep, limestone rock outcrop. It is the 103rd native tree species known to exist in the Park. It is found in scattered small numbers in the midwest and SE U.S. Have any of you measured this tree yet? In addition, the following species are NEW TO SCIENCE! over 42 new beetles over 36 new butterflies and moths over 41 new spiders over 57 new fungi over 23 new bees and associates Gary Gary A. Beluzo Professor of Environmental Science Division of Science, Engineering, and Mathematics Holyoke Community College 303 Homestead Avenue Holyoke, MA 01040 [email protected] 413 552-2445 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
