The general definition of 'native' is 'not introduced'. It is a historical
criterion, not an ecological one, and it rests entirely on absence of
evidence for introduction. That definition has not changed at all since it
was first fully codified in England in 1847.
David McNeely's claim that
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Even if we agree as to what native means, phrases such as native to
Texas are problematic, and not just because, as Matt Chew points out,
human political constructs vary with time. If a tree is native to one
little corner of Texas, then the statement native to Texas applies, but
what does it
Y'all:
Since I grew up deep in the Post-Oak Timber Belt of Texas, I probably have
everything wrong, as my knowledge is in the folk category.
My great-grandfather moved to Texas after the Civil War, and I took out the
bob-wahr that he had stapled to post-oaks before the turn of the century
Good grief, Matt.
How long the region we now call Texas has been called that is irrelevant, and
how much territory the name has encompassed at various times is also
irrelevant. The question had to do with whether Post Oak was native to the
region now called Texas.
Short answer, without
From a land-manager's perspective regarding the post oaks of the Texas region,
most likely one would say that post-oaks havenaturalizedas many introduced
species do. Whether the species was introduced by animal or weather phenomena
is a debate not worth having. But for fun I thought I would
Tacy, I believe that a naturalized species is generally considered to be one
that after introduction has established a viable population.
http://69.90.183.227/doc/articles/2002-/A-00249.pdf
Post oak is not an introduced species in Texas, it is native by any
definition. When Europeans came
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to get back to the original question, here is the USDA take on the matter:
http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=QUSTmapType=nativityphotoID=qust_002_avp.tif
mcneely
Wayne Tyson landr...@cox.net wrote:
Are you sure you're not seeing recolonization? The Texas of my boyhood was
That USDA range map for post oak touches on a point raised earlier. Those
civic-minded oaks conform their range exactly to US state and national
boundaries, and nowhere is it introduced.
And, Dave M., despite your Good grief to Matt C.. don't you think it's
appropriate to pay some attention to
As a lowly student I would like to echo Wayne and McNeely's responses to Dr.
Chew's statements.
To imply that the members of the list would benefit from being reminded that
Texas has not always been called Texas implies that we are all rather ignorant.
At best there was some semantic fun in
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