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Yesterday, during a leisurely canoe trip down Queens County's Medway =
River, I'd found two extensive populations of Greenbrier (a.k.a. =
Catbrier), Smilax rotundifolia L. Petrides' 'A Field Guide to Trees and =
Shrubs' calls our species of this woody, spiney vine 'Common =
Greenbrier.'=20
Both populations are located between Greenfield and Bangs Falls, =
very close to the river and probably experiencing seasonal flooding. =
According to Marion Zinck's (Munro's) 'Roland's Flora of Nova Scotia,' =
the Medway is about the northern limit of this Southern shrub's range in =
Nova Scotia. It is found from Florida and Texas to southern Ontario. =
Greenbrier is somewhat unique in that it is Nova Scotia's only woody =
monocot.=20
I had been canoeing the Medway for the past thirty years but never =
knew that this odd prickly green-stemmed vine grew there...
Dusan Soudek =20
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<DIV><FONT size=3D3> Yesterday, during a leisurely canoe =
trip down=20
Queens County's Medway River, I'd found two extensive populations of =
Greenbrier=20
(a.k.a. Catbrier), <EM>Smilax rotundifolia </EM>L. Petrides' 'A Field =
Guide to=20
Trees and Shrubs' calls our species of this woody, spiney vine =
'Common=20
Greenbrier.' </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D3> Both populations are located =
between=20
Greenfield and Bangs Falls, very close to the river and probably =
experiencing=20
seasonal flooding.</FONT> According to Marion Zinck's (Munro's) =
'Roland's=20
Flora of Nova Scotia,' the Medway is about the northern limit of this =
Southern=20
shrub's range in Nova Scotia. It is found from Florida and Texas to =
southern=20
Ontario. Greenbrier is somewhat unique in that it is Nova =
Scotia's=20
only woody monocot. </DIV>
<DIV> I had been canoeing the Medway for the past thirty=20
years but never knew that this odd prickly green-stemmed vine grew=20
there...</DIV>
<DIV> Dusan Soudek </DIV>
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