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style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>Re: Poison Ivy: was Re: [NatureN --0016e6ddfffbf70585048ed024f1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hey....! :) Is it just Antigonish Co. beaches that have beautiful populations of PI? A few years back I had very bad dermatitis on my lower legs, and all of the nurses in turn, then both doctors all looked at me, cringed, and said, "Bee= n in the woods lately?" Deep breath...then I replied, "Poison Ivy doesn't grow in the woods around here, it's predominantly a beach plant, but can be found in other open settings, too." One of the older doctors became quite gruff at being corrected! I believe we have two species of PI in the province...does anyone actually see PI growing well inside the woods (not just at the edges)? Randy _________________________________ RF Lauff Way in the boonies of Antigonish County, NS. On 27 August 2010 12:24, James W. Wolford <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> wrote: > I can't sit back and watch these comments without putting in a plug for > biodiversity (vive la differences) and for native flora species, all of > which have rights to existence. We naturalists should take the trouble t= o > show people how to identify problematic plants like poison ivy. For thos= e > who lose sleep about contacting this plant, stay away from beaches in the > Antigonish area! And, like David says below, it may be spotty in > distribution but can be very abundant where it does occur. > > Cheers from Jim in Wolfville > > Begin forwarded message: > > *From: *"Paul S. Boyer" <psboyer@eastlink.ca> > *Date: *August 27, 2010 10:11:05 AM ADT > *To: *naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > *Subject: **Re: Poison Ivy: was Re: [NatureNS] blackfly bites, or what ar= e > they* > *Reply-To: *naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > > By all means, kill it off. Pick you choice of method: weed-spray, atomic > weapons =97 but get rid of it. > > Leaving it there is like refusing to treat a disease because another germ > might move it. > > On Aug 25, 2010, at 8:32 PM, David & Alison Webster wrote: > > Hi Paul & All, Aug 26, 2010 > Poison Ivy Is relatively common in the eastern half of Kings Co. but ca= n > be readily missed even here because the plant distribution is highly > clustered; e.g. 4 patches of cheek-to-jowl plants that total 2000 sq pace= s > in 50 acres. > > It can be an irritation but even if one could eradicate some patches at > great cost, the resultant bare ground would simply give more invasive pla= nts > a toehold. > > YT, DW, Kentville > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul S. Boyer" <psboyer@eastlink.ca> > To: <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> > Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2010 8:51 AM > Subject: Re: [NatureNS] blackfly bites, or what are they > > > I would rule out the chiggers and the poison ivy. I am very familiar wit= h > both. > > The chigger bites I have experienced are never in the spaced, > constellation-distribution you describe. They also are unlikely to be on > open parts of the legs, but rather where clothing is tight, like around t= he > belt-line. > > Poison ivy produces irregular areas of reaction, depending on where the o= il > from the leaves (and other parts of the plant) has made contact. There is > some poison ivy in Nova Scotia, but it is relatively uncommon: I have had= to > point it out to many long-time residents. In my opinion, it should be > treated as a noxious plant, and should be eliminated as quickly as possib= le > wherever it is found. > > The location of the spots on your legs suggests more some nettle-like > plant, for some of the various biting insects which have been suggested > would just as likely have bitten your arms, next, and upper body parts. > > > On Aug 22, 2010, at 9:36 AM, Martin Alpert wrote: > > I walked last thurs into North River Fall, in shorts. > On my lower leg I had quite a few, what looked like, black fly bites. Som= e > 40 on each leg, randomly spaced - not like I brushed into some noxious > plant. > Usually they are no problem and the next day they are almost gone. > These itch a little. > Today is Sunday and there really red and slightly raised. > Anybody know what happened? > > Marty > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ------- > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 9.0.851 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3093 - Release Date: 08/25/10 > 03:34:00 > > > > --0016e6ddfffbf70585048ed024f1 Content-Type: text/html; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hey....! =A0:)<div><br></div><div>Is it just Antigonish Co. beaches that ha= ve beautiful populations of PI?</div><div><br></div><div>A few years back I= had very bad dermatitis on my lower legs, and all of the nurses in turn, t= hen both doctors all looked at me, cringed, and said, "Been in the woo= ds lately?"</div> <div><br></div><div>Deep breath...then I replied, "Poison Ivy doesn= 9;t grow in the woods around here, it's predominantly a beach plant, bu= t can be found in other open settings, too." One of the older doctors = became quite gruff at being corrected!</div> <div><br></div><div>I believe we have two species of PI in the province...d= oes anyone actually see PI growing well inside the woods (not just at the e= dges)?</div><div><br></div><div>Randy</div><div><br></div><div>____________= _____________________<br> RF Lauff<br>Way in the boonies of<br>Antigonish County, NS.<br> <br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On 27 August 2010 12:24, James W. Wolfor= d <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca">jimwolfor= d@eastlink.ca</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" st= yle=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"> <div style=3D"word-wrap:break-word"> I can't sit back and watch these comments without putting in a plug for= biodiversity (vive la differences) and for native flora species, all of wh= ich have rights to existence. =A0We naturalists should take the trouble to = show people how to identify problematic plants like poison ivy. =A0For thos= e who lose sleep about contac