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Naturalists,
When I gave my talk at the NSMNH, one of the topics was plants that are
invasive in Ontario, but that we've only seen once in the Maritimes.
Stopping to check a doubtful Phragmites sighting this afternoon, we
found 2 plants of Epilobium hirsutum on the roadside of Hwy 102
southbound just N of the Hwy 101 exit ramp - 44.74807N 63.65357W - and
Aleta has pretty well completed a watercolour of the flowers.
When I went to check the name, I saw that our Peterson wildflower guide
doesn't even mention this species occurring in the Maritimes, and when I
googled on the name plus "Nova Scotia" the first hit I got was a
faceebook page saying that an image of this species was needed for
'Plants of Nova Scotia,' so if anyone wants a photo, or to use Aleta's
watercolour, the location is above (we took a specimen as well), and we
can supply the image.
This species isn't invasive in Ontario, but we do see it from time to time.
fred.
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Frederick W. Schueler & Aleta Karstad
Bishops Mills Natural History Centre - http://pinicola.ca/bmnhc.htm
now in the field on the Thirty Years Later Expedition -
http://fragileinheritance.org/projects/thirty/thirtyintro.htm
Daily Paintings - http://karstaddailypaintings.blogspot.com/
RR#2 Bishops Mills, Ontario, Canada K0G 1T0
on the Smiths Falls Limestone Plain 44* 52'N 75* 42'W
(613)258-3107 <bckcdb at istar.ca> http://pinicola.ca/
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