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Index of Subjects --Apple-Mail-165-154022985 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Fred, There are records of Epilobium hirsutum from Greenwich, Kings County, Steele's Pond (in Point Pleasant Park), and from Yarmouth in noted in Roland's Flora of Nova Scotia. This location is about 15.65 km NW from the Steele's Pond site. Cheers, Chris On 26-Sep-10, at 8:59 PM, Frederick W. Schueler wrote: > 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. > ------------------------------------------------------------ > 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/ > ------------------------------------------------------------ > ------------------------------------------------------------ > Christopher Majka <c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca> | Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada * Research Associate: Nova Scotia Museum | http://museum.gov.ns.ca/mnh/research-asfr.htm * Review Editor: The Coleopterists Bulletin | http://www.coleopsoc.org/ * Subject Editor: ZooKeys | http://pensoftonline.net/zookeys/index.php/journal/index * Associate Editor: Journal of the Acadian Entomological Society | http://www.acadianes.org/journal.html * Editor: Atlantic Canada Coleoptera | http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Environment/NHR/atlantic_coleoptera.html "Whenever I hear of the capture of rare beetles, I feel like an old war-horse at the sound of a trumpet." - Charles Darwin --Apple-Mail-165-154022985 Content-Type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hi = Fred,<div><br></div><div>There are records of <i>Epilobium = hirsutum</i> from Greenwich, Kings County, Steele's Pond (in Point = Pleasant Park), and from Yarmouth in noted in Roland's Flora of Nova = Scotia. This location is about 15.65 km NW from the Steele's = Pond site.</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div><div><br></div><div>= Chris</div><div><br><div><div>On 26-Sep-10, at 8:59 PM, Frederick W. = Schueler wrote:</div><br class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote = type=3D"cite"><div>Naturalists,<br><br>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.<br><br>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.<br><br>This species = isn't invasive in Ontario, but we do see it from time to = time.<br><br>fred.<br>----------------------------------------------------= --------<br> Frederick = W. Schueler & Aleta Karstad<br>Bishops Mills Natural History Centre = - <a = href=3D"http://pinicola.ca/bmnhc.htm">http://pinicola.ca/bmnhc.htm</a><br>= now in the field on the Thirty Years Later Expedition -<br><a = href=3D"http://fragileinheritance.org/projects/thirty/thirtyintro.htm">htt= p://fragileinheritance.org/projects/thirty/thirtyintro.htm</a><br>Daily = Paintings - http://karstaddailypaintings.blogspot.com/<br> = RR#2 Bishops Mills, Ontario, Canada K0G 1T0<br> = on the Smiths Falls Limestone Plain 44* 52'N 75* 42'W<br> = (613)258-3107 <bckcdb at istar.ca> = http://pinicola.ca/<br>---------------------------------------------------= ---------<br>------------------------------------------------------------<= br><br></div></blockquote></div><br></div><br><br><div = apple-content-edited=3D"true"> <span class=3D"Apple-style-span" = style=3D"border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: = 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: = normal; font-weight: normal; 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"><div style=3D"word-wrap: = break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: = after-white-space; "><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" = style=3D"border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: = 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: = normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: = normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: = normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: = 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: = auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style=3D"word-wrap: = break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: = after-white-space; "><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" = style=3D"border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: = 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: = normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; 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-webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: = after-white-space; "><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" = style=3D"border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: = 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: = normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: = normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: = normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: = 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: = auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style=3D"word-wrap: = break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: = after-white-space; "><div><font class=3D"Apple-style-span" = size=3D"3"><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: 12px; = ">Christopher Majka <<a = href=3D"mailto:c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca">c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca</a>> = | Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada</span></font></div><div><font = class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"3"><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" = style=3D"font-size: 12px; "><br></span></font></div><div><font = class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"3"><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" = style=3D"font-size: 12px; ">* Research Associate: Nova Scotia Museum = | <a = href=3D"http://museum.gov.ns.ca/mnh/research-asfr.htm">http://museum.gov.n= s.ca/mnh/research-asfr.htm</a></span></font></div><div><font = class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"3"><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" = style=3D"font-size: 12px; ">* Review Editor: The Coleopterists Bulletin = | <a = href=3D"http://www.coleopsoc.org/">http://www.coleopsoc.org/</a></span></f= ont></div><div><font class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"3"><span = class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: 12px; ">* Subject Editor: = ZooKeys | <a = href=3D"http://pensoftonline.net/zookeys/index.php/journal/index">http://p= ensoftonline.net/zookeys/index.php/journal/index</a></span></font></div><d= iv><font class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"3"><span = class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: 12px; ">* Associate = Editor: Journal of the Acadian Entomological Society | <a = href=3D"http://www.acadianes.org/journal.html">http://www.acadianes.org/jo= urnal.html</a></span></font></div><div><font class=3D"Apple-style-span" = size=3D"3"><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: 12px; = ">* Editor: Atlantic Canada Coleoptera | <a = href=3D"http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Environment/NHR/atlantic_coleoptera.html= ">http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Environment/NHR/atlantic_coleoptera.html</a></= span></font></div><div><font class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"3"><span = class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: 12px; = "><br></span></font></div><div><font class=3D"Apple-style-span" = size=3D"3"><font class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"3"><span = class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: 12px; "><i>"Whenever I = hear of the capture of rare beetles, I feel like an old war-horse = at the sound of a trumpet."</i></span></font><span = class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: 12px; "><span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>- = Charles Darwin</span></font></div></div></span></div></span></div></s= pan></div></span></div></span></div></span> </div><br></body></html>= --Apple-Mail-165-154022985--
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