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<a href="../index.html">Index of Su --Apple-Mail-26--1045622999 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Jane, On 1-Nov-10, at 5:54 PM, David&Jane Schlosberg wrote: > Why is it not "noxious", Chris? It is categorized as noxious. I wrote: > The 1996 Canadian Weed Control Act does categorize them as "noxious > weeds." > > What is the official definition of the word in that context? And > how often is that 1996 list updated? My mistake; this is the Nova Scotia Weed Control Act. Here is the statute: http://nslegislature.ca/legc/statutes/weedctrl.htm The statute says: (f) "noxious weed" means a plant that is designated under this Act as a noxious weed; Helpful, eh? ;-> The statute doesn't get revised; designation under it does. How often? No idea. You'd have to write the Department of Agriculture which administers the act. > When we first moved to N.S., we were told that it could be found > only in the southern part of the province, but I don't remember > whether our source was really an expert..... ah, so long ago. Roland and Smith (1969) say that T. radicans (then in the genus Rhus) is restricted mainly to southwestern counties and maps T. rydbergii (then considered a variety of T. radicans) as occurring all over the province from Yarmouth to northern Cape Breton. Roland (revised by Zinck) (1998) says T. radicans is "common in southwestern parts of the province with fewer locations in the east" and says T. rydbergii is "scattered throughout the province." Roland (1998) makes no mention of an increase in the distribution of either species so one could infer that at least over that 30 year period there has been no significant change in its distribution in the province. Cheers! Chris 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-26--1045622999 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 Jane,<div><br><div><div>On = 1-Nov-10, at 5:54 PM, David&Jane Schlosberg wrote:</div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type=3D"cite"><span = class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"border-collapse: separate; color: = rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; = font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; = line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; 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; font-size: medium; "><div = class=3D"hmmessage" bgcolor=3D"#ffffff" style=3D"font-family: Tahoma; = font-size: 10pt; "><div><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"color: = rgb(0, 0, 255); font-family: Arial; ">Why is it not "noxious", = Chris? = </span></div></div></span></blockquote><div><br></div><div>It is = categorized as noxious. I = wrote:</div><div><br></div><div></div><blockquote = type=3D"cite"><div> The 1996 Canadian Weed Control Act does = categorize them as "noxious = weeds."</div><br></blockquote><br><blockquote type=3D"cite"><span = class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"border-collapse: separate; color: = rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; = font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; = line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; 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; font-size: medium; "><div = class=3D"hmmessage" bgcolor=3D"#ffffff" style=3D"font-family: Tahoma; = font-size: 10pt; "><div><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"color: = rgb(0, 0, 255); font-family: Arial; ">What is the official definition of = the word in that context? And how often is that 1996 list = updated?</span></div></div></span></blockquote><div><br></div><div>My = mistake; this is the Nova Scotia Weed Control Act. Here is the = statute:</div><div><br></div><div><a = href=3D"http://nslegislature.ca/legc/statutes/weedctrl.htm">http://nslegis= lature.ca/legc/statutes/weedctrl.htm</a></div><div><br></div><div>The = statute says:</div><div><br></div><div>(f) "noxious weed" means a = plant that is designated under this Act as a noxious = weed;</div><div><br></div><div>Helpful, eh? = ;-></div><div><br></div><div>The statute doesn't get revised; = designation under it does. How often? No idea. You'd have to write the = Department of Agriculture which administers the = act.</div><br><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div class=3D"hmmessage" = bgcolor=3D"#ffffff" style=3D"font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10pt; = "><div><span class=3D"484104620-01112010"><font color=3D"#0000ff" = face=3D"Arial">When we first moved to N.S., we were told that it could = be found only in the southern part of the province, but I don't remember = whether our source was really an expert..... ah, so long = ago.</font></span></div></div></blockquote><br></div><div>Roland and = Smith (1969) say that <i>T. radicans</i> (then in the genus <i>Rhus</i>) = is restricted mainly to southwestern counties and maps <i>T. = rydbergii</i> (then considered a variety of <i>T. radicans</i>) as = occurring all over the province from Yarmouth to northern Cape = Breton. </div><div><br></div><div>Roland (revi