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Index of Subjects ---2114655128-1305650349-1317566444=:98093 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Interesting Fred.=0AHow does Greenbriar multiply?=0APresumably by seed but = I never saw any seed any time I was around the plants.=0ABut then again, I = didn't search through the vines!=0AButton bush has lots of visible seeds. A= nd they can spread by water downstream.=0AAnother plant of similar habitat = is Water Willow or Swamp Loosestrife.=0AIt doesn't occur much around here a= nd where it does its hard to access.=0ASusposed to have good flowers.=0ATha= nks for the info=0APaul=0A=0A=0A=0A________________________________=0AFrom:= Frederick W. Schueler <bckcdb@istar.ca>=0ATo: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca=0ASe= nt: Sunday, October 2, 2011 9:25:27 AM=0ASubject: Re: [NatureNS] greenbriar= and button bush=0A=0AOn 10/2/2011 7:00 AM, Paul MacDonald wrote:=0A=0A> Gr= een Briar is interesting - a great tangle where it occurs but very=0A> wide= ly scattered.=0A=0A* for those without experience in southern New England, = I'll point out that this, and other thorny species of Smilax, form immense = impenetrable tangles in the woods there, that they're bird-dispersed, they'= re presumably limited by temperature in Canada, and that disproportionate s= uccess is predicted for vines (and already documented in the Amazon, at lea= st) as atmospheric carbon dioxide levels increase, so we'd expect Greenbria= r to spread and for new colonies to be established as a result of global wa= rming.=0A=0AOn the other branch of this thread, the Hudsonia folks in the l= ower Hudson valley consider Buttonbush to be the best habitat for Blanding'= s Turtles, a relationship which doesn't seem to be conspicuous in eastern O= ntario (though this may just be due to the fact that the Turtles would be i= nvisible in a Buttonbush swamp).=0A=0Afred schueler=0A---------------------= ---------------------------------------=0A=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 Frederick W. Sch= ueler & Aleta Karstad=0ABishops Mills Natural History Centre - http://pinic= ola.ca/bmnhc.htm=0Anow in the field on the Thirty Years Later Expedition -= =0Ahttp://fragileinheritance.org/projects/thirty/thirtyintro.htm=0ADaily Pa= intings - http://karstaddailypaintings.blogspot.com/=0A=A0 =A0 RR#2 Bishops= Mills, Ontario, Canada K0G 1T0=0A=A0 on the Smiths Falls Limestone Plain 4= 4* 52'N 75* 42'W=0A=A0 (613)258-3107 <bckcdb at istar.ca> http://pinicola.= ca/=0A------------------------------------------------------------=0A------= ------------------------------------------------------ ---2114655128-1305650349-1317566444=:98093 Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><body><div style=3D"color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:ti= mes new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span>Interestin= g Fred.</span></div><div><span>How does Greenbriar multiply?</span></div><d= iv><span>Presumably by seed but I never saw any seed any time I was around = the plants.</span></div><div><span>But then again, I didn't search through = the vines!</span></div><div><span>Button bush has lots of visible seeds. An= d they can spread by water downstream.</span></div><div><span>Another plant= of similar habitat is Water Willow or Swamp Loosestrife.</span></div><div>= <span>It doesn't occur much around here and where it does its hard to acces= s.</span></div><div>Susposed to have good flowers.</div><div>Thanks for the= info</div><div>Paul</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div style=3D"font-= size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; "><di= v style=3D"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; "><font size=3D"2" face=3D"Arial"><hr size=3D"1"><b><span st= yle=3D"font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Frederick W. Schueler <bckcdb= @istar.ca><br><b><span style=3D"font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> natur= ens@chebucto.ns.ca<br><b><span style=3D"font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b= > Sunday, October 2, 2011 9:25:27 AM<br><b><span style=3D"font-weight: bold= ;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [NatureNS] greenbriar and button bush<br></font>= <br>On 10/2/2011 7:00 AM, Paul MacDonald wrote:<br><br>> Green Briar is = interesting - a great tangle where it occurs but very<br>> widely scatte= red.<br><br>* for those without experience in southern New England, I'll po= int out that this, and other thorny species of Smilax, form immense impenet= rable tangles in the woods there, that they're bird-dispersed, they're pres= umably limited by temperature in Canada, and that disproportionate success = is predicted for vines (and already documented in the Amazon, at least) as atmospheric carbon dioxide levels increase, so we'd expect Greenbriar to s= pread and for new colonies to be established as a result of global warming.= <br><br>On the other branch of this thread, the Hudsonia folks in the lower= Hudson valley consider Buttonbush to be the best habitat for Blanding's Tu= rtles, a relationship which doesn't seem to be conspicuous in eastern Ontar= io (though this may just be due to the fact that the Turtles would be invis= ible in a Buttonbush swamp).<br><br>fred schueler<br>----------------------= --------------------------------------<br> Fred= erick W. Schueler & Aleta Karstad<br>Bishops Mills Natural History Cent= re - <a href=3D"http://pinicola.ca/bmnhc.htm" target=3D"_blank">http://pini= cola.ca/bmnhc.htm</a><br>now in the field on the Thirty Years Later Expedit= ion -<br><a href=3D"http://fragileinheritance.org/projects/thirty/thirtyint= ro.htm" target=3D"_blank">http://fragileinheritance.org/projects/thirty/thirtyintr= o.htm</a><br>Daily Paintings - <a href=3D"http://karstaddailypaintings.blog= spot.com/" target=3D"_blank">http://karstaddailypaintings.blogspot.com/</a>= <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> <a href=3D