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Index of Subjects ---2114655128-1061165988-1340491480=:47134 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Different problem Steve.=0ABeech trees seem to get hit from all sides.=0ATh= e beech tree I refered to had clear bark all the way up so was either=0Ares= istant to Beech Bark Disease or is sufficiently isolated not to get it.=0AW= here I said single stake I should have said single stock.=0ADoesn't sound l= ike a good bug in the trees in Halifax.=0AHopefully beech trees are far eno= ugh apart it wouldn't spread.=0AHave a nice summer=0APaul=0A=0A=0A=0A______= __________________________=0A From: Steve Shaw <srshaw@dal.ca>=0ATo: nature= ns@chebucto.ns.ca =0ASent: Saturday, June 23, 2012 6:55:10 PM=0ASubject: Re= : [NatureNS] Beech Drops -> beech flea beetles=0A =0A=0AHi Paul,=0A=0AOn 23= -Jun-12, at 5:27 PM, Paul MacDonald wrote:=0AHi All=0A>Yesterday we were wa= lking a trail along the river and we came upon=A0=0A>a Beech Drop plant. Ep= ifagus virginiana. It was only a single stake yet=A0=0A>bu had a lot of bud= s on it that might develop into branches.=0A>It was quite a brillant purple= .=0A>Because of the disease of beech trees the beech drops are probably=0A>= quite rare now. Does this beech disease you mention above relate to the rec= ent article in the Chronicle Herald about a new infestation of beech trees = (in particular) by a newly invading European flea beetle, or is there somet= hing else? =A0 We have a beech in the garden in Halifax and it is heavily a= ffected this year for the first time. =A0You can find the little back beetl= es about 2 mm long with chunky back legs (femora) under some of the damaged= leaves, and they are aptly named -- they do like to jump.=0ASteve, Halifax= =A0=0A=0A=0A=0AThis was in an area where there was a healthy stand of beech= .=0A>One tree was perhaps 40 cms in diameter and was straight up to 6 - 7 m= =0A>until the first branch. Quite an impressive tree. There was some smalle= r trees=0A>in the area also.=0A>Not far away was the first flower for this = year of Calopogon,=A0=0A>one of Nova Scotias prettiest flowers.Celebrating = the start of summer.=0A>Enjoy the season=0A>Paul=0A>=0A>=0A>=0A>=0A> ---2114655128-1061165988-1340491480=:47134 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 id=3D"yiv1121984= 558"><div><div style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255= , 255); font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times,= serif; "><div id=3D"yiv1121984558yui_3_2_0_18_134049087383448"><span id=3D= "yiv1121984558yui_3_2_0_18_1340490873834134">Different problem Steve.</span= ></div><div id=3D"yiv1121984558yui_3_2_0_18_134049087383448"><span id=3D"yi= v1121984558yui_3_2_0_18_1340490873834142">Beech trees seem to get hit from = all sides.</span></div><div id=3D"yiv1121984558yui_3_2_0_18_134049087383448= "><span id=3D"yiv1121984558yui_3_2_0_18_1340490873834149">The beech tree I = refered to had clear bark all the way up so was either</span></div><div id= =3D"yiv1121984558yui_3_2_0_18_134049087383448"><span id=3D"yiv1121984558yui= _3_2_0_18_1340490873834156">resistant to Beech Bark Disease or is sufficien= tly isolated not to get it.</span></div><div id=3D"yiv1121984558yui_3_2_0_18_13404908738344= 8"><span>Where I said single stake I should have said single stock.</span><= /div><div id=3D"yiv1121984558yui_3_2_0_18_134049087383448"><span>Doesn't so= und like a good bug in the trees in Halifax.</span></div><div id=3D"yiv1121= 984558yui_3_2_0_18_134049087383448"><span>Hopefully beech trees are far eno= ugh apart it wouldn't spread.</span></div><div id=3D"yiv1121984558yui_3_2_0= _18_134049087383448"><span>Have a nice summer</span></div><div id=3D"yiv112= 1984558yui_3_2_0_18_134049087383448"><span>Paul</span></div><div id=3D"yiv1= 121984558yui_3_2_0_18_134049087383448"><span><br></span></div><div><br></di= v> <div style=3D"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new yor= k', times, serif; " id=3D"yiv1121984558yui_3_2_0_18_134049087383456" class= =3D"yiv1121984558yui_3_2_0_18_134049087383454"> <div style=3D"font-size: 12= pt; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; " class=3D"yiv1121984558yui_3_2_0_18_134049087383461"> <div dir=3D"ltr"> <fo= nt size=3D"2" face=3D"Arial"> <hr size=3D"1"> <b><span style=3D"font-weigh= t:bold;">From:</span></b> Steve Shaw <srshaw@dal.ca><br> <b><span sty= le=3D"font-weight:bold;">To:</span></b> naturens@chebucto.ns.ca <br> <b><sp= an style=3D"font-weight:bold;">Sent:</span></b> Saturday, June 23, 2012 6:5= 5:10 PM<br> <b><span style=3D"font-weight:bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [N= atureNS] Beech Drops -> beech flea beetles<br> </font> </div> <br><div i= d=3D"yiv1121984558"><div>=0AHi Paul,<br><div><div>On 23-Jun-12, at 5:27 PM,= Paul MacDonald wrote:</div><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div style=3D"color: = rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 12pt; font-f= amily: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; " class=3D"yiv112198455= 8yui_3_2_0_18_134049087383473"><div style=3D"font-size: 12pt; font-family: = times, serif; " class=3D"yiv1121984558yui_3_2_0_18_134049087383475">Hi All<= /div><div style=3D"font-size: 12pt; font-family: times, serif; " class=3D"y= iv1121984558yui_3_2_0_18_134049087383477">Yesterday we were walking a trail= along the river and we came upon </div><div style=3D"font-size: 12pt;= font-family: times, serif; " class=3D"yiv1121984558yui_3_2_0_18_1340490873= 83479">a Beech Drop plant. Epifagus virginiana. It was only a single stake = y