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Dear All, May 24, 2013
Star-flower (Trientalis borealis) was in flower at North Alton
yesterday. And one lonely Bluet (Houstonia caerulea) was in flower on the
main road. Between 1982 and 2000 it was abundant along 100 paces or so of
road but as the trees became larger (shade effect I expect) it has shrunk to
stragglers.
There is only one small patch of Mayflower (Epigaea repens) in these 70
acres and, perhaps not by coincidence, it is on the road edge of an area I
thinned ~1982.
Remnants of Common Lady's-Slipper capsules and scapes pollinated as
early as 2010 were still recognizable.
On the otherwise bare soil of a Dec 13, 2010 windfall root plate there
was a thriving colony of Pogonatum pensilvanicum, evidenced mostly by the
light green protonemal felt and scattered 2012 sporophytes. So it formed
enough protonema in 2011 to fruit in 2012. Under a 10X lens one can see many
tiny buds sprouting from the felt; the 2013 crop of male & female
gametophytes I expect.
Yours truly , Dave Webster, Kentville
Pogonatum
pensilvanicum
(Hedw.) P.-Beauv.
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