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href= --Apple-Mail-ED55DD47-EEB2-4853-80E0-0AE308296820 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Thank you! Now you have identified today's mystery plant growing along the d= irt road out of L Torment, Kings Co. First year I have seen one there.=20 Nancy Sent from my iPhone On 2013-07-25, at 4:34 PM, "James W. Wolford" <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> wrote= : > Thanks, Carl! >=20 > Begin forwarded message: >=20 >> From: Carl Munden <carl.munden@ns.sympatico.ca> >> Date: July 25, 2013 4:34:06 PM ADT >> To: "James W. Wolford" <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> >> Subject: Re: helleborine orchids + cardinals singing, Wolfville >>=20 >> Hi Jim: Anywhere AND Everywhere. In dark conifer, in dark hardwood, in su= nny conifer, in sunny hardwood. In acidic soil, over top of Gypsum. High up i= n the Cape Breton Highlands above book store/Cheticamp entrance. BUT the mos= t bizarre of all...growing in cracks of sidewalk on Bloor Street in downtown= Toronto !!! >> =20 >> Carl >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: James W. Wolford >> To: Nature BNS >> Cc: Ruth Newell ; Carl Munden >> Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2013 2:07 PM >> Subject: helleborine orchids + cardinals singing, Wolfville >>=20 >> JULY 25, 2013 - In Wolfville, the n. cardinal in our yard was singing str= ongly, as was another one near the Acadia Arena parking lot. >>=20 >> And I made a nice discovery in our front garden today: four plants in blo= om of the HELLEBORINE ORCHID, Epipactis helleborine, the exotic species for o= ur province discovered in 1985 by Bernard Forsythe in Blomidon Park, after w= hich there were rapid discoveries pointing to the dispersal of this then-new= ly-arrived species. It is now quite widespread and common, and I know it= is found in and around the botanical gardens of the Irving Centre. I guess= almost any habitat, other than dense coniferous woods, is expectable for th= is species. Zinck's Flora of N.S. (1998) shows only a few dots on its distr= ibution map, but I'm sure a current map would look different? Zinck states t= hat the first North American record goes back to 1879. Most of my own disco= veries of helleborine have been in open edges of wooded habitats, and good o= ld humans have created oodles of such edges. >>=20 >> Cheers from Jim in Wolfville. >=20 --Apple-Mail-ED55DD47-EEB2-4853-80E0-0AE308296820 Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"content-type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3D= utf-8"></head><body dir=3D"auto"><div>Thank you! Now you have identified&nbs= p; today's mystery plant growing along the dirt road out of L Torment, K= ings Co. First year I have seen one there. </div><div><br></div><div>Na= ncy</div><div><br>Sent from my iPhone</div><div><br>On 2013-07-25, at 4:34 P= M, "James W. Wolford" <<a href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca">jimwolfo= rd@eastlink.ca</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div> Thanks, Carl!<br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br class=3D"Ap= ple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div style=3D"margin-top:= 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D= "Helvetica" size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; co= lor: #000000"><b>From: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D= "font: 12.0px Helvetica">Carl Munden <<a href=3D"mailto:carl.munden@ns.sy= mpatico.ca">carl.munden@ns.sympatico.ca</a>></font></div><div style=3D"ma= rgin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><f= ont face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px He= lvetica; color: #000000"><b>Date: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D= "3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">July 25, 2013 4:34:06 PM ADT</font></di= v><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; marg= in-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D= "font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>To: </b></font><font face=3D"Hel= vetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">"James W. Wolford" <<= a href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca">jimwolford@eastlink.ca</a>></fon= t></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px= ; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" s= tyle=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Subject: </b></font><font= face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>Re: helle= borine orchids + cardinals singing, Wolfville</b></font></div><div style=3D"= margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; mi= n-height: 14px; "><br></div> <span class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"borde= r-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px; "><div><font size=3D"4">Hi Jim: A= nywhere AND Everywhere. In dark conifer, in dark hardwood, in sunny conifer,= in sunny hardwood. In acidic soil, over top of Gypsum. High up in the Cape B= reton Highlands above book store/Cheticamp entrance. BUT the most bizarre of= all...growing in cracks of sidewalk on Bloor Street in downtown Toronto !!!= </font></div><div><font size=3D"4"></font> </div><div><font size=3D"4">= Carl</font></div><blockquote dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"border-left-color: rgb(0, 0= , 0); border-left-width: 2px; border-left-style: solid; padding-left: 5px; p= adding-right: 0px; margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 0px; "><div style=3D"font= : normal normal normal 10pt/normal arial; ">----- Original Message -----</di= v><div style=3D"font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal arial; background-ima= ge: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; bac= kground-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(228, 228, 228); background-posi= tion: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><b>From:</b><sp= an class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><a title=3D"jimwolford@eastl= ink.ca" href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca">James W. Wolford</a></div><di= v style=3D"font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal arial; "><b>To:</b><span c= lass=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><a title=3D"nature@blomidonnatur= alists.ca" href=3D"mailto:nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca">Nature BNS</a></div= ><div style=3D"font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal arial; "><b>Cc:</b><sp= an class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><a title=3D"ruth.newell@acad= iau.ca" href=3D"mailto:ruth.newell@acadiau.ca">Ruth Newell</a><span class=3D= "Apple-converted-space"> </span>;<span class=3D"Apple-converted-space">= </span><a title=3D"carl.munden@ns.sympatico.ca" href=3D"mailto:carl.mu= nden@ns.sympatico.ca">Carl Munden</a></div><div style=3D"font: normal normal= normal 10pt/normal arial; "><b>Sent:</b><span class=3D"Apple-converted-spac= e"> </span>Thursday, July 25, 2013 2:07 PM</div><div style=3D"font: nor= mal normal normal 10pt/normal arial; "><b>Subject:</b><span class=3D"Apple-c= onverted-space"> </span>helleborine orchids + cardinals singing, Wolfvi= lle</div><div><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; ma= rgin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font size=3D"3" face=3D"Helvetica" st= yle=3D"font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><b>JULY 25, 2013<= /b><span class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>- In Wolfville, the<sp= an class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>n. cardinal</b><span clas= s=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>in our yard was singing strongly, a= s was another one near the Acadia Arena parking lot.</font></div><div style=3D= "margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; m= in-height: 14px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><br></d= iv><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; mar= gin-left: 0px; "><font size=3D"3" face=3D"Helvetica" style=3D"font: normal n= ormal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; ">And I made a nice discovery in our fro= nt garden today: four plants in bloom of the<span class=3D"Apple-converted-s= pace"> </span><b>HELLEBORINE ORCHID</b>,<span class=3D"Apple-converted-= space"> </span><i>Epipactis helleborine</i>, the exotic species for our= province discovered in 1985 by Bernard Forsythe in Blomidon Park, after whi= ch there were rapid discoveries pointing to the dispersal of this then-newly= -arrived species. It is now <span class=3D"Apple-converted-space">&nbs= p;</span> <span class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>quite widesprea= d and common, and I know it is found in and around the botanical gardens of t= he Irving Centre. I guess almost any habitat, other than dense conifer= ous woods, is expectable for this species. Zinck's Flora of N.S. (1998= ) shows only a few dots on its distribution map, but I'm sure a current map w= ould look different? Zinck states that the first North American record= goes back to 1879. Most of my own discoveries of helleborine have bee= n in open edges of wooded habitats, and good old humans have created oodles o= f such edges.</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; m= argin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font size=3D"3" face=3D"Helvetica" s= tyle=3D"font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><br></font></div= ><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margi= n-left: 0px; "><font size=3D"3" face=3D"Helvetica" style=3D"font: normal nor= mal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; ">Cheers from Jim in Wolfville.</font></di= v></blockquote></span></blockquote></div><br></div></blockquote></body></htm= l>= --Apple-Mail-ED55DD47-EEB2-4853-80E0-0AE308296820--
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