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Hi Jim & All, Aug 20, 2013
Hardhack is a good example of the fluidity of common names. Where I =
grew up both latifolia and tomentose were called Hardhack; best avoided =
with a grass scythe and not readily mowed with a brush scythe.=20
Roland and Smith have Hardhack as an alternate name for latifolia.=20
Fernald has Hardhack as an alternate name for tomentosa.
Yt, DW
----- Original Message -----=20
From: James W. Wolford=20
To: NatureNS=20
Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2013 5:43 PM
Subject: [NatureNS] re Spiraea tomentosa -- was An evening Fishing
I believe Paul's "hardhack", Spiraea tomentosa, is what I call =
"steeplebush", a very attractive pink marshy cousin of "meadowsweet", =
Spiraea ?latifolia? or alba?, which has white flowers with splashes of =
pink and is much more abundant. =20
Also keep checking on that big bed of turtlehead, because a beautiful =
butterfly that is very rare here and belongs further south raises its =
young mainly on turtlehead foliage -- Baltimore checkerspot butterfly.
1.. Baltimore Checkerspot - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia=20
2.. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltimore_Checkerspot - Cached - Similar=20
3.. The Baltimore Checkerspot (Euphydryas phaeton) is a North =
American butterfly of the family, Nymphalidae. It is the official state =
insect of the U.S. State of ...=20
Cheers from Jim in Wolfville.
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Begin forwarded message:
From: Paul MacDonald <paulrita2001@yahoo.com>
Date: August 20, 2013 9:24:49 AM ADT
To: Nature NS <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca>
Subject: [NatureNS] An evening Fishing
Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
Hi all
Yesterday was a beautiful evening and as I am feeling up
to going out I went to the river to cast a few flies.
A bed of Turtlehead _Chelone glabra_ was in bloom in the ditch
just opposite where I parked. The side of the ditch has water oozing =
out
of the hillside so it stays moist all summer. The bed was maybe 50 =
m long and=20
quite wide in spots. I've never seen a bed of Turtlehead before - =
just single plants.
The pool the water forms is a good spot for tree frogs. They call =
there in season.
In the Turtleheads are a few bunches of Hardhack _Spiraea =
tomentosa_.
A bee was feeding on their flowers. It was quite showy with a red =
abdomen
but I could not see the thorax so it was either _Bombus ternarius_ =
or _B. rufocinctus_. =20
When I went down to the water, small beds of Pickerelweed =
_Pontederia cordata_ were
in bloom up and down the river. I was standing beside such a bed and =
after a while a=20
small group of Bumble bees _Bombus impatiens_ came to feed on the =
blue blooms.
There would be 8 - 10 bees in the group and as the good they were =
easy to id.
After 5 minutes or so they left for another bed.
The fish were quite in good cheer so it was a delightful evening.
On the way home a woodcock fluttered across in front of the car. A =
friend from the UK
calls is "rooding" - not a term I've heard in NS and I'm not sure of =
the spelling - let
with his accent and all. He might say "Use a GP fly when the =
woodcock are rooding!"
Enjoy the late summer
Paul
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<DIV> Hardhack is a good example of the =
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common names. Where I grew up both latifolia and tomentose were called =
Hardhack;=20
best avoided with a grass scythe and not readily mowed with =
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<DIV> Roland and Smith have Hardhack as an alternate =
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latifolia. </DIV>
<DIV>Fernald has Hardhack as an alternate name for tomentosa.</DIV>
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<DIV>Yt, DW</DIV>
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Wolford</A> </DIV>
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tomentosa=20
-- was An evening Fishing</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>I believe Paul's "hardhack", Spiraea tomentosa, is what =
I call=20
"steeplebush", a very attractive pink marshy cousin of "meadowsweet", =
Spiraea=20
?latifolia? or alba?, which has white flowers with splashes of pink =
and is=20
much more abundant.
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>Also keep checking on that big bed of turtlehead, because a =
beautiful=20
butterfly that is very rare here and belongs further south raises its =
young=20
mainly on turtlehead foliage -- Baltimore checkerspot butterfly.</DIV>
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Checke