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David,
I appreciated your comment about the name Hardhack (which in
my experience referred to L. tomentosa). I never understood what the
name meant, but as you imply it probably reflects a farmer's
experience taming a pasture.
A friend of mine plans to take part in the Hand Mowing
Competition at New Ross Farm this weekend
http://www.atlanticfarmer.com/handmowing.php I must tell him about this.
Cheers,
Patricia
At 07:51 PM 20/08/2013, you wrote:
>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.
>
> Roland and Smith have Hardhack as an alternate name for latifolia.
>Fernald has Hardhack as an alternate name for tomentosa.
>
>Yt, DW
>----- Original Message -----
>From: <mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca>James W. Wolford
>To: <mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca>NatureNS
>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.
>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.
>
><http://www.google.ca/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltimore_Checkerspot&sa=U&ei=CNUTUr-wJ--n4AO9lIGICQ&ved=0CCQQFjAE&usg=AFQjCNETgiFGoYZs7mwRcXf7PPiycu26YA>Baltimore
>Checkerspot<http://www.google.ca/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltimore_Checkerspot&sa=U&ei=CNUTUr-wJ--n4AO9lIGICQ&ved=0CCQQFjAE&usg=AFQjCNETgiFGoYZs7mwRcXf7PPiycu26YA>
>- Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
>en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltimore_Checkerspot -
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><http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en-CA&gbv=2&q=related:en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltimore_Checkerspot+baltimore+checkerspot+butterfly&tbo=1&sa=X&ei=CNUTUr-wJ--n4AO9lIGICQ&ved=0CCYQHzAE>Similar
>
>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 ...
>Cheers from Jim in Wolfville.
>--------------------
>Begin forwarded message:
>
>>From: Paul MacDonald <<mailto:paulrita2001@yahoo.com>paulrita2001@yahoo.com>
>>Date: August 20, 2013 9:24:49 AM ADT
>>To: Nature NS <<mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca>naturens@chebucto.ns.ca>
>>Subject: [NatureNS] An evening Fishing
>>Reply-To: <mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca>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
>>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_.
>>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
>>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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<font size=3>David,<br><br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>I
appreciated your comment about the name Hardhack (which in my experience
referred to L. tomentosa). I never understood what the name meant,
but as you imply it probably reflects a farmer's experience taming a
pasture. <br><br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>A friend
of mine plans to take part in the Hand Mowing Competition at New Ross
Farm this weekend
<a href="http://www.atlanticfarmer.com/handmowing.php" eudora="autourl">
http://www.atlanticfarmer.com/handmowing.php</a> I must tell him about
this.<br><br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>Cheers,<br>
<br>
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Patricia<br><br>
At 07:51 PM 20/08/2013, you wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">Hi Jim &
All,
Aug 20, 2013<br>
Hardhack is a goo