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------=_Part_351957_173121215.1441886711077 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable =C2=A0A few days ago while on a walk at the Duncan's Cove Nature Reserve, = =C2=A0 I checked out a site at =C2=A0where I had seen Apios americana about= 5 years ago. It is approx. 100 m past the iron fence when you set out on a= walk of the Nature Reserve, on both sides of the road, and there is a stre= am underneath. It was abundant and in full bloom.=C2=A0 I checked the e-flora (Nova Scotia Plants) Under the section on THE FLORAL ELEMENTS OF NOVA SCOTIA it cites this speci= es as one possibly introduced by indigenous groups: "The final floral element, the introduced plants and weeds, is distinguishe= d by its lack ofany single area of origin or of any particular habitat type= . Although "introduced" is often asynonym for exotic, MacDougall (2003) dis= cusses the evidence for northward introductions ofplants by indigenous grou= ps during the Holocene. Indeed, some extremely patchy distributionsin Nova = Scotia (e.g. Zizia aurea, golden alexanders; Allium tricoccum, wild leek) a= s well as widedistributions of species with poor reproductive abilities (Ap= ios americana, groundnut; Fraxinusnigra, black ash) give credence to this p= rocess." Under Apios americana: "Rarely produces seeds. Produces a series of edible = tubers prized byaboriginal people....Common in the southwest and scattered = to Cumberland andAntigonish counties. Absent along the Atlantic coast." So I am wondering (i) are there any other reports of this species in Duncan= 's Cove or elsewhere on the Atlantic coast; (ii) its possible origin - what= do we know about early First Nations peoples in that area? I plan to go back there and check for other species that might have been cu= ltivated or utilized by early First nations peoples. ------=_Part_351957_173121215.1441886711077 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><body><div style=3D"color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:He= lveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;fo= nt-size:13px"><div id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_1441886012220_2901"><span></span></di= v><div></div><div id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_1441886012220_2900" dir=3D"ltr"> = A few days ago while on a walk at the Duncan's Cove Nature Reserve, = I checked out a site at where I had seen Apios americana about 5 year= s ago. It is approx. 100 m past the iron fence when you set out on a walk o= f the Nature Reserve, on both sides of the road, and there is a stream unde= rneath. It was abundant and in full bloom. </div><div id=3D"yui_3_16_0= _1_1441886012220_2900" dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_144188= 6012220_2900" dir=3D"ltr">I checked the e-flora (Nova Scotia Plants)</div><= div id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_1441886012220_2900" class=3D""><br id=3D"yui_3_16_0_= 1_1441886012220_2923" class=3D""></div><div id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_144188601222= 0_2900" class=3D"">Under the section on THE FLORAL ELEMENTS OF NOVA SCOTIA = it cites this species as one possibly introduced by indigenous groups:</div= ><div id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_1441886012220_2900" class=3D""><br id=3D"yui_3_16_= 0_1_1441886012220_2927" class=3D""></div><div id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_1441886012= 220_2900" class=3D"">"The final floral element, the introduced plants and w= eeds, is distinguished by its lack of</div><div id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_14418860= 12220_2900" class=3D"">any single area of origin or of any particular habit= at type. Although "introduced" is often a</div><div id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_1441= 886012220_2900" class=3D"">synonym for exotic, MacDougall (2003) discusses = the evidence for northward introductions of</div><div id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_14= 41886012220_2900" class=3D"">plants by indigenous groups during the Holocen= e. Indeed, some extremely patchy distributions</div><div id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1= _1441886012220_2900" class=3D"">in Nova Scotia (e.g. Zizia aurea, golden al= exanders; Allium tricoccum, wild leek) as well as wide</div><div id=3D"yui_= 3_16_0_1_1441886012220_2900" class=3D"">distributions of species with poor = reproductive abilities (Apios americana, groundnut; Fraxinus</div><div id= =3D"yui_3_16_0_1_1441886012220_2900" class=3D"">nigra, black ash) give cred= ence to this process."</div><div id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_1441886012220_2900" cla= ss=3D""><br id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_1441886012220_2937" class=3D""></div><div id= =3D"yui_3_16_0_1_1441886012220_2900" class=3D"">Under Apios americana: "Rar= ely produces seeds. Produces a series of edible tubers prized by</div><div = id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_1441886012220_2900" class=3D"">aboriginal people....Comm= on in the southwest and scattered to Cumberland and</div><div id=3D"yui_3_1= 6_0_1_1441886012220_2900" class=3D"">Antigonish counties. Absent along the = Atlantic coast."</div><div id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_1441886012220_2900" class=3D"= "><br id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_1441886012220_2943" class=3D""></div><div id=3D"yu= i_3_16_0_1_1441886012220_2900" class=3D"">So I am wondering (i) are there a= ny other reports of this species in Duncan's Cove or elsewhere on the Atlan= tic coast; (ii) its possible origin - what do we know about early First Nat= ions peoples in that area?</div><div id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_1441886012220_2900"= class=3D""><br id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_1441886012220_2947" class=3D""></div><di= v id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_1441886012220_2900" class=3D"">I plan to go back there= and check for other species that might have been cultivated or utilized by= early First nations peoples.</div><div dir=3D"ltr" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_1441= 886012220_2950" class=3D""><br id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_1441886012220_2952" class= =3D""></div><style></style></div></body></html> ------=_Part_351957_173121215.1441886711077--
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