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<span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;">Well Dave and All it always seemed to m=
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<span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;">here by the Acadians many years ago. Th=
e purpose would<br/></span>
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<span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;">have been for thatching roofs. A very g=
ood idea to have a good<br/></span>
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<span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;">roof over head this time of year! We on=
ce lived in a house in Holland<br/></span>
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<span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;">with a thatched roof. It worked well.<b=
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<span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;">In Albert County NB a similar gras=
s is called Broadleaf. I don't<br/></span>
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<span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;">know if they are the same grass but I w=
as told their original<br/></span>
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<span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;">use was for thatching. Some folks seem =
to include Reed Canary<br/></span>
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<span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;">grass in the family but it is a differe=
nt family widely used as<br/></span>
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<span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;">a forage crop.<br/></span>
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<span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;">Enjoy the snow flakes!<br/></span>
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<span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;">Paul<br/></span>
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<br/>> On November 26, 2017 at 7:23 PM David <dwebster@glinx.com=
> wrote:
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<br/>> Hi Bev & All,
<br/>> Is that patch of Phragmites by any chance located just west a=
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<br/>> south of the road and railway bridge leading to Digby ? Back =
in the 50s,=20
<br/>> when I collected in NS, that large very large patch and anoth=
er in=20
<br/>> Antigonish Co. were the only ones known (drawing on memory). =
I expect it=20
<br/>> has persisted at Annapolis Royal because that swamp is tidal =
and few=20
<br/>> tall plants are that tolerant of salt.
<br/>> Those who get excited about "invasive species" should=
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<br/>> mirror and reflect.
<br/>> Yt, DW, Kentville
<br/>> ------ Original Message ------
<br/>> From: "Bev Wigney" <bkwigney@gmail.com>
<br/>> To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
<br/>> Sent: 11/26/2017 10:05:48 AM
<br/>> Subject: Re: Re[2]: [NatureNS] Masters Student Conducting Phr=
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<br/>> Research
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<br/>> >All,
<br/>> >
<br/>> >Regarding Phragmites -- Having resided in eastern Ontari=
o for decades
<br/>> >and having also seen what invasive Phragmites has done t=
o wetlands in
<br/>> >Ontario and Quebec, I think Fred's warnings are well=
worth heeding.
<br/>> >Fred has been closely monitoring the spread of Phragmite=
s for decades
<br/>> >and probably knows more about it than just about anyone =
else in
<br/>> >eastern Canada. Even based on my own casual observations=
, I know
<br/>> >that, where once there were patches that could be measur=
ed in meters,
<br/>> >many of those "patches" must now be measured in =
hectares of an
<br/>> >impenetrable monoculture mass. Along freeways, it is mea=
sured not in
<br/>> >meters but kilometres. I'm on the Field Botanists of=
Ontario
<br/>> >Facebook group where Fred has also posted about the Phra=
gmites survey
<br/>> >and I can attest to the fact that in the comments, no on=
e is saying
<br/>> >"ignore it" or "live with it". Virtually=
everyone is talking
<br/>> >*eradication* because we've all seen at least a few =
wetland areas in
<br/>> >our regions completely destroyed by Phragmites as it cho=
kes ditches
<br/>> >and dries up wetland habitat. As mentioned in the articl=
e I've linked
<br/>> >at the end of this post, the rhizomes are meters long wi=
th new shoots
<br/>> >sprouting up along them. They also secrete soil toxins t=
hat destroy
<br/>> >other plants -- see this link:
<br/>> >https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/10/0710120841=
28.htm
<br/>> >
<br/>> >Now, I've only lived in the Annapolis Royal area a f=
ew years, but in
<br/>> >this time, the "little patch" of Phragmites that=
I first saw in the
<br/>> >late 1990s is now all over the place in the vicinity of =
the French
<br/>> >Basic wetland trail. Again, something that once could ha=
ve been
<br/>> >measured in meters is now approaching the "measured =
in hectares&