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>> Canada (e.g. M This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------3DACEA5570ECB1651508EA77 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Hi Dave & All, I have some obtained in 1991 from the old swamp just west of Annapolis Royal. A couple or rhizomes should get you started. Dave W. On 6/17/2020 8:44 AM, David Simpson wrote: > I have a swampy spot on my small property in Windsor where I would > like to establish native phragmites. If anyone knows of a patch nearby > please reach out. > > /Dave in Curry's Corner/ > / > / > David Simpson > (902) 580 8007 > david.sonsimp@gmail.com <mailto:david.sonsimp@gmail.com> > > > On Mon, Jun 15, 2020 at 9:25 PM Nick Hill <fernhillns@gmail.com > <mailto:fernhillns@gmail.com>> wrote: > > / Phragmites australis /ssp./australis /occurs at various places > on many of the 100 series highways (103, 101, 102 , 107 ). While > it is good to eliminate the plant where feasible, there is a > trade-off between the pain (e.g. the disturbance of herbiciding > areas of the Tantramar) and the gain. From a terrestrial wetland > point of view, I can't vouch for the biodiversity value of the > Tantramar--it seems an anthropogenically disturbed landscape, but > correct me if mistaken. There are good reasons to eliminate > /Phragmites australis /ssp./australis /where it is scattered along > these 100 series highways because they are small patches and > conduits to high biodiversity wetlands throughout the > province...e.g. the marshes of the Musquodoboit valley or riparian > marshes of SW Nova that support the native subspecies /americanus. / > > The native subspecies is more delicate, the culms are thinner-- > usually reddish (vs. green-yellow)--and in my experience, they are > most common on wind-exposed, lakeshore fens. While ssp americanus > has a S4 ranking, I would say it was rare. > Nick > / > / > > On Mon, Jun 15, 2020 at 12:13 PM Frederick W. Schueler > <bckcdb@istar.ca <mailto:bckcdb@istar.ca>> wrote: > > Maritimers, > > Listening to the discussion of the Tantramar marshes on the > Sunday > Edition yesterday, and not hearing any discussion of invasive > European > Phragmites there, I'm forwarding this warning from 2004, and > from 2010 - > https://karstaddailypaintings.blogspot.com/2010/10/view-from-beausejour.html > > - in the hopes that there's some possibility of action. > > from the 2010 report: "This is the one place in the Maritimes > where the > invasive European Phragmites australis subspecies australis > has been > reported, so we are interested in seeing how conditions here > compare to > what we'd observed elsewhere in New Brunswick and Nova > Scotia... we > drove the busy road across the marshes both ways, waypointing > stands and > taking representative specimens... > > "The first thing we noticed was that the stands were very > distinctly > divided into native-like and invasive-like kinds: we counted > 11 alien > and 7 native stands, and only 1 that we called ambiguous, > though the > natives graded out into little whisps, and we doubtless missed > some of > these which an observer on foot could have waypointed. The > most striking > feature of this difference was the persistent green foliage of > the > aliens, in contrast to the shriveled get-ready-for-winter > brown of the > natives (one often sees that alien plants from NW Europe > retain green > leaves far longer than native plants do). > > "Those on NatureNS will remember that throughout Nova Scotia > we were > perplexed by the intermediacy and confusing morphology of the > majority > of the Phragmites stands we sampled there: at Tantramar there > was no > ambiguity, and the natives didn't look much different from the > ones we > see in Ontario". > > Those of us in Ontario have seen how completely the invasive > Phragmites > can take over wide areas, and really wish action could be > taken in the > Maritimes before the task becomes impossible. > > fred. > ==================================================== > > -------- Forwarded Message -------- > Subject: Catling & company on invasive Phragmites in the > Maritimes (& Nfld) > Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2004 10:39:08 -0500 > From: Frederick W. Schueler <bckcdb@istar.ca > <mailto:bckcdb@istar.ca>> > Organization: Bishops Mills Natural History Centre > To: NATURENB@LISTSERV.UNB.CA <mailto:NATURENB@LISTSERV.UNB.CA> > <NATURENB@LISTSERV.UNB.CA <mailto:NATURENB@LISTSERV.UNB.CA>> > > New Brunswickers, > > I urge you to read the appended article (which has just come > out in > BEN), very carefully, and to take action to suppress stands of > the alien > race. All you need to do is to drive along the eastern shore > of NB, and > then drive along the shore roads of New Jersey (solid alien > Phragmites > as far as the eye can see), to envisage just what you don't > want your > province to become. The Fundy shore is more different from New > Jersey, > so the geomorphic comparison isn't so close, but solid stands of > Phragmites would be equally undesireable there. > > fred. > ------------------------------------------------------------ > ------------------------------------------------------------ > BOTANICAL ELECTRONIC NEWS No. 324, March 16, 2004 > <aceska@victoria.tc.ca <mailto:aceska@victoria.tc.ca>> > Victoria, B.C. > ----------------------------------------------------------- > Dr. A. Ces