Hi - I've just posted the new WBC schedule that Jean sent me. http://www.potomacaudubon.org/wbc/wbc.html The topic for Dec. 1 is Corn and Jean has asked that...
Jil wanted this message to go out to the WBC: Drs. Mario Morales (Director, Medicinal Botanicals Program) and Joyce Foster (Research Biochemist, USDA,...
Hi, Joyce, I am cc;ing the Worthley group. This is a good time to collect seeds and it would be a lot easier than digging the tubers. If people know of a...
Kathy - thanks for getting the schedule online do promptly and the tip about reading the corn chapter on line. If it's not too much trouble could you add this...
Here is an opportunity to help save box turtles at an ICC site near Gaithersburg (and possible rare plants). For details if you are interested, please contact...
Susan Rudy
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Oct 19, 2007 3:29 pm
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Hi - Someone in Harpers Ferry has a vine growing on her property that she asked me about. The leaves looked to me like those of Cynanchum laeve. I didn't see...
Kathy, Although I can't find a direct reference to it, most members of the Milkweed Family have a milky sap. The only exception I know of is Butterfly Weed. In...
Joe Metzger
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Oct 24, 2007 9:21 am
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Kathy, I haven't checked my list of native and naturalized vines yet but in addition to the Milkweed Family species I mentioned in the earlier e-mail, there...
Joe Metzger
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Oct 25, 2007 10:54 am
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Thnaks for comments about the Harpers Ferry plant. I did see online mention of the milky sap present in the C. laeve. The leaves are not a simple heart shape...
Dear Joe, I know that you're the local expert on these plants, but wouldn't you agree that vegetatively this plant looks just like Cynanchum laeve rather than ...
Ed, From the picture, the leaves appear to be smooth, which would make Cynanchum laeve more likely than Matelea obliqua. In addition, the leaves appear lighter...
Joe Metzger
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Oct 28, 2007 8:33 am
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Kathy, In case someone else hasn't mentioned this, it could be one of the 2 exotic Cynanchums. Check out fact sheets at: Black Swallow-wort...
Jil_Swearingen@...
Oct 29, 2007 2:31 pm
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Dear Joe, Well, the Mateleas appear to have hairy stems. Also, leaves are opposite in these and Cynanchum, alternate in the morning glories and in pipevine....
Yep. I agree. I sent the message without having looked at the attached picture closely. The exotic cynanchums do not have the lobed leaf bases like those shown...
Jil_Swearingen@...
Oct 31, 2007 4:01 pm
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Reminder - the topic of the next class on December 1 is Corn and Jean has asked that you read the chapter on corn from the Michael Pollan book, . I found that...
I will be out of the office starting 11/19/2007 and will not return until 12/07/2007. I will respond to your message when I return....
Peter C Osenton
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Nov 26, 2007 3:02 am
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Who cares?????????????? I will be out of the office starting 11/19/2007 and will not return until 12/07/2007. I will respond to your message when I return....
Dear Kathy, Wonderful attachments. Have a great new year. Best regards, Mac A. MacDonough Plant Stewart, Plant & Blumenthal, LLC 7 Saint Paul Street, Suite 910...
A. MacDonough Plant
AMPlant@...
Dec 31, 2007 4:48 pm
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The groundhogs saw their shadows at Two Below this morning, and then were enjoyed as a tastey morsel. Many thanks to Bill and Jody for their many labors to...
Susan Rudy
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Feb 2, 2008 8:42 pm
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Hi Suzy, Thanks for sending these great pics. Those cupcakes are absolutely adorable. What a cute idea!! We wanted to come to that class but wanted to go to...
Jil and Warren
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Feb 4, 2008 4:23 pm
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You all know you can just look for your own shadow and predict the same thing. So much simpler. Dave **************Biggest Grammy Award surprises of all time...
TorResInc@...
Feb 4, 2008 5:11 pm
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Yeah, but no one would think to make cupcakes for something that trite. -jil ... You all know you can just look for your own shadow and predict the same thing....
Jil and Warren
elytra@...
Feb 4, 2008 5:18 pm
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.... or sleep in and know in your heart that if the creature saw its shadow there will be 6 more weeks of winter, if not, a month and a half. ...
For those who think it would be scientifically adequate to substitute human for groundhog in the annual seasonal ritual, you obviously are not aware of the...
Susan Rudy
sfrudy@...
Feb 5, 2008 12:11 am
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Errr, well Suz I stand corrected. Maybe we could just put a stick in the ground and watch for its shadow. But glad the class is still, after all these years,...
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