Re: Local lotus

And non native earthworms (what we call nightcrawlers, there are  
native NA worms) have been spread by fishermen who bring them to  
fishing sites, and release those they have not used, to the detriment  
of forest duff.

Cathy, west central IL, z5b

On Aug 10, 2007, at 8:28 PM, Zemuly Sanders wrote:

> I totally enjoyed that book.  As to the earthworms, there was a  
> great article about that in the  May issue of National Geographic.   
> The article was actually on the founding of Jamestown.  Seems  
> earthworms were brought here in the ballast of the English ships  
> purely by accident.  Honeybees were brought on purpose for making  
> mead.  There is supposed to be an NG special on their current  
> findings at the Jamestown site.  For instance, they have discovered  
> a 400 year old tobacco seed in a well that had been sealed over in  
> the 18th century and only recently repoened.  The discovery of the  
> seed proved the type of tobacco John Rolfe grew.  It was a  
> fascinating article, and I hope I haven't missed the documentary.   
> It should be amazing.
> zem
> zone 7
> West TN
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bonnie Holmes" <holmesbm@usit.net>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Sent: Friday, August 10, 2007 6:02 PM
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Local lotus
>
>
>> I think you both might enjoy "Aliens in the Backyard" by John  
>> Leland.  He
>> makes numerous points about the fact that many...in some cases  
>> most...of
>> our plants are not native to this continent.  Certainly most of  
>> the grasses
>> and foods we use.  Maybe a lot of people get confused non-native and
>> invasive since many of the trouble plants are non-native.  What  
>> surprised
>> me was that most earthworms are not native and create a different  
>> chemistry
>> for plants.
>>
>>
>>> [Original Message]
>>> From: <Aplfgcnys@aol.com>
>>> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
>>> Date: 8/10/2007 3:19:01 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Local lotus
>>>
>>> I think it's beautiful, too, Jim, but for some reason it is  
>>> listed as
>>> an invasive around here.  I can't understand it, because the water
>>> plants that are invasive in the areas I know are water chestnuts and
>>> pickerel weed.  I don't remember seeing the Nelumbo  lutea anywhere
>>> nearer than Nova Scotia.
>>> Auralie
>>>
>>>
>>> In a message dated 08/10/2007 12:51:54 PM Eastern Standard Time,
>>> silverhawk@flash.net writes:
>>>
>>> B-E-A-U-T-I-F-U-L
>>>
>>>
>>> james singer <islandjim1@verizon.net> wrote:
>>> The lotus in the local library's retention pond is blooming. My
>>> problem, no longer being terribly agile, was/is getting close  
>>> enough to
>>> the blooms to get a really good picture. For this one, I'd walked  
>>> out
>>> as far as I could on the tops of cypress knees that more-or-less  
>>> define
>>> the margin between swamp and upland. It must have been a  
>>> spectacle to
>>> watch.
>>>
>>> http://tinyurl.com/3afx64
>>>
>>>
>>>
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