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Re: native plants

This is a topic worthy of many an article, if not many books.  Think of
things like plants that are native to one part of America that have been
introduced in other areas.  Are they still natives?  For that matter, there
are many plants with widespread distribution, but they aren't uniform over
the whole range.  For example, there are forms of Douglas Fir that are
adapted to different areas, even though the trees look similar everywhere.
Collect seed from an alpine tree and plant it in the valley and it behaves
differently.  You've just introduced it into a different range, even if it
is botanically the same species that's already there.
    The American persimmon is native over much of the eastern U.S., but
there are different races of it with different numbers of chromosomes.  If
you move a plant of one race to an area where the other race is predominant,
does that make it an introduced species?
    I'll let your imaginations take it from there.
-Lon Rombough
Grapes, writing, consulting, more, plus word on my grape book at
http://www.bunchgrapes.com



on 4/13/02 8:22 PM, Jemsharp@aol.com at Jemsharp@aol.com wrote:

> I consider native plants those that were likely here when native Americans
> roamed the what's now North America. Plants also can be native to regions,
> such as Eastern U.S.  Western U.S., Southern U.S., etc.
> 
> Naturalized plants....such as those orange daylilies that grow wild all over
> the place... have escaped from gardens but naturalized in given area. Some
> people refer to these as native, althought I consider them naturalized.
> 
> Then, just last week, I ran across the description of "native throughout the
> Northern Hemisphere."
> 
> I think the definition is fluid, so use one you like. You might check
> www.inpaws.org (Inidana Native Plant and Wildflower Society) to see if
> there's a description there. Also, the Lady Bird Johnson's National
> Wildflower Center might be of some help.
> 
> Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp
> Zone 5 Indianapolis

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