Re: Paxistima canbyi

**j* e* m* s* <h*@sbcglobal.net>**

Hi, John -- A person who contacted me off-list found a reference, 
cited below, which says the name comes from rats stripping the 
branches from the plant to make a nest. As I told her, that's a 
better image than the one I had, which is the plant stripped the hide 
off of rats.

http://www.naturepreserves.ky.gov/NR/rdonlyres/34B6DB8D-C871-4EE5-B624-BBDD9BCE6F9C/0/Natky60_Fall2008.pdf,

jems

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>  any explanation of where the plant Paxistima canbyi gets the common  name
>rat stripper.
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