re: collecting and conservation
- To: i*@Rt66.com
- Subject: re: collecting and conservation
- From: L*@aol.com
- Date: Sat, 13 Apr 1996 07:46:09 -0400
tom wrote to lonnie -< Dr. Jim Waddick of Kansas City (I think?) has recently
named a collected Louisiana species clone ...which is I. fulva..."Marvell
Gold." I think he collected this in Arkansas, if I'm not mistaken. I bring
this up simply to point
out that it appears we still have room for collecting specimens of
Louisianas.>
Tom already has jumped on this podium but i had to add my tuppence - Do keep
in mind that these wild species are adapted to the environment from which
they are collected, and while we may 'need' certain varieties or species in
commerce, it is all too easy to overcollect and eliminate them entirely in
the wild. That's why i suggested earlier that if you collect, also plan to
put something back after it's been propagated, if not in the original
habitat, then in one that has maybe deteriorated because of collecting or
grazing or whatever. Genetic material disappears from commerce all too
quickly. We don't want to collect something that's not on the endangered
species list, just to help it get there faster.
sorry for the soapbox again.
linda mann lmann76543 e tenn usa
