SPEC: I. verna in Florida
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- Subject: SPEC: I. verna in Florida
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- Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1998 10:33:55 -0500
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From: "Rodney Barton" <rbarton@hsc.unt.edu>
Mark cook said:
> Also, I noticed that on Rodney Barton's North American Native Iris
>Site, Iris verna is listed as being native to Florida. I am wondering if
> it would grow here in the hills on the north side of Dunnellon. I am
> located about 40 miles south-southwest of the Interstate 75/Florida 121
> interchange in Gainesville.
Mark,
My info comes from the Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants
http://www.usf.edu/~isb/projects/atlas/mapindex.html
According to it I. verna is only found in the two western most counties of the
FL panhandle. My sources in Arkansas say that I. verna grows in well drained
locals that are rather dry in the summer. Your hillside just might workI
Rodney Barton
rbarton@hsc.unt.edu
Hickory Creek, (North Central) Texas, USA
Zone 7/8, typical temp range 15 - 105 F (-9 - 41 C)
AIS, SIGNA, SPCNI, SLI, Iris-L
North American Native Iris Web Page:
http://molly.hsc.unt.edu/~rbarton/Iris/NANI.html
New photos posted 7/98
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