Re: SPEC-Salt Tolerance of Eastern Bearded Species

Bill Shear, responding to my question, noted:

<< If pseudacorus is surviving, it would be worth trying the others.  We have
 versicolor here but it is not common; I've never seen virginica in the wild
 in our region (SCentral Piedmont).
 
 According to Brian Mathew and others, some of the spuria species are salt
 and wet-tolerant enough to be know as "salt-marsh irises."  Perhaps these
 would be suitable >>

I  sincerely appreciate the information on spurias, however I am specifically
trying to use the natives and information is sparse. Those functionaries
charged with protecting the native populations are understandably scrupulous
in withholding any information which might facilitate decimation of same, and
I have a slew of babies I've raised form seed to plant back into the near
wild and I'm a little concerned about my ignorance. I have this little
fantasy going about propagating natives for reintroduction to areas in which
they are endemic but scarce. Does anyone else have any more info, please?

Anner Whitehead, Richmond, VA, Zone 7
Henry Hall  henryanner@aol.com
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