Re: SPEC-Salt Tolerance of Eastern Bearded Species
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- Subject: Re: SPEC-Salt Tolerance of Eastern Bearded Species
- From: D* L* <g*@rogerswave.ca>
- Date: Tue, 27 May 1997 13:20:46 -0600 (MDT)
On Mon, 26 May 1997 Henryanner@aol.com wrote:
>
> << 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
I pseudacorus isn't a native North American iris, you know.
Diana Louis <dlouis@dynamicro.on.ca> <- private email address
Zone 5 Newmarket, Ontario, Canada
AIS, CIS, SIGNA, IRIS-L, Canadian Wildflower Soc.
