Re: SPEC: Iris virginica

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Mark,
The virginica I have native here doesn't seem to extend to the saltier parts
of the sounds (Eastern NC). It is abundant, in the fresher brackish areas
and upstream. Are the 'gators still pugnacious when the seed pods are ready?
Would love to have a few of those seeds for SIGNA (and myself!)

Jim Gibbons
NC Coast Zone 8A and sandy...
gibbman6@mchsi.com


>      These Irises grow not only in streams and ditches out of the storm
surge
> range, they grow in parts of the salt marshes, in some place being in
direct
> contact to the Gulf of Mexico.  I am not sure what these are, but I am
almost
> certain that they are a type of Iris virginica.
>      There have been a couple times that I tried to take a closer look at
> some of those plants.  However, most of you all probably know what kind of
> animal lives in Florida swamps...   These Irises bloom about the beginning
of
> alligator mating season.  On each of those times I tried to take a closer
> look at those Irises, I found about ten feet worth of reasons to get out
of
> there...
>
> Mark A. Cook
> BigAlligator@aol.com
> Dunnellon, Florida, USA
> USDA Zone 8b        Sunset Zone 28
>
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