RE: cypress and such - again


Also while in New Mexico, the abundant Juniper bloom was guaranteed to
cause asthma for my husband and son, a condition they have rarely
suffered from since!
Karrie Reid

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-medit-plants@ucdavis.edu
[o*@ucdavis.edu] On Behalf Of Deborah Lindsay
Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2006 4:35 PM
To: khe36747@bigpond.net.au; Medit-plants@ucdavis.edu
Subject: Re: cypress and such - again

And most Acacia sp. bloom here at the same time as
most Juniperus sp. (which are ubiquitous landscape
shrubs in these parts). Junipers are highly allergenic
as I know only too well.

Deborah Lindsay
Oakland, California

--- khe36747 <khe36747@bigpond.net.au> wrote:

> Ballarat is in Victoria Australia.
> 
> Re Allergies. Acacia npollen is too large to create
> allergic reactions. Most people who think that they
> are allergic to acacias are actually allergic to
> grasses that bloom at the same time. Pollen needs to
> be quite small to generate allergies. Grass pollen
> is usually small enough and so are softwood pollens.


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