was: coffee grounds as acidifiers; now Polypodiums
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- Subject: was: coffee grounds as acidifiers; now Polypodiums
- From: J*
- Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2000 09:44:17 -0800
In addition to the 2 spp mentioned by Loren, there are several other
polypody ferns native to California--P. californicum, P. calirhiza, &
P.hesperium. The latter two extend well inland (P. hesperium as far as New
Mexico & Montana). These names come from Flora North America vol. 2, which
overhauls fern nomenclature pretty thoroughly. The old "fern family" I
learned in school is split up into a dozen or more.
-----Original Message-----
From: Loren Russell <loren@peak.org>
Cc: MEDIT-PLANTS@ucdavis.edu <MEDIT-PLANTS@ucdavis.edu>
Date: Friday, February 25, 2000 11:11 PM
Subject: Re: coffee grounds as acidifiers
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>
>On Fri, 25 Feb 2000, Bob Beer wrote:
>
>> Tres cool. :) Do you have to water these a lot, or are they fairly
drought
>> tolerant?
>>
>> bob
>>
>
>Polypodium ferns (mostly P. glycyrhiza, but also P. scouleri along the
>coast) are winter-growing and summer dormant in much of the
>pacific Northwest and northern California. They typically grow on heavy
>horizontal branches, especially of deciduous trees, after these have built
>up heavy moss. My coffee-grounds trick is to speed up the succession to a
>heavy epiphyte load.
>
>These really contriubte to the "rain forest" look of places like the
>Olympic Peninsula of Washington. Which also has a "mediterranean" summer
>drought. It's nice to have them in the back yard.
>
>loren russell, corvallis, oregon
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