Re: mallees, marlocks, moorts and yates .....and now mallets.
Mea culpa Tim, I did forget Moort, quite possibly the most exciting word of
the lot. It's an even smaller, bushier marlock. What else? The Shining Gum,
Euc. nutans is an example.
A lot of these gorgeous trees, you'd love them, you really would, are found
along our south coast in tiny restricted habitats Virtually no frost because
they're on islands, sea shores etc.
Makes me want to leave the cows to their own devices and rush down for a
look right now!
Cheers,
Margaret.
Olive Hill Farm
Margaret River, Western Australia.
www.wn.com.au/olivehill
----- Original Message -----
From: Tim Longville <tim@eddy.u-net.com>
To: <medit-plants@ucdavis.edu>
Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2001 4:55 AM
Subject: Re: mallees, marlocks, moorts and yates .....and now mallets.
> Margaret and Jane -
>
> Good on yer, mates - many thanks for the info.
>
> Of course, Margaret, you forgot moort - but since you chucked in the
> bonus of mallet I'll let you off!
>
> (Not that I'd complain, of course, if the definition of moort came to
> mind - and keyboard....)
>
> Sounds as though those marlocks ought to my sort of tree, if they're
> > exposed to barren and windswept conditions.
>
> Since we don't, to the best of my knowledge, ever see'em in the UK, I
> take it they must be too frost-tender though salt-wind-hardy?
>
> >In fact, the Aboriginal words for
> >native plants and animals are much more frequently used in the West than
in
> >the East. I have no idea [though I could guess] of the reason for
this......
>
> Go on - be a devil - tell us what the guess would be...!
>
> >Mallee is a term common to both West and East, but I'm not sure about the
> >others. Maybe these trees only grow in WA? we are rather different after
> >all.
>
> Mallee gets used quite frequently in the UK (not among 'the general
> gardening public' but at least among 'enthusiasts'). None of the
> others, though, to the best of my knowledge. Yet we do grow quite a
> few WA gums, after all. Odd, isn't it? how some 'popular' terms also
> become 'common' and others stay strictly 'local' and almost
> semi-private. Not always easy, in either case, to spot why.
>
> Cheers -
> Tim
>
>
>
>
> Tim Longville
>
