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Re: Local Ecotypes

At 05:53 PM 10/18/00 -0500, J. A. Raasch wrote:
>I'd like to point out that you might have to dig fairly deep into the
>history of  a seed provider to determine whether the seed is actually
>local.
> Is anyone actually certifying seed
>as local (from gene pools not contaminated since European settlement)  and
>what are they using for evidence?

Yes, this is my point.  If exotics and weeds travelled on the hooves
and droppings of animals of the settlers, didn't natives come along,
too?  Aren't trucks and geese moving seed around today?  As I said
in a message here a few days ago, I've certainly seen prairie 
plantings escape hundreds of yards beyond their borders in leaps
and bounds.

Which reminds of another nagging question in my mind...  when someone
claims that a plant was native in a spot 300 years ago, do they
most often rely on the historical notes of someone who made one
pass through an area, or did/do state agencies eventually conduct
pollen analysis or something similarly concrete to establish
which species were around in the past?

- John

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