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Re: [SG] Jack-in-the-Pulpit

Josh,
On my property I have Jack-in-the-pulpit and Green Dragons (related, don't
have bot. name on tip of tongue) everywhere.  So much so, they are invasive.
I don't know why, the soil is not great.  There is a lot of moisture in some
parts.  There are oak and hickory trees.  I do notice that it is unusual for
them to get the attractive seed pod.  Also, the Green Dragons like a lot of
water and get huge in the moister areas.  They seem more likely to get the
seed head, too.
Kay Dye, Edelstein, IL Zone 5, always pushing 6

In a message dated 98-06-17 21:58:36 EDT, you write:

<<
 Hi, Josh.  The only place I have seen a large stand of Jack-in-the-Pulpit
 was on a hillside; the trees that shaded them grew on the hilltop and at
 the bottom, not on the slope where the Jacks grew.  There were paw-paws,
 maples, cottonwoods, hawthorns, choke-cherry, birch, and ash, but no oaks.
 The soil was clay, and there were a number of underground springs and
 rivulets in the area, though the soil was not damp (neither did it ever dry
 out and crust over).  This was an 'in the wild' location, one where nothing
 was weeded by human hands and leaves weren't raked in the fall.  Besides
 the Jacks, the most populous plant was Trillium grandiflorum.  The soil was
 only sparsely populated with other plants, because of the depth of the
 shade, so guess there was plenty of room for seeds to sprout and offsets to
 spread.  I am guessing that perhaps one or more of these conditions
 supported proliferation of the Jacks and Trilliums.  The area had always
 been in a wild state, and I have no idea how long it took the Jacks to form
 such a large stand, maybe many years.
  >>
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