Re: Eupatorium - sun or shade?
- To: s*@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU
- Subject: Re: [SG] Eupatorium - sun or shade?
- From: P* H*
- Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2000 07:32:42 EDT
In a message dated 09/26/2000 6:07:17 AM Central Daylight Time,
eoneill@IBM.NET writes:
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I've always assumed Eupatorium was a full sun plant.
Comments?
Gerry
>>
Most of the species in this genus are shade to part shade growers in their
native environments. Keep in mind that most are tropical species too.
Our native species fall into two groups, those that live in open woodlands
like E. rugosum, E. purpureum , E. fistulosum, E. album , E. altissum,
Sessilfolium, Coelestrium.
The other group are those that grow in open moist soils, most are native to
prairie locations or along swamps and low ground. These include:
dubium, maculatum, leucolepsis,
As another side note, there was an interesting study that came out about our
northern woods here in Minnesota, earth worms were dramatically changing the
woods, A few of their destructive consequences were the reduction of forest
species, the loss of soil fertility and the increase of soil erosion and loss.
Paul
