Re: [Aroid-l] UK Aroids

From: Deni Bown <denibown at googlemail.com> on 2009.07.21 at 17:04:14 Thanks to Peter for this definitive statement on aroids native to the UK.=A0 May I also add that I have also found naturalized populations of Lysichiton americanus together with L. camtschatcensis and their cream-colored hybrid. The photos of these two species in my book Aroids - Plants of the Arum Family were taken in in wet woodland on the Hampshire-Berkshire border.=A0 They had=A0spread downstream from a large garden where they were originally planted as ornamentals beside the section of stream that ran through the property.=A0This should perhaps serve as a warning to anyone whose land borders on natural watercourses.=A0 They're a magnificent sight but they don't belong in the wild.=A0 =A0 Recently, on the field trip to the Haut Chitelet Alpine Botanical Garden during the Xth International Aroid Conference, I noticed Lysichiton seedlings=A0downstream from the main garden.=A0It would be interesting to know how long it takes=A0plants such as these to get up to mischief and how they change the ecology of the=A0habitats they invade. Deni 2009/7/15 Peter Boyce <phymatarum@googlemail.com> Native: Arum maculatum; Arum italicum (only in the far south and southwest, and the only Arum on the Isle of Wight). =A0 Naturalized: Lysichiton americanum (various localities, notably Oxfordshire); Arisarum proboscideum (only one site); Symplocarpus foetidus (a few sites). =A0 Certainly NOT Cryptocoryne; while the UK is noting some effects of global warming it=92s not yet equatorial triopics... =A0 Peter =A0 From: aroid-l-bounces@gizmoworks.com [mailto:aroid-l-bounces@gizmoworks.com] On Behalf Of Antony and Fenna Orpin Sent: 12 July 2009 06:06 To: Discussion of aroids Subject: Re: [Aroid-l] UK Aroids =A0 Just a couple, lords and ladies....../cuckoo pint for a start.........then cryptocoryne........... Tony =A0 (Uli Siegel: are you about? tried a couple of emails......... ----- Original Message ----- From: Mark Pajak To: aroid-l@gizmoworks.com Sent: Friday, July 10, 2009 2:16 PM Subject: [Aroid-l] UK Aroids =A0 Just a quick question - Are there any Aroids native to the UK? Beyond Hotmail - see what else you can do with Windows Live. Find out more. _______________________________________________ Aroid-L mailing list Aroid-L@www.gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l _______________________________________________ Aroid-L mailing list Aroid-L@www.gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l -- =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 DENI BOWN Mobile 07870 345924 Office 01362 695979 Fax 01362 694929 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0PLANTS =A0=95 FLOWERS =A0=95 HERBS =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 Author =A0=95 Photographer =A0=95 Consultant Editor =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 Research =95 Lectures =A0=95 Herb Garden Design --0016e6dd863385d7e0046f3a3e4a----===============4491732555072985137==

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