[APWG] NEWS: Harvard biologist comes to the defense of the much reviled tree of heaven

[Wayne Tyson]

You have to admire any tree that could grow in late 19th and early 20th 
century Brooklyn, but it stinks and there are far, far better trees for 
almost any other use that don't invade. And, believe it or not, there are 
some indigenous ones that are even better!

WT

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Olivia Kwong" <plant at plantconservation.org>
To: <apwg at lists.plantconservation.org>
Sent: Monday, June 14, 2010 12:54 PM
Subject: [APWG] NEWS: Harvard biologist comes to the defense of the much 
reviled tree of heaven


> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/06/13/AR2010061304822.html
>
> Harvard biologist comes to the defense of the much reviled tree of heaven
> By Adrian Higgins
> Washington Post Staff Writer
> Monday, June 14, 2010
>
> The misnamed tree of heaven has been outlawed in the District for more
> than a century. No one has planted it in decades. Still it grows.
> Alongside railroad tracks, in the cracked blacktops of abandoned lots, in
> dark, stagnant alleys.
>
> See the link above for the full article text.
>
>
>
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