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

[Fuhrmann, Paul]

Admiration (poor word choice) for tree of heaven may be warranted only
if accompanied by realization and condemnation for its impact on natural
landscapes.  The Niagara River Gorge and other riparian areas in Niagara
County NY. are examples.  I "admire" what a prolific seed producer and
how quickly it displaces native species in sensitive environments.  I
also "admire" Attila the Hun for similar reasons but doesn't mean either
is worthy of any good will or any dispensation for the destruction they
have caused.  Important to consider seedbank and that these tenacious
trees will escape form urban areas at any opportunity. 

Paul Fuhrmann


-----Original Message-----
From: apwg-bounces at lists.plantconservation.org
[mailto:apwg-bounces at lists.plantconservation.org] On Behalf Of Wayne
Tyson
Sent: Monday, June 28, 2010 1:28 AM
To: Olivia Kwong; apwg at lists.plantconservation.org
Subject: Re: [APWG] NEWS: Harvard biologist comes to the defense of the
muchreviled tree of heaven

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/AR201006
1304822.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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