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

[Wayne Tyson]

Granted--I was being ironic. And limited to the Brooklyn that existed in the 
time period when the story "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" was set.

WT


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Fuhrmann, Paul" <PFuhrmann at ene.com>
To: "Olivia Kwong" <plant at plantconservation.org>; 
<apwg at lists.plantconservation.org>
Sent: Monday, June 28, 2010 7:07 AM
Subject: Re: [APWG] NEWS: Harvard biologist comes to the defense of the 
muchreviled tree of heaven


> 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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