[pbs] A question - Leucojum vernum
Diane Whitehead
voltaire at islandnet.com
Fri Mar 2 12:41:47 EST 2007
Diane Whitehead wrote:
> When I saw where L. vernum was growing in the wild in the Czech
> Republic, I knew why they never survived for me. It was in the same
> squelchy conditions where I would expect our native Lysichiton
> americanus.
Rodger Whitlock wrote:
Was it a site that is always squelchy, or just seasonally so? Our
native skunk cabbage grows in some sites that are pretty dry in the
summer.
They were in a low area along a stream, with additional moisture
being provided by melting snow. It would be drier in summer, but I'm
sure it is never dry.
There is a photo of them growing in a similar condition in Jim
Jermyn's book, Alpine Plants of Europe. The photo is in Timber
Press' online excerpt: http://www.timberpress.com/pdfs/excerpts/
9780881927344e.pdf
Diane Whitehead
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