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[Douglas Woodard <dwoodard@becon.org>]

Sea-buckthorn is in a different genus; it is Hippophae rhamnoides and 
has nothing in common with the others but the common name as far as I know.

Purging buckthorn (from Europe) is Rhamnus cathartica. I've seen it on 
sandy loam and on clay; it's versatile and hard to stop. The nasty 
thorns mean that you have to be careful how you grab it.

Doug Woodard
St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada



John S wrote:
> http://www.itmonline.org/arts/seabuckthorn.htm
>
> has a good summary of this plant.  I grow cultivated varieties that 
> produce better fruit than shown in the pictures.  NAFEX has an interest 
> group that includes this plant, headed by Mr. Black, I believe.
>
>
>
> --- On *Fri, 7/18/08, tanis cuff /<tanistanis@hotmail.com>/* wrote:
>
>     From: tanis cuff <tanistanis@hotmail.com>
>     Subject: Re: [NAFEX] birds & cherries, & buckthorns
>     To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
>     Date: Friday, July 18, 2008, 7:25 PM
>
>     Sorry.  I missed your location.  I'm in sWI and see honeysuckle & 2
>     species of invasive-exotic buckthorn on light soil in dry woods & degraded
>     prairie
>      & old-field sites.  What is the edible buckthorn you grow?
>
>     About robins, I have to wonder if they aren't seeking moisture.  I never
>     see them at the bird-baths, but then I don't watch all day.  I wonder if
>     when they can't get enough juicey earthworms, cutworms, grubs, etc., then
>     they must feed on juicey berries.  Any bird watchers on the list who know 
> about
>     this?

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