To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Same names for different trees: Was: Trees resistant to vert.wilt
Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2003 07:11:20 -0500
On Sunday 06 July 2003 21:26, HDessureault wrote:
> The thorny locust is Black Locust, which is really an acacia. The thorns
> ARE dangerous.
> Hélène
I didn't say it too well the first time, but people use the same names to
describe different trees. http://www.treeguide.com/Species.asp?SpeciesID=940&Region=World
For black locust, it lists:
Common name: yellow locust, white locust, common locust, honey locust
I bet if I looked up honey locust it would show me black locust as a common
name.
I usually qualify them as black locust, the one that's good for fenceposts
(Robinia pseudoacacia), and honey locust, the one that spreads bad and has
nasty thorns (Gleditsia triacanthos). I decided to finally lookup the
scientific names, otherwise, I'm going to ......
This is worse than dialects, like pronunciation of creek/crick or pop/soda or
water fountain/bubbler..... ;-)
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Art Petrzelka
Amana, Iowa