lets not forget fungi as indicators too, in the first
2 years we had only white fungi on the trees now there is RED!!! which,
according to at least two references I can dig up for the sceptical in
my chaotic office here, Red fungi indicates cleaner air than white fungi,
no fungi in a high rainfall area is a concern for worry about high
pollution levels. It seems that our plantings along the road are screening
pollution better than anticipated. April
> >In a message dated 11/15/97 8:54:56 PM, you
wrote: > >>Hi, >> >>Thanks to Dan Hemenway for
sharing his observations etc. on indicator >plants. >>This is
real good stuff! >>Hope others will comment and add to the knowledge
base. >>Apparently Dan has offered to assemble such a list...that list
I believe >>would be of great benefit to us all..
frank > >OK, I'll go along with that with the understanding that we
are free to >publish any and all material we receive in this regard as
well as taking >responsibility to repost it on the mailing list in a
timely fashion. If I do >NOT post a list, it is because I did not
get anything worth coalating. I'm >not going to post any indicator
plant nominations unless there are soild >references that say exactly why
you think that this is an indicator plant. > If you have personal
observation as the reference--great, at least we know >it isn't the
fantasy of some writer you happened to read. There is way too >much
of that stuff in the indicator plant/companion plant
literature already. > In case of personal observation, say exactly what
you observed and why you >then concluded that you were observing a case of
an indicator plant--your >reasoning behind your nomination. If the
plants talk to you that is great. > After you verify that they aren't
lying to you, by actual observations, >we'll include what they have said
in the list. I do this to myself when I >feel the plants have spoken
to me--I'm not being snide, just realistic by my >limited
sights. > >For Mother Earth, Dan Hemenway, Yankee Permaculture
Publications (since >1982), Elfin Permaculture workshops, lectures,
Permaculture Design Courses, >consulting and permaculture designs (since
1981), and now correspondence >courses via email. One is now
underway. Next Live program: Paraguay, 9/98. >Internships
available. Copyright, 1997, Dan & Cynthia Hemenway, P.O.
Box 52, >Sparr FL 32192 USA YankeePerm@aol.com > >We don't
have time to rush. > >
Re: Indicator plants and FUNGI,
April Sampson-Kelly, 11/20/1997