Natural Science Forum / Biology / Botany / November 2004

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A mini "Frequently Asked Questions" for sci.bio.botany
This is an unmonitored ("feral") NG that is irregular in all other respects
as well, foremost in the frequency of postings. The topic is botany, in all
its aspects, but excluding topics covered in other newsgroups, such as

I'm interested in estimating the age of some live trees.  I've found this
link: http://www.learner.org/jnorth/tm/leaf/HowOld.html, which gives a
"growth factor" for several species but is not comprehensive.
White Pine (Pinus strobus) and Eastern Redcedar (Juniperus virginianus) ...

Is there anywhere a list of good, national or regional floras? I suffer
from a rare condition that makes me enjoy reading floras like Flora
Europaea and Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae ;-)

I suspect honeylocust comes in male and female individuals. But can a
male tree ever turn into a female tree or vice versa?
The observation I recently found was that I had cut an old honeylocust
flush to the ground. It was a big tree. And of course suckers followed

Tonight I happened to observe a fresh Macintosh apple under a
stereomicroscope looking for any strange wild life.  In the area of
the flower and the stem depressions there were many small bright red
hemispherical bodies approx 0.25 millimeter in size.  The bodies did

Dear Plant-Ed,
Many months ago I queried the group about case studies for teaching plant
biology - and got some good responses, although there still seems to be not
much developed for teaching plant biology.   In a similar vein, I'm

Dear Plant-Ed,
Many months ago I queried the group about case studies for teaching plant
biology - and got some good responses, although there still seems to be not
much developed for teaching plant biology.   In a similar vein, I'm

I'm just taking a chance here that one of you can help me....
 I got a ficus tree about 2 months ago, it has been doing ok on my back
porch, but because of the cold weather I had to move it inside. It is
right in front of a window that does get a pretty good bit of sun, but

I'm just taking a chance here that one of you can help me....
 I got a ficus tree about 2 months ago, it has been doing ok on my back
porch, but because of the cold weather I had to move it inside. It is
right in front of a window that does get a pretty good bit of sun, but

I've helped ID a few mystery plants posted to this group, but now I
need everyone's help myself.
I've been handed a real stumper.
Collected in Hidalgo Co, Texas.  High-climbing vine without tendrils.

why two of the leaves started to get brown and are going to die?
low humidity? do i have to mist the leaves more often. i do it once a
week!?

A mini "Frequently Asked Questions" for sci.bio.botany
This is an unmonitored ("feral") NG that is irregular in all other respects
as well, foremost in the frequency of postings. The topic is botany, in all
its aspects, but excluding topics covered in other newsgroups, such as

The Discovery Channel series, Mythbusters, take on plants in Episode 23: Exploding House, premiering November 21st. According to their website:
"the MythBuilders hit the roof to prove whether or not whispering sweet nothings to your plants is the secret to gardening success.
http ...

The Discovery Channel series, Mythbusters, take on plants in Episode 23: Exploding House, premiering November 21st. According to their website:
"the MythBuilders hit the roof to prove whether or not whispering sweet nothings to your plants is the secret to gardening success.
http ...