I must confess. I am the source of the Lantana photos.
Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
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From: "Andrew Fildes" <afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2008 2:51 PM
Subject: [OM] Re: Public Service Anouncement
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> Interesting - Virginia Creeper is a much valued decorative plant here
> and in the UK. Meanwhile, Lantana (which someone keeps posting here
> with butterflies on it) is a bloody pest in sub-tropical Eastern
> Australia.
> There's a 'stinging nettle' tree in our rainforests that makes poison
> ivy look like a wimp. Stay out of the woods - they bite.
> Andrew Fildes
> afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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>
> On 25/07/2008, at 4:17 AM, Jim Nichols wrote:
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>>
>> Growing up in the Southern USA, I have long known the difference
>> between Poison Ivy, which can cause painful rashes on sensitive
>> individuals, and the more common Virginia Creeper, a harmless
>> nuisance. However, some of my neighbors who have moved here from
>> other areas seem to get the two confused.
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