Re: Forest Herbicides

• Subject: Re: Forest Herbicides
• From: Rob Harrison <robh@u.washington.edu>
• Date: Thu, 9 Apr 1998 15:38:11 -0600
• Approved-By: Rob Harrison <robh@U.WASHINGTON.EDU>
• Message-ID: <352D3F40.7609@u.washington.edu>
• Organization: University of Washington
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Robinia = legume
Gymnocladus = legume
Gleditsia = legume

Steve wrote:
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark E. Kubiske <mkubiske@cfr.msstate.edu>
> To: FOREST@listserv.funet.fi <FOREST@listserv.funet.fi>
> Date: Thursday, April 09, 1998 10:06 AM
> Subject: Re: Forest Herbicides
>
> >Dear David,
> >
> >Sorry.  Blueberries are not legumes.  They are of the family Ericaceae, not
> >Leguminaceae.  Nor have I ever seen the genus Vaccinium or the family
> >Ericaceae implicated as N fixers.
> >
>
> I don't think that a plant has to be a member of Leguminaceae to fix
> nitrogen.  Kentucky coffeetree, once a member of the Leguminaceae, subfamily
> Caesalpinoideae, now a seperate family Caesalpinaceae, fixes nitrogen. And,
> perhaps more noticible are some of the Alders, members of the Betulaceae,
> that fix nitrogen.
>
> Perhaps a true plant taxonomist can come to my rescue. What is the most
> recent classification of Robinia psuedoacacia, Gymnocladus dioicus and
> Gleditsia triacanthos?

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