friesen@psivax.UUCP (Stanley Friesen) (09/23/85)
In article <6700004@prism.UUCP> dawn@prism.UUCP writes: > > My mother once observed that you can not find poison ivy growing near > these ferns in the woods-- maybe planting some of them in your garden > would kill off the poison ivy! :-) > Well, *maybe*. If I remember my eastern forests right, this is likely due to differences in light requirements. Poison Ivy requires a good bit more light than the fern, and the fern probably will not grow well in open sunlight(where p.i. grows quite well). -- Sarima (Stanley Friesen) UUCP: {ttidca|ihnp4|sdcrdcf|quad1|nrcvax|bellcore|logico}!psivax!friesen ARPA: ttidca!psivax!friesen@rand-unix.arpa