F_GJL@vaxa.nerc-bush.ac.uk ("Gerry Lawson, ITE Edinburgh", NERC) (12/13/90)
Sorry to be a pedant, but Joseph Meyer wrote (in response to SJ Gill):
"Thanks for clearing that up. I'm sure juniper is incorrect. I was relying
on Merriam-Webster's dictionary, obviously a very poor choice for plant
taxonomy, which defined "gorse" as "juniper". Sorry about that, I should've
know better. The plant description by Chamove indicated it couldn't be a
juniper. Regrowth from stumps is a problem associated with hardwood trees, not
conifers."
Actually there is one conifer (Cryptomeria japonica - Japanese cypress) that
does produce suckers from cut stumps. I seem to recall that Taxodium disticum
(swamp cypress) sometimes does the same. There may be others ???
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