--- PBLoomis@aol.com
> wrote:
>In a message dated 2/23/01 9:20:40 AM Central Standard Time, 
>cindy@thousandeggs.com writes:
>
>> Hi.  I think the Birch you need is Betula lenta, a.k.a. the Cherry, Black,
>>  or Sweet Birch, not paper birch.
>>
>    I'm a bit confused or concerned or whatever by the name "Black Birch"
>The only birch that grows well down here, on the Gulf Coast of Mississippi,
>is Betula negra, known as black birch or river birch.  The bark looks rather
>like cherry bark, but I've never noticed a wintergreen smell when I've pruned 
>mine.  If it's actually different, I hope that nobody will be confused by the 
> 
>name Black Birch and waste time trying to make birch beer from the sap. 
>    Scotti

Another strong argument for using the Latin names.  Otherwise we'll just get stuck in an argument over whether it's a 'strömming' or 'sill' (which are 2 regional names for the same fish in Sweden).
A question that comes to mind...
How much of a difference would it be between 2 sub-species of say Betula (Birch) compared to that of maple (can't recall the Latin name atm)
/Angus
/Angus.

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