Hello, What is even more fascinating is the new Hamamelis species published in the current issue of Sida (the Arundinaria was published last year in Sida). Having seen it in the wild I can say it is quite different from the 'cane' in Missouri and Arkansas, and the rest of the midwest. It seems the new Hamamelis may be the long lost macrophylla, but is given the name ovalis. Sorry to be off-topic. Aaron Floden --- Dennis Kramb <dkramb@badbear.com> wrote: > This is totally OT, but it was utterly fascinating > to me to learn > that there are native bamboo varieties in North > America... let alone > the Appalachian Mountains. Where's the American > Panda Bear > then?!?! Ya gotta love 'dem bears. :-) > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ 8:00? 8:25? 8:40? Find a flick in no time with the Yahoo! Search movie showtime shortcut. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/shortcuts/#news