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- From: bbeer@stein.u.washington.edu (Bob Beer)
- Subject: Re: Horrible Plants
- Message-ID: <1992Nov17.010319.12642@u.washington.edu>
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- Organization: University of Washington, Seattle
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- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 01:03:19 GMT
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- Here in the Pacific Northwest, we have Devil's Club. It is a small tree with
- large (about 1 1/2 feet across) that look sort of sycamore-like. The leaves,
- petioles and trunk (which never gets much more than 1 1/2 - 2" across) is
- densely covered in half-inch spines which break off easily. A friend of mine
- who hikes a lot says that when one is going up a steep incline and needs to
- grab a branch for support, there is *always* a devil's club there just waiting
- for you...
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- Actually it is a pretty nice-looking plant, and is great for a back corner of
- a garden where you *never* have to get too close. It has a cluster of red
- berries in the center in late summer.
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- I believe the Latin name is Oplopanax horridum.
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