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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">The specific epithet for Hypericum prolificum refers to the fact that it has many stamens, not any propensity to spread or reproduce abundantly (which it doesn’t).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">From: </span></b><span style="color:black">MAIPC <maipc-bounces@lists.maipc.org> on behalf of Ruth Douglas <cvilleruth@embarqmail.com><br>
<b>Date: </b>Thursday, November 7, 2019 at 6:35 PM<br>
<b>To: </b>'Richard Gardner' <rtgardner3@yahoo.com>, "paqinc@aol.com" <paqinc@aol.com>, "maipc@lists.maipc.org" <maipc@lists.maipc.org><br>
<b>Subject: </b>Re: [MAIPC] Hypericum. A shrub<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Richard, I’ve heard from a subscriber to the listserv that there is a native,
<u>H. prolificum</u>. She noted that the species name suggests it could be, well….prolific. I didn’t see anything about that when I looked up the material on it in
<u>Flora of Virginia</u>.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Best,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"> Richard Gardner [mailto:rtgardner3@yahoo.com]
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<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, November 07, 2019 5:53 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> paqinc@aol.com; maipc@lists.maipc.org; Ruth Douglas<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [MAIPC] Hypericum. A shrub</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">It is not native.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#26282A">On Thursday, November 7, 2019, 05:35:55 PM EST, Ruth Douglas <<a href="mailto:cvilleruth@embarqmail.com">cvilleruth@embarqmail.com</a>> wrote:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#26282A">Unfortunately, I don't. Sorry, I"d like to know too.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<a href="mailto:paqinc@aol.com" target="_blank">paqinc@aol.com</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:paqinc@aol.com" target="_blank">paqinc@aol.com</a>]
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#26282A">Sent: Thursday, November 07, 2019 4:53 PM</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#26282A">Subject: RE: [MAIPC] Hypericum. A shrub</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#26282A">Do you know if it's a native hypericum or not?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#26282A">From: MAIPC <<a href="mailto:maipc-bounces@lists.maipc.org" target="_blank">maipc-bounces@lists.maipc.org</a>> On Behalf Of Ruth Douglas</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#26282A">Sent: Thursday, November 7, 2019 1:37 PM</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#26282A">Hi. I got a question from someone who was given a shrub Hypericum and wanted to know if it was invasive and/or poisonous. She doesn’t know the species. I think she
lives in Central VA. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#26282A">Thanks for any information.
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