Or daffodils
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From: HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Misty
Jackson
Sent: Sunday, March 27, 2011 12:01 PM
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Subject: Re: Vegetation and Historic Sites
Or mock orange or lilac....
Misty Jackson, Ph.D., RPA
Arbre Croche Cultural Resources
214 South Main Street
Leslie, Michigan 49251
517-589-2467
517-525-3060
On Mar 26, 2011, at 2:31 PM, ray ezell wrote:
> I've not seen anybody mention dog-hobble....
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> From: Lyle E. Browning <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Sent: Sat, March 26, 2011 1:45:57 PM
> Subject: Re: Vegetation and Historic Sites
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> I think the list is probably the best long-term item coming out of this
> discussion. Perhaps when done, it might be posted to the NPS website or
some
> other "permanent" location for down load?
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> Also, I don't know if anyone has mentioned them, but ailanthus altissima
(Tree
> of Heaven at one end; Ghetto Palm at the other of the naming spectrum) is
a
> common house indicator, although birds spread them to places where houses
were
> never located. There is also another fast growing, soft wood Chinese "weed
wood"
> with very large (20cm) multi-lobed leaves that I've never seen outside an
urban
> environment in VA.
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> Also, while not exactly on point for house sites, intentionally introduced
> invasives such as Johnson Grass for cattle fodder can help demarcate old
fields,
> Kudzu for same although that stuff will eventually cover the planet, and
> multi-flora rose all date to the 20th century for introduction. Thinking
ahead a
> bit, bio-sampling will undoubtedly have bug parts so Japanese Beetles may
be in
> the sample, thus post-dating 1939 if memory serves.
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> Finally, there's a website that has a rather extensive list of invasive
plants
> at: http://www.invasive.org/weedcd/
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> Lyle Browning
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> On Mar 26, 2011, at 10:02 AM, Brad Laffitte wrote:
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>> Thanks to everyone for the overwhelming response and discussion.
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>> The whole purpose of posing this question to the group revolves around
what
>> seems to be a lack of literature on the subject. We all seem to have
>> experiences and knowledge with vegetation signatures and historic sites,
but
>> these connections seem to only be mentioned "in passing" in the
literature for
>> the southeastern U.S.
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>> I work as an archaeologist at Fort Polk in west-central Louisiana. We
have
>> noticed over the years that many historic sites (as indicated from
historic
>> aerials and other documentation) were missed during previous surveys. I
am
>> currently writing an article discussing the reasons behind these sites
being
>> "overlooked", which will have a section specifically on vegetation that
will
>> largely be written by the installation botanist. He is very knowledgable
on the
>> subject, but I'm trying to help him find any previous work done for the
area or
>> comparable resources. We would like to, as was mentioned in one of the
previous
>> emails, develop a list of trees/shrubs/plants that almost certainly
indicate a
>> homestead (due to them having to be planted and/or not spreading heavily)
as
>> well as a list of those that are suspicious enough to justify surveyors
briefly
>> veering from their transects to further investigate. This will help
ensure that
>> future surveyors
>> can be briefed beforehand with respect to types of vegetation to "be on
the
>> lookout for".
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>> Many thanks,
>> Brad Laffitte
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