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Chrysolopus spectabilis on an acacia.
I found this interesting snippet of history while searching for the name of this weevil:
"The Australian Weevil was collected on Cook's voyage in 1770 by Joseph Banks. It was the first scientifically described Australian insect (Australian Museum, 2004)."
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Looking at the same field of Cultivated Tobacco along Woods Bay Road that's discussed in Part 21. It lies just to the northeast of Woods Bay State Park.
This close-up of the Nicotiana tabacum makes it clear that it's grown not for its flowers, fruit, or roots. It's those large, chartreuse, nicotine-saturated leaves that are the saleable items.
Of course, leaf crops are by no means uncommon. One has only to think of Lettuce or Spinach. But over the centuries many others have found their way into the kitchen pot. These include two I have actually tried in salads: Dandelion and that highly invasive woodland invader, Garlic Mustard. (If you try them yourself—and keep in mind that I never publicly recommend the ingestion of any botanical substance—just make sure the plants you harvest have not been sprayed with herbicide or other toxins.)
In this frame, the tall, spindly, field-edge forb at right is Horseweed (Erigeron canadensis, formerly Conyza canadensis). It's a North American native wildflower of the Aster Family (Asteraceae), but, as its common name connotes, it is usually considered a weed. This because it springs up where it generally isn't wanted.
In doing a little online checking, I see that Horseweed has been used as a leafy vegetable, too. But I think I'll pass on that one.
The other photos and descriptions of this series can be found in my Botany of the Carolinas Coastal Plain album.
The Wistarion, p. 59, 1967, Archives & Special Collections, Hunter College Libraries, Hunter College of the City University of New York, New York City.
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between the two of them, they went through about an eighth a day. As such, much of the fruit on their property went unpicked.
John Kell assists trainees in the botany lab at Mountain Lake Biological Station. Photo courtesy of Jean Elliott
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