LIVE OAK AND CEIBA

[Lowell <E. at <lurbats at UNIX1.SNCC.LSU.EDU>.bitnet>]

1. LIVE OAK, QUERCUS VIRGINIANA, HAS BEEN PLANTED WELL OUTSIDE ITS NATIVE RANGE
ALONG THE ATLANTIC AND GULF COASTS OF NORTH AMERICA. I'M TRYING TO MAP THE
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION OF THIS SPECIES AND WOULD APPRECIATE ANY RECORDS OF
ESTABLISHED TREES OUTSIDE ITS NATURAL RANGE, EITHER IN CULTIVATION OR GROWING
SPONTANEOUSLY. NOTES ON SITUATION, APPROXIMATE SIZE OR AGE ALSO HELPFUL.

2. CEIBA, CEIBA PENTANDRA, ALSO KNOWN AS SILK-COTTON TREE, POCHOTE AND YAX-CHE,
HAS A LONG HISTORY AS SACRED TREE OF THE MAYA AND IS COMMON IN PLAZAS IN CENTRAL
AMERICA AND MEXICO. IN PREPARATION FOR FIELD WORK THIS SUMMER, I'M LOOKING FOR
ANY OBSERVATIONS OF LARGE OLD CEIBAS IN VILLAGE CENTERS AND PLAZAS IN GUATEMALA.
PLEASE INCLUDE DATES, EXACT LOCATION, APPROXIMATE SIZE, AND SPECIES IDENTITY IF
KNOWN (C. AESCULIFOLIA IS ALSO CALLED CEIBA).IF ANYONE IS DOING TAXANOMIC
RESEARCH ON THIS GENUS, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.

MANY THANKS

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