Myths Persist About Poisonous Holiday Plants CREAMERY (Montgomery Co.) Some reports about poi sonous holiday plants are as mythical as tales of Santa, says a Penn Stale horticultural specialist. “Certain holiday plants believed to be fatal if eaten are relatively harmless, while others are truly toxic,” says Dr. J. Robert Nuss, professor of ornamental horticul ture in Penn State’s College of Agriculture. “The bottom line is that children and pets can’t make the distinction between what’s dangerous and what isn’t. It’s best to keep plants out of their reach until they learn not to put unknown substances into their mouths.” Many people persist in believing that that most popular Christmas plant, the poinsettia, is extremely poisonous. “People allergic to the plant’s milky sap can develop a rash if it gels on their hands,” says Nuss. “But the poinsettia isn’t fatal if eaten. 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Sounds like hocus pocus? Well it’s really quite logical. Because the sun shines brightest on south-facing slopes, removing trees there exposes the snow to direct sunlight and allows it to melt faster than it otherwise would. Forestry and watershed management have been intert wined disciplines since as far back as 1500 B.C. when the Chinese altered their forests to regulate stream flow onto irrigated fields. Much later, in 1897, the U.S. Congress established the national forest system and cited watershed management as one of the chief purposes of managing the public forests. Since those bygone days, forest hydrologists have advanced the discipline of watershed management con siderably, using scientific research to lead the way. As a result, experts believe water supply can be greatly expanded by using more of what we know. Now I’ll add a few thoughts of my own. As you can sec, a scientific basis has been established on which fore stland decisions can be made. Today, however, more peo ple are seeing the forest as more than a place to produce timber, wildlife, and water. Some groups see a need for their special interest (such as the Spotted Owl) and all the scientific data for other forest products go out the win dow. That’s when the professional managers run into problems. Here are a few more forestry facts for your consideration: • 483 million acres of U.S. forestland arc suitable for timber production. About 20 percent of this land is man aged by the USDA Forest Service, the USDI Bureau of Land Management, and other federal agencies. About 15 percent is managed by forest industries. About 8 percent is managed by state and local governments. The remain ing 57 percent is managed by nonindustnal private landowners. • The area of forest burned by uncontrolled wildfire in the United Stales has been reduced from 40-50 million acres a year in the early 1930 s to an average of 2-4 mil lion acres a year. • Total volume of wood in U.S. forests is now 25 per cent greater than it was in 1952. • There are more acres of forestland in Pennsylvania now than 30 years ago. All of this points but that our community leaders, when thinking about planning the future of our forests and woodlands, should collect as many facts a» possible about a situation before making decisions. It also points out that special interest groups may not always be pushing for the right decision for the greatest good of the greatest number of people. A
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