Hello everyone! I was wondering if I may get your input on Browse. What do all of your Zoos do to obtain browse? Do you grow it or buy it.? Or do you do both? ...
Celebrating Plants and the Planet: Plants have a strange life of murder and mayhem all their own, and they associate secretly with worms and engineers. This...
I am aware that Pittosporum tobira is toxic but does anyone have information on P. tenuifolium (black stem pittosporum). Also I am searching for any...
Make it memorable!!! AND Unique!!! Do you think love has passed you by? That once you hit age 55, 60 or, egad, 70, it won't happen to you? So, you've given up...
Hi Renee There is a botanical reference called "The Plant Book" by David Mabberly. It contains condensed information on plant families and genera. Within the...
50ish and the admirers! Welcome! http://www.aboutme.com/users/sexysingle/seniorlove.htm This might be the place for you. All we ask is that you agree to do...
We are looking to add Honeycreepers (Green and Red-Legged)to our tropical conservatory (5 stories tall, 15,000 sq ft). We already have several species of...
50ish and the admirers! Welcome! http://www.aboutme.com/users/sexysingle/seniorlove.htm This might be the place for you. All we ask is that you agree to do...
We are a mature site of men & women, from all walks of life, that gather in friendship and fun! We invite you to join us in jokes, snags, chitchat, laughter...
Why all of a sudden (last few months) are we getting the Spam on the AZH list such as the email from iirina bruth today - can we stop this or do we need to...
Celebrating Plants and the Planet: Happy 2007 to all! Beginning my second year sharing tales of plants, animals, humans and the environment, here are...
Hi Renee, Wendy Andrew made a list of references available to ZooLex: http://www.zoolex.org/publication/andrew/toxic_plant_references.html Monika Fiby Project...
It looks very much like the wood rose - Argyreia nervosa - Convolvulaceae. Sarada Krishnan Director of Horticulture Denver Botanic Gardens 909 York Street ...
The individual capsules or pods are about 1" long. They are dried in the picture. They are cream -colored in the center and dark brown on the outside....
Sarada, Thank you for your help. Most of the respondents think it is from Toona sinensis or Chinese Toon Tree. It is from a tree and I should have specified...
Perhaps this picture of seed pods of another Toona species will be helpful: http://www.worldbotanical.com/images/Toona-ciliata-fr.jpg Rob Zoo Horticulture ...
Hello. I just joined the group and have applied to be an associate member of AZH. I am a long time gardener – inside and out. Live in Maryland, on the cusp...
In a message dated 1/26/2007 1:46:53 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, ruthfahrmeier@... writes: post a file of my collection so far The file has been added....
Hello. I was forwarded this information and it thought it pertained to the issues facing zoos and any institution that connects with the public. Please forward...
Celebrating Plants and the Planet: Consider what is happening today as people reach out to save endangered plants, and modern Western science rediscovers...
Hi all, I am seeing a growing conservatism in zoos about having any potentially toxic plants anywhere on zoo grounds. I have had several zoos prohibit the use...
The AZH Liaison Committee has made inroads (very small but inroads non-the-less) with this subject by working with the AZA accreditation committee and having...
David Selk
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Even as I wrote the previous message, I was thinking of how busy everyone is, and how volunteer the AZH is...so taking on anything new can be daunting. It's...
Howdy Folks It has been my experience that there is a lot of confusion as to what plants are "truly toxic" to zoo animals. I have seen browse list of plants...
