Countach
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Chinese Tallow
Posted: 7/29/2008 12:05 am
Distribution
The first record of Chinese tallow introduction into the United States is found in a letter from Benjamin Franklin written in 1772 to Dr. Noble Wimberly Jones of the Georgia colony. Franklin wrote: "I send also a few seeds of the Chinese Tallow Tree, which will I believe grow & thrive with you. 'Tis a most useful plant" (Bell 1966). As early as 1803, Chinese tallow was spreading into coastal forests according to the noted French botanist Andre Michaux. Since Franklin's time, Chinese tallow has been introduced repeatedly to the United States as an ornamental and potential oil crop species. It is now naturalized from Richmond County North Carolina south through Central Florida, extending west into Texas and northwest Arkansas (McCormick 2005). Within Florida, Chinese tallow was naturalized in 57% of the counties in 1993 (Jubinsky and Anderson 1996) and found as far south as Dade County (Wunderlin et all 2003).
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This message was edited by Countach 7/29/2008 @ 12:08 am
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