Regionalisms--plant names edition

[muckefuck]

No, this isn't my answers to the quiz that's going around. I can't see as anyone would find those much more interesting than reading my dreams. But since a lot of y'all seemed to enjoy filling that out, here's some more questions. These are all common plants that are called by different names than I use by at least one person I know.

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No, this isn't my answers to the quiz that's going around. I can't see as anyone would find those much more interesting than reading my dreams. But since a lot of y'all seemed to enjoy filling that out, here's some more questions. These are all common plants that are called by different names than I use by at least one person I know.
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Comments

Re: From Southern Ontario

[muckefuck.livejournal.com]

Aha! We finally have a significant difference in our terminology. As kids, we called them "palm trees" until our father explained that they were named "trees of heaven"--by the same guy who named Greenland, in his opinion.

Re: From Southern Ontario

[bitterlawngnome.livejournal.com]

They don't really have a common name here yet - too recent an introduction, not really common until about 15 years ago. No matter what you call them (ailanthus, Tree of Heaven, Those Palm-Leaves Trees That Drop 10,000 Seeds All Over The Garden Which All Sprout The Next Spring) you are usually met with a puzzled look until you do a bit more splainin.

The periwinkle, btw, is called myrtle by a friend who grew up about 2 hours north of here, which makes me think it may be more a family thing than a regional thing.

Re: From Southern Ontario

[muckefuck.livejournal.com]

I'm beginning to see that whether or not you have a name for any of these plants at all seems to be something of a "family thing".