Arisaema question

[Bonaventure Magrys]

I've found an abundance of Arisaema triphyllum around brush piles at edges of roads in state parks and also evenly distributed growing through and around brush/garden refuse piles in woodlands behind peoples backyards suggesting that rodents may carry the berries in there to store and eat. I've also read reports of ants carrying A. flavum berries down into their tunnels and of wild turkeys uprooting triphyllums and eating their tubers.
Bonaventure Magrys
Cliffwood Beach, NJ
USA zone 7

----- Original Message -----
From: Henry <treehugger53ah at YAHOO.COM>
Date: Thursday, October 27, 2005 0:08 am
Subject: Arisaema question

> Dear fellow enthusiasts,
>
> A friend posed some questions that I could not answer even after
> consulting the Gusmans' book.
>
> Do any creatures eat /Arisaema/ berries?
>
> Why are the berries such an attractive color if the berries aren't
> spread by whatever eats them?
>
> How is /Arisaema/ spread in nature?
>
> --Henry Fieldseth
> Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, zone 4
> where my little /Arisaema/ collection is slowly growing
>
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