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Chris -- 2018-04-11
Hear this a lot in conversation—don’t think I’ve ever seen it in print, though
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OK, I’ve looked for examples, and here’s the first one I found, from http://www.flagpond.com/festival/ramp/fest.htm
“The colonies of ramps or wild leeks can be found in cove forests and northern hardwood associations thoroughout the Appalachian Mountains, in rich, dark woodlands near mountain streams and in the northern forested part of New York are colonies of ramps or wild leeks in the mixed of maple,beech and hemlock.”
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