🌿 Environment 3d ago · Jim Sullivan

Is Removing All Nonnative Plants Always the Answer?

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Is Removing All Nonnative Plants Always the Answer?
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As a cofounder of Native Species Network, I’m grateful for those who go beyond treasuring native plants and actually get out in the field to do the hard work of clearing away undesirable alien plants. But I have concerns about how some projects are affect the larger landscape, including the animals who live there.
For instance, when I taught an animal-tracking class in Point Reyes National Seashore this past June, I was surprised to find that someone had uprooted all the cakile (sea rocket) in m

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