[permaculture] Toby's post on Autumn olive
lbsaltzman at aol.com
lbsaltzman at aol.com
Tue Jun 16 17:58:43 EDT 2009
It reminds me of language pursuits bemoaning the changes to languages and trying to preserve a "pure language", which is to say?turning a living language into a non-living language frozen at moment in time.? I notice that new plants appear in our forest garden all the time. many are useful, but?a few are problematic. The hard part is being intelligent and experienced enough to know when to leave nature alone and when to intervene and push it in a direction we want it to go.
Larry
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From: Rain Tenaqiya <raincascadia at yahoo.com>
To: permaculture at lists.ibiblio.org
Sent: Tue, Jun 16, 2009 12:08 pm
Subject: [permaculture] Toby's post on Autumn olive
I don't know if Toby is trying to reignite the fiery debate on invasive plants,
but I would argue for a more balanced approach to the topic.? Saying that
Douglas-fir is not native to Cascadia is to redefine the term.? It was there
long before people were, as far as I've ever heard.
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Also, making broad generalizations about plant succession is risky, whether
invasive plants are involved (usually are) or not.? To say that invasive exotic
plants do not displace natives without humun disturbance is to deny the chaotic
and wondrous process of ecological succession.? Natives displace natives, so why
can't exotic plants displace natives?? I see it frequently, without humun
disturbance.? Sometimes, native plants displace exotic plants, too.? It's all a
dance.
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Rain
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