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  • From: "Kirby Fry" <peace@totalaccess.net>
  • To: <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: [permaculture] Ecosystem Diversity & Bio-mass: Prairies vs. Forests
  • Date: Thu, 4 Jul 2002 20:13:34 -0500

Hello From Texas,
 
I'm looking for studies and information about the diversity and bio-mass of Texas prairies as compared to Texas woodlands.  Other general info is also certainly welcome.
 
Several folks whose main objective is restoring the prairies of Texas, a very worthy endeavor, would do so at the expense of the woody brush and woodlands that have begun to cover disturbed prairie lands - namely juniper, mesuite and other "invasive" brush species.
 
That prairies are more diverse than woodlands is another justification for clearing trees.
 
I'm also hearing that prairies have more bio-mass than forests, and that prairies have a higher ratio of underground bio-mass than woodland systems do.
 
Discussion and documented sources of information appreciated.
 
 
Kirby Fry
 
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