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Re: [permaculture] Exotic Species: #2 Cause of Extinction?
- From: "Kirby Fry" <peace@totalaccess.net>
- To: <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [permaculture] Exotic Species: #2 Cause of Extinction?
- Date: Mon, 8 Jul 2002 08:19:05 -0500
Hello Heide,
>> What do they call "exotic" plant
species <<
China berry tree, Chinese tallow tree, most bamboo,
taro (elephant ear), Johnson grass, King Ranch blue stem grass, many thistles
and brambles, kudzu (sp?), water hyacinth, zebra muscles, hydrilla, just to name
a few.
>> all our food plants that were
originally imported from other continents? <<
I believe several varieties of corn, beans,
tomatoes and squash are from North America, and the potato comes from South
America. One thing for certain, though, the soy bean is one of our largest
moncultures and it comes from Asia. Soy may not be invasive on its own,
but when sown behind a plow it certainly has done a good job taking over
American farm lands. Many folks advocating the eradication of invasive
exotics are tofu eating vegetarians.
>> Weeds? Urban ornamental
gardens? <<
Now, you're talking. These are the main ones
they're after, the ones I mentioned above. I'm all for using native plants
for landscaping but I personally draw the line when it comes to using round-up
and other means of systematic eradication. This all starts getting really
close to ethnic cleansing if you ask me. I'd rather start in a denuded
pasture or fallow field with nothing but a few mangy forbes and grasses on them
and work my way up successionally, than attempt to eradicate a stand of invasive
trees and shrubs.
A student once asked Mollison how to best go into a
stand of cedar and clear out for a homestead. Bill emphatically replied
that, "You don't!" much to the chagrin of the student.
>> I'd like to see some of the original
research / statistics on this. <<
You and me both. I'm going to ask my
friend who quoted this to me to produce the study.
Kirby Fry
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[permaculture] Exotic Species: #2 Cause of Extinction?,
Kirby Fry, 07/04/2002
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Re: [permaculture] Exotic Species: #2 Cause of Extinction?,
Heide Hermary, 07/04/2002
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RE: [permaculture] Exotic Species: #2 Cause of Extinction?,
Edward, 07/05/2002
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Re: [permaculture] Exotic Species: #2 Cause of Extinction?,
Kirby Fry, 07/08/2002
- RE: [permaculture] Exotic Species: #2 Cause of Extinction?, Edward, 07/11/2002
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Re: [permaculture] Exotic Species: #2 Cause of Extinction?,
Kirby Fry, 07/08/2002
- Re: [permaculture] Exotic Species: #2 Cause of Extinction?, Kirby Fry, 07/08/2002
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RE: [permaculture] Exotic Species: #2 Cause of Extinction?,
Edward, 07/05/2002
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Re: [permaculture] Exotic Species: #2 Cause of Extinction?,
Bob howard, 07/05/2002
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Re: [permaculture] Exotic Species: #2 Cause of Extinction?,
Kirby Fry, 07/10/2002
- Re: [permaculture] Exotic Species: #2 Cause of Extinction?, Mark, 07/10/2002
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Re: [permaculture] Exotic Species: #2 Cause of Extinction?,
Kirby Fry, 07/10/2002
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Re: [permaculture] Exotic Species: #2 Cause of Extinction?,
Heide Hermary, 07/04/2002
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