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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Don’t worry, I am composing a reply, but thanks for your encouragement. I am not sure of the author’s formal education background. She calls herself a naturalist and sometimes writes interesting articles, but obviously has misguided thoughts about some things.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Ruth<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'> MAIPC [mailto:maipc-bounces@lists.maipc.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Kathy Michels<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, June 05, 2015 9:06 AM<br><b>To:</b> Dewey; maipc@lists.maipc.org<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [MAIPC] ACT!!!! Not just read it and weep or gnash your teeth<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Not just weep. Act and challenge in print!! I thought this kind of thinking disapperared long ago smothered by kudzu mutliflora rose porecelainberry mile a minute , stultgrass, garlic mustard. Callery pear , english ivy etc etc. (Dont we wish they would disappear on their own!)<br><br>we all know there are plenty of natives that shine on degraded soil- but then step back for succession as soils improve. Sometimes they need a jump start. The problem with nonnatives is they dont allow natural succession and often themselves change soils to be inhospitable to natives. . Who is this person and do they have any training in ecology or experience with the natural world!! ??<br><br>This piece needs to be aggressively challenged for those trying to learn what works. I know i have been one of them and planted every invasive you can think of when i started out as a young gardener!! <br>-Kathy<o:p></o:p></p><div><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center></span></div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Dewey <<a href="mailto:historictimekeepers@gmail.com">historictimekeepers@gmail.com</a>><br><b>Sent:</b> June 5, 2015 8:40:18 AM EDT<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:maipc@lists.maipc.org">maipc@lists.maipc.org</a><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [MAIPC] read it and weep or gnash your teeth<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br>She (article author) writes:<span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p>"Usually nonnative plants fill an area only after it had been left barren because of an altered soil profile brought about by man, severe storms, or both. Very few native plant species can grow in poor-quality soil.<o:p></o:p></p><p>By moving into these damaged areas, alien plants do what humans can’t easily do: they rehabilitate the soil. In other words, they are creating a rich soil so that—once they’ve done their job—native plants may again be able to grow there.<o:p></o:p></p><p>Nonnative species are able to obtain nutrients from nutrient-poor soil and transform them into plant tissue. When that plant tissue is returned to the soil (such as when leaves detach to be replaced by new ones or when the plant itself dies), it becomes humus—organic material that enriches the clay soil because its nutrients are in a form that’s usable by many more kinds of plants."<o:p></o:p></p><p>Huh? Guess our concerns about changes to pH and microfauna are unfounded.<o:p></o:p></p><p>How many people in Albermarle County (high ed, high income) will now be quoting her "facts". Nuts<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Regards, Dewey Clark, <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On 6/4/2015 11:32 PM, Ruth Douglas wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><a href="http://www.crozetgazette.com/2015/06/blue-ridge-naturalist-invasive-plants-invaluable-to-degraded-environment/">http://www.crozetgazette.com/2015/06/blue-ridge-naturalist-invasive-plants-invaluable-to-degraded-environment/</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><pre>Regards,<o:p></o:p></pre><pre> <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Dewey Clark,<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><a href="http://www.historictimekeepers.com">http://www.historictimekeepers.com</a><o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Omega Recognized Service Provider<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>WOSTEP Certified After Sales Service of Current Watches<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>WOSTEP Certified Micromechanics<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Restoration of Vintage Timepieces<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Precision Timing Specialist<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Micromachining<o:p></o:p></pre><div><p class=MsoNormal>On 6/4/2015 11:32 PM, Ruth Douglas wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.crozetgazette.com/2015/06/blue-ridge-naturalist-invasive-plants-invaluable-to-degraded-environment/">http://www.crozetgazette.com/2015/06/blue-ridge-naturalist-invasive-plants-invaluable-to-degraded-environment/</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Unfortunately, I read this as a last look at email before going to bed and now I probably won’t get to sleep for hours.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Ruth<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><br><br><br><o:p></o:p></span></p><pre>_______________________________________________<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>MAIPC mailing list<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><a href="mailto:MAIPC@lists.maipc.org">MAIPC@lists.maipc.org</a><o:p></o:p></pre><pre><a href="http://lists.maipc.org/listinfo.cgi/maipc-maipc.org">http://lists.maipc.org/listinfo.cgi/maipc-maipc.org</a><o:p></o:p></pre></blockquote><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><br><br>-- <br>Sent from my Android device with thumbs via K-9 Mail. Please excuse mistakes and brevity.<o:p></o:p></span></p><pre style='text-align:center'><span style='color:windowtext'><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center></span></pre><pre><span style='color:windowtext'><br>MAIPC mailing list<br><a href="mailto:MAIPC@lists.maipc.org">MAIPC@lists.maipc.org</a><br><a href="http://lists.maipc.org/listinfo.cgi/maipc-maipc.org">http://lists.maipc.org/listinfo.cgi/maipc-maipc.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></pre></div></body></html>