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<body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000">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>
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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>
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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>
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<b>From:</b> Dewey <historictimekeepers@gmail.com><br>
<b>Sent:</b> June 5, 2015 8:40:18 AM EDT<br>
<b>To:</b> maipc@lists.maipc.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [MAIPC] read it and weep or gnash your teeth<br>
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She (article author) writes:<br>
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<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.</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.</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."<br>
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<p>Huh? Guess our concerns about changes to pH and microfauna are
unfounded.<br>
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<p>How many people in Albermarle County (high ed, high income) will
now be quoting her "facts". Nuts<br>
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Regards, Dewey Clark,
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