Re: carpobrutus edulis

--- "Sean A. O'Hara" <sean@support.net> wrote:
On beaches and 
> dunes in San Diego and elsewhere, we have seen a
> native seed bank express 
> itself after the iceplant dies enough to allow
> light, water and heat to 
> reach the seeds. The native plants grow right up
> through the dying and dead 
> iceplant with no harm from the Roundup. A native
> seed bank may not exist in 
> areas that were heavily disturbed before the
> invasion of the iceplant.

I've noticed that one of the few plants that seems to
be able to get something of a foothold in iceplant (or
at least can hold on) seems to be the native Dudleyas.
I've found a few here and there poking up through
iceplant. 

But, it's quite true, after iceplant is killed off,
i've seen the dunes come back and the various natives
take over, which is quite nice (besides the dunes are
SO much prettier with hot pink and yellow sand verbena
(Abronia) than they are with the pastel pink and
yellows of carpobrotus.

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