Re: 'native' plants vs.. 'other' plants

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• To: t*@xtra.co.nz
• Subject: Re: 'native' plants vs.. 'other' plants
• From: B*@monterey.edu (Barry Garcia)
• Date: Tue, 3 Mar 1998 17:14:28 -0800
• Content-ID: <msg284529.thr-2df817a6.588645.part0@monterey.edu>
• References: <Pine.OSF.3.96.980302160801.31540K-100000@saul2.u.washington.edu> <34FBA59A.56E1@xtra.co.nz>

>From my experience with the Watershed Institute at my school, i can
tell you that they would only use seeds from plants in the areas we
were restoring. They would never use seeds from plants even a few away
from the plants at the site they were restoring. The reason was that
the genetics of plants in california habitats are so specific that even
at a few miles away the plants are baically genetically different from
the ones at the spot you intend to rehabilitate. This was true with the
beach plants. Seed from a Menzies Wall flower on Shell beach near
carmel would never be used to rehabilitate the dunes on Del monte
Beach, only a few miles up the coast from Shell Beach.
 
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