Re: Smithsonian Magazine, October, 2010
- Subject: Re: Smithsonian Magazine, October, 2010
- From: N* S* <T*@plantsoup.com>
- Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2010 18:43:25 -0700
This just in from another listserv that I am part of - addresses the issue of invasives
> Hello All,
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> Probably something you already know, but just in case...
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> Another great thumbnail sketch on WHY invasives are so bad for our
> environment...
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> Page #8 under the heading "Wild Things"
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> Subtitled "Enemy Shelter"
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> "Invasive species can harm native species by commandeering food or/and habitat.
> Washington University researchers have now documented a less familiar type of
> threat on the dunes of Pt. Reyes National Seashore in California.
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> An invasive beach grass spreading along the coast is helping to destroy an
> endangered native plant called "Tidestorm lupine" by providing new shelter for
> mice, which feast on the lupine seeds."
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> I'm sure that there are a multitude of examples like these, but it is wonderful
> to learn that the Smithsonian is aware of such things and makes everyone who
> reads the magazine aware of the dreadful problem of invasives.
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> Alain...Sunset #19
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