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Re: [OFF TOPIC] plant regulations

Hi,

From: Jared R. Shortman <jared@libcong.com>
>    Plants do so become invasive without the help of humans. You can't
just
>think of the process as the plant being moved away form predators. The
>biology of ecosystems is much more dynamic and changing. There are many

my post said:

>Is is sometimes mentioned that we wonder if we are the only culprits in
>the exotic plant invasion.  We need to remember what makes a plant
>invasive outside of it's native envitonment

I am specifically talking about _exotic_ invasive plants that by
definition do not have any local predators and therefor can run rampant
in the local ecology.  I am _not_ trying to explain local population
dynamics or  natural ecosystem changes.  I am definitely not saying that
all exotic plants can be invasive.


d:-)

Mark Stephens (markws@one.net) - Cincinnati, OH  Zone 5
http://w3.one.net/~markws - Our Backyard Forest
http://w3.one.net/~markws/gilmore.html - Gilmore Ponds Conservancy



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