#invasiveplants — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #invasiveplants, aggregated by home.social.
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Wild Pigs Undermine Invasive Flora, While Native Deer Bolster It
New research shows wild pigs help reduce invasive plants, while native deer help invasive plants grow more. This changes how we see these animals in forests.
#WildPigs, #InvasivePlants, #NativeDeer, #ForestEcology, #WildlifeManagement
https://newsletter.tf/wild-pigs-reduce-invasive-plants-deer-increase/
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Wild pigs are surprisingly helping to reduce invasive plants in forests, while native deer are making the problem worse. This is the opposite of what scientists expected.
#WildPigs, #InvasivePlants, #NativeDeer, #ForestEcology, #WildlifeManagement
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#OgunquitME - #Stewardship #Workday: #BeachPlumFarm
Wednesday, May 6, 2026
9:00 am
Beach Plum Farm
610 Main St, Ogunquit, ME 03907"Beach Plum Farm is the last remaining #SaltWaterFarm in Ogunquit, home to #CommunityGardens, and the office of Great Works Regional #LandTrust.
Join #GWRLT for a Stewardship Workday on Wednesday, May 6th, 9am to noon at Beach Plum Farm, Ogunquit. We will be removing invasive species and a spring cleanup. Let us know if you can help out by registering below."
FMI and to register:
https://gwrlt.org/event/stewardship-2/#SolarPunkSunday #MaineEvents #InvasivePlants #SpringCleanup #EnvironmentalStewardship #LandTrusts #GreatWorksRegionalLandTrust
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#Florida #WildlifeCorridor linking #StateParks would thwart #development
#LoxaLucie Headwaters Initiative aims to buy #HobeSound land for conservation.
by Timothy O'Hara, Jan. 2, 2026
"At a time when development pressure is pushing north into rural Martin County, conservation groups want to protect a wildlife corridor between two state parks in Hobe Sound.
"The Loxa-Lucie Headwaters Initiative was founded to protect the ecologically important corridor between #AtlanticRidgePreserve State Park and #JonathanDickinson State Park and connect the #LoxahatcheeRiver and #SaintLucie rivers. That would create a preserve for #NativePlants and #wildlife species that would span about 70,000 acres.
"The public owns #Hapatiokee and #PalMar regional parks, but there are thousands of acres of privately owned land in natural conditions that are ripe for development, said Guardians of Martin County Executive Director Greg Braun, whose group is part of the initiative.
" 'If they can connect the 2,100-mile Appalachian Trail from Maine to Georgia, we should be able to connect Jonathan Dickinson State Park to Atlantic Ridge Preserve State Park,' Braun told TCPalm."
Archived version:
https://archive.ph/nARjr#SolarPunkSunday #WildlifeConservation #Florida #Nature #Wildlife #UrbanSprawl #InvasivePlants #NativeSpecies #ProtectingWildlife
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Spent the weekend pulling a dense hundred foot stretch of scotchbroom ( scorparius) growing along a road berm, in a watershed that until recently has been remarkably free of invasive plants. Scotchbroom is not only a fire hazard, invasive, poisonous to live stock, (deer are smart enough not to eat it) it also messes with the soil pH. It makes soil in my area so acidic almost nothing but moss will grow. After eradication, soil can take years to recover. It screws up phosphate availability, and i suspect it puts out allopathic chemicals in it roots to deter other plants. I eradicated a patch 20 years ago, and today the only thing growing there is moss.
Scotchbroom removal can be daunting, especially using an old school, clunky, extremely heavy weed wrench. Id been thinking about what to try planting in place of the scotchbroom. What kept popping into my mind was Toyon, and perhaps Ceanothus douglisiana. Toyon sprouts easily if you soak them in hot water overnight. I had no idea if they'd take but thought I'd try.
I started pulling scotchbroom, exposing the mostly barren soil beneath, but i noticed a few other green seedlings scattered among the broom. Curious I looked to see what species they were, I discovered they were Toyon, and a solitary ceanothus douglisiana.
I swear the plants in my watershed talk to me, telling me what to plant, and where, and I mean this literally , not metaphorically. I ask a question, what should i plant, they answer "Toyon and Ceanothus"
Toyon is a CA native, a beautiful shrub with bright red berries that are an important winter food source for birds. Recommended for landscaping because its relatively fire resistant, and drought tolerant. The flowers of Ceanothus , also known as wild lilac produce an indescribably delicious aroma favored by bees.
#InvasivePlants #scotchbroom #ScotchbroomRemoval #CaliforniaNativePlants #toyon #CeanothusDouglisiana #AcidicsoilpH #plantcommunication
Scotchbroom before and after day 1, toyon seedlings