NON-NATIVE PLANTS: "INVASIVE SPECIES" OR "EVOLVING ECOSYSTEMS"?

Perhaps we should consider non-natives as an inevitable evolution in plant diversity. Regardless, there is no good justification for using toxic chemicals for land management.

MUST-READ BOOKS!

 

• Beyond the War On Invasive Species https://www.chelseagreen.com/product/beyond-the-war-on-invasive-species 
  "Invasion is part of ecological change and the diversification of life on the planet."
   
• Rambunctious Garden https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13168199-the-rambunctious-garden --
  TRAILER - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nwQoxzVKlY / https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blcRbJPIedM

ARTICLES:

• Prof Doug Tallamy (U. of Delaware) refutes his own theory (against invasive species) without changing his ideology - https://milliontrees.me/2012/08/14/doug-tallamy-refutes-his-own-theory-without-changing-his-ideology/
• Little evidence of native and non-native species influencing one another’s abundance and distribution in the herb layer of an oak woodland Mark A. Davis, Michael D. Anderson, Lilly Bock-Brownstein, Anna Staudenmaier, Melena Suliteanu, Amanda Wareham & Jerald J. Dosch https://www.macalester.edu/~davis/JVS%202015%20pdf.pdf source: https://www.macalester.edu/~davis/pubs.html
• It's Time to Stop Thinking That All Non-Native Species Are Evil https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/7/140724-invasive-species-conservation-biology-extinction-climate-science
• Are invasive species bad? Not always, say researchers https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/05/100517111939.htm
• Invasive Species Aren’t Always Unwanted https://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/01/science/invasive-species.html 

• Caterpillars emerge from and leave their tree tents, and currently are seeking a cocoon location. Then, this fall, they will emerge as moths. Should you take any action about the tenacious tents? (A good article with the exception of one mention of chemical dousing.) https://patch.com/missouri/eureka-wildwood/tent-caterpillars-have-taken-to-walking-now-87fb749a

GREAT VIDEO: HOW AN INVASIVE PLANT SAVED THE NEW ZEALAND RAIN FOREST - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VZSJKbzyMc&feature=youtu.be
Article: https://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2019/09/07/using-nature-to-restore-forests.aspx?utm_source=dnl&utm_medium=email&utm_content=art1HL&utm_campaign=20190907Z1&et_cid=DM335149&et_rid=702921339