tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3448716.post1355540041673492040..comments2023-10-11T06:28:51.492-04:00Comments on Invasive Species Weblog: Spoileds Of WarJennifer Forman Orthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09541113905903121231noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3448716.post-2130703107207712007-10-16T22:14:00.000-04:002007-10-16T22:14:00.000-04:00I'm curious - what does the blue wattle do? displa...I'm curious - what does the blue wattle do? displace native species? I'd almost think that in a desert, any plants are better than no plants, especially if the goats can eat them and spare native oasis plants. Or am I just being short-sighted?<BR/><BR/>I saw a TV show once about an oasis in northern Africa that had been inhabited or visited for many thousands of years - but now with goat herders moving in, the trees and plants in the very limited and isolated ecology were being devastated. Sigh. I guess goats are an invasive species.Monadohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12523329434641725631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3448716.post-41598445741307316102007-10-09T11:20:00.000-04:002007-10-09T11:20:00.000-04:00According to the linked article on Acacia saligna,...According to the linked article on Acacia saligna, it's a fire-climax species and is only encouraged by the occasional fire. I wonder if a controlled burn would do any good at all, if fires stimulate germination. Perhaps if the area is burned, then all the little new seedlings are destroyed?<BR/><BR/>Monique ReedAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com