Native Plants In the News
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Native Plants in the News
23 October 2004: NC Times, California
Scientists Worry About Chapparral Habitats's Survival.
Soils usually hold what ecologists call a seed reserve. Generally, the seed in the soil is in dormancy (very similar to hybernation in mammals only a much longer period of time). The seed will survive for several years in the soil. If fire is too frequent, the current plants will burn before they can mature and generate a new seed crop and begin to build a seed reserve in the soil. Once the soil seed reserve is depleted, only weeds will grow there. And note, if the habitat goes, so to the wildlife that is dependent upon it. Instead of high diversity of warblers, finches and sparrows, you will have more starlings and european or english sparrows.
04 October 2004: The Desert Sun, California
Morongo Woman Works to Preserve Desert Flora.
22 August 2004. Duluth News Tribune, Wisconsin
Scientists study trees to get to root of pollution debate.
10 August 2004: Yahoo News via Reuters
Desert Shrub May Help Some Cancer Patients - Study.
