tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6321070.post3774885986622668697..comments2024-02-27T11:26:39.655-07:00Comments on Southern Rockies Nature Blog: Kudzu, Tamarisk & a Proposed New HolidayChas S. Cliftonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00923547685265741325noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6321070.post-82014509033713130272007-06-13T17:42:00.000-06:002007-06-13T17:42:00.000-06:00Burn 'em all!!!Burn 'em all!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6321070.post-6776294519293232122007-06-13T17:10:00.000-06:002007-06-13T17:10:00.000-06:00Reid,And which one of them would you be burning in...Reid,<BR/><BR/>And which one of them would you be burning in effigy, Meyer or Cope?<BR/>;-)Chas S. Cliftonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00923547685265741325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6321070.post-39340316271486494512007-06-13T10:34:00.000-06:002007-06-13T10:34:00.000-06:00Oh, and I'm all for your proposed holiday!Oh, and I'm all for your proposed holiday!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6321070.post-3265518000286447792007-06-13T10:28:00.000-06:002007-06-13T10:28:00.000-06:00Chas, a closer analogy to kudzu in California is i...Chas, a closer analogy to kudzu in California is ice plant, with similar ground cover displacement of native species - though nothing grows like kudzu! Attitudes toward eucalyptus differ in Northern and Southern California. Up north where it's wetter, eucalyptus spreads and displaces natives, putting them on the invasive list. In the drier south the trees mostly stay where you put them. There is a huge grove outside of Santa Barbara planted in the 1870s by a farmer who (mistakenly) believed they would make worm-proof piles for sea landing piers. Ironically the grove is unntouchable today as it is the home of the largest colony of monarch butterflies in the US.<BR/><BR/>I posted last week on Chattanooga's use of goats to fight kudzu.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com