withdrawl clinic Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 how is it that, people, animals, plants, and basicly any life form, get's often a bad reputation, which is created by uneducated people. this ignorance, at times is the source, for people harming me, and animals. sharks get killed with, blood lust, and the society and media shouts hurray! i don't like for example white ants close to my house, but that doesn't make me hate them generaly. or migrants, they saved australia, and continue to do so, but get dispiesed by a large proportin of citycens. lantana is holding the soil together and avoids as such erosion. it provides abundant food for insects, and it's flowers are beautyfull. i recomand sterile lantana as a landscaping plant! i'm sorry for my spelling, mild dyslexia... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saguaro Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 The main problem with lantana is that it spreads and forms dense thickets where it goes, suppressing growth of native vegetation and altering the natural ecosystem. Birds and mammals disperse the seeds to areas that are difficult to reach and control. I think it deserves its reputation as a pest with the potential to harm the environment. Many plants provide fodder for insects and prevent erosion, so it's not a good trade-off in light of it's environmental harm. The flowers are beautiful though, I agree. Sterile lantana would have been good foresight, unfortunately we're stuck with what we have. I don't agree with shark culling. Sharks are endemic keystone species. I don't think it makes sense to conflate immigration in a discussion about introduced species. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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