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"No Mow May" won't fix our biodiversity problems (www.motherjones.com)

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[–] [email protected] -5 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Invasive species you say? Like the lawn?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

Most lawn if left to nature will resestablish. Invasives actively repel an areas natural species and take space from them forcing them out.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Listen I agree with the sentiment, but certain grasses are much more invasive than others. Like I would have to rip out KR bluestem on sight if I saw a seed head coming up, whereas St. Augustine is also invasive but dies away in a flash without artificial irrigation so not as big of a problem. If I were to let my yard go without easing into controlled reintroduction of native grasses, herbs, and wildflowers, I would just get overwhelmed by KR getting blown in and self sowing into the dead patches of bare topsoil.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

I'm not sure if I have KR bluestem, but I do seem to have at least 6 types of different grass. This is the second year of no-mow: