Post B3MLXOYGpXZvgPiIjY by LawrenceGerald@poa.st
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 (DIR) Post #B3MLXOYGpXZvgPiIjY by LawrenceGerald@poa.st
       2026-02-15T22:34:20.383285Z
       
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       TIL that the invasive plant we call canebrake is Arundo Donax, Giant Reed, and it's the same reed spoken of in the Bible. It was brought to Texas and widely planted for erosion control, and of course now it's considered an invasive.
       
 (DIR) Post #B3MY8dORoN8fsUdtfE by nugger@poa.st
       2026-02-16T00:55:06.421002Z
       
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       @LawrenceGerald THERE WERE MASSIVE CANEBRAKES ALL ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI WATERSHED SHORELINE THROUGHOUT THE COLONIAL TIMESTHE CANE WAS BASICALLY NORTH AMERICAS DWARF BAMBOOALL WIPED BECAUSE, HEY, YOU LET CATTLE AND PIGS INTO THE THICK RUSH AND YOU BASICALLY DON'T NEED TO BUILD ANYTHING FOR THEM, THEY'LL SHELTER IN THERE AND EAT ITWHAT SUCKS IS THE ONLY NORTH AMERICAN PARROT LIVED IN THESE, IIRC CAROLINA PARAKEET OR SOMETHING
       
 (DIR) Post #B3MYQQQikPLAsxBmqG by LawrenceGerald@poa.st
       2026-02-16T00:58:44.681062Z
       
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       @nugger goats would probably eat giant reed, and maybe deer, but it never looks like anything is browsing it. it just grows and spreads via deep bionic rhizomes. interestingly, it cannot produce viable seed in North America. it would probably have taken over whole cities if it could reproduce that way.
       
 (DIR) Post #B3MYbAyQYQ1o8M56qO by nugger@poa.st
       2026-02-16T01:00:40.736869Z
       
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       @LawrenceGerald SO IT OCCUPIES THE SAME NICHE AS OLD CANEBRAKES AND IT DOESN'T SPREAD EXPLOSIVELY SHAME THAT NOTHING EATS IT
       
 (DIR) Post #B3MYwZhHpNnUtTGerQ by LawrenceGerald@poa.st
       2026-02-16T01:04:33.149432Z
       
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       @nugger I don't know about how it behaves east of here. we are right on the line where the moist fertile East blends into the arid West. a lot of things that are serious invasive problems in the Southeast are only slightly invasive here due to our conditions. I can see by observing them--they get up to 20 feet tall so they're easy to see driving by--that they make impenetrable thickets in places that don't need impenetrable thickets. they make monoculture areas, choking native plants out, and require vast amounts of herbicide to control.
       
 (DIR) Post #B3MbMxy0PrKRbOnfPs by Maroon@clew.lol
       2026-02-16T01:30:14.455982Z
       
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       @LawrenceGerald Whenever I hear stories like this I can't believe them because I was taught that the abominable sand bur was brought to Minnesota for that exact reason; but no, it's native.
       
 (DIR) Post #B3MbkFjOXDdnMF4O7U by LawrenceGerald@poa.st
       2026-02-16T01:35:18.521504Z
       
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       @Maroon the southern sandbur grows on the beach in Quintana Roo, Mexico, forming mats six feet in diameter. apparently somehow they have invaded the steppes of Ukraine and are a real problem