well there was a post over at EDHAT and some guy was screaming about how everyone is threatened by the Cape Ivy that has grown on his property....the dude has a full blown case of Non-Native Species Hysteria, sometimes called "bionativism"...
"Have people noticed the "cape ivy" spreading everywhere?? It is the pointy little leaves of ivy all over the place. It is green; it is non-native; and in my property, it is threatening to kill all of the native plants we have planted to provide a wildlife-friendly garden.
a wildlife-friendly garden?? WTF is that??
Because of the amount of rain this past year (a very good thing for our water table) DUH!!; this horrible scourge (it's a plant dickhead) has reached monumental proportions!
It threatens all of us. (no, it doesn't) This vine (native to South Africa) (and all them darkies) smothers all our native flora. It can take down an enormous oak tree. And it does. Thousands of native plants have been smothered by this vine.....and a real fire hazard is create by the dead ceanothus, lemonade berry, and other plants killed by this invasive and destructive vine"
It threatens all of us. (no, it doesn't) This vine (native to South Africa) (and all them darkies) smothers all our native flora. It can take down an enormous oak tree. And it does. Thousands of native plants have been smothered by this vine.....and a real fire hazard is create by the dead ceanothus, lemonade berry, and other plants killed by this invasive and destructive vine"
as you can see, bionativism is rooted in racism and xenophobia
now please stop the bullshit.. Cape Ivy grows for a reason....it grows forthe same reason you and I grow..because it's alive...I'd post this on EDHAT but I'd have to subscribe and deal with the board nanny, ie censor...I can't have censorship, I can't have people trying to engage me in civility..I can't have it and I won't!!
now listen fuckbrains, just because it upsets you fussy native-only dickheads doesn't mean it will stop growing..well it will stop eventually, but Nature will stop it...not you...
Cape Ivy is beautiful...it grows after big rains and some plants get covered by it..so what....just because the plant are labeled "native" doesn't mean they are going to thrive here..what is with these people??
there is no need to panic..the ivy doesn't threaten me..at all..in the least....it grows up the trunks of some trees but seems to find the weakest ones..and that's good!
the thing is.....the more these knuckeheads try to kill these plants like ivy and thistle, the faster
they grow back..this thistle on Highway 150 was killed by Caltrans..a total waste of tax money because the seeds will spread and the thistle will grow elsewhere..and it always grows back..
the point is leave the non native plants alone..mass removal of them is a waste of time and resources..they were meant to be here and if they really bother you..cut then down ONCE a year because the more you cut the faster they grow!
there is no need to panic..the ivy doesn't threaten me..at all..in the least....it grows up the trunks of some trees but seems to find the weakest ones..and that's good!
the thing is.....the more these knuckeheads try to kill these plants like ivy and thistle, the faster
they grow back..this thistle on Highway 150 was killed by Caltrans..a total waste of tax money because the seeds will spread and the thistle will grow elsewhere..and it always grows back..the point is leave the non native plants alone..mass removal of them is a waste of time and resources..they were meant to be here and if they really bother you..cut then down ONCE a year because the more you cut the faster they grow!
the biggest threat to plants and animals is LITTER.... discarded by PEOPLE!!!
fennel, ivy and all the bastard plants dispersed by the wind..long may you grow...
and this isn't fucking Disneyland..Nature decides what will grow and thrive, not you fucking yupppiehippiemuppiefuppie trail gnomes!!
god I love nature!
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