Native Alternatives To Invasive Plants

Suburban Ecology: Exotic Invasives & Our Changing Ecosystems

Suburban Ecology: Exotic Invasives & Our Changing Ecosystems

Twenty years ago it was a diverse forest. So full you could not see into it. So many species of trees; birch, beach, oak, ash and tulip trees. The understory was also full with viburnum, chokeberry, witch hazel and azaleas. Today most of the native understory has been eaten by an out of control deer population, and in its place has grown what we call exotic invasive’s.