Re:Minnesota Will Pay Residents to Grow Bee-Friendly Lawns
by Iwan-Zotow on Tuesday July 02, 2019 @02:27PM
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> restore native prairie grasses
And what would be "native" to Minnesota given that (at least) 2C temperature raise is pretty much in the books?
Re:Minnesota Will Pay Residents to Grow Bee-Friendly Lawns
by mulmen on Tuesday July 02, 2019 @05:24PM
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Native plants are plants that occur... natively. If a plant was brought in from elsewhere it is invasive. It has nothing to do with temperature.
Re:Minnesota Will Pay Residents to Grow Bee-Friendly Lawns
by karthikb on Tuesday July 02, 2019 @05:54PM
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Plant seeds tend to travel far and wide with birds and animal migratory patterns. What takes root is dependent on soil, climate, etc. Meaning, what’s native is less dependent on location and more on conditions.
As climate changes, conditions change, and so the set of plants best suited to any particular location changes as well.
Re:Minnesota Will Pay Residents to Grow Bee-Friendly Lawns
by Retric on Tuesday July 02, 2019 @05:54PM
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Plant ranges are migrating due to climate change. For species that are native to areas close enough to be introduced naturally invasive is not a useful definition.
Re:Minnesota Will Pay Residents to Grow Bee-Friendly Lawns
by mulmen on Tuesday July 02, 2019 @05:57PM
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Exactly. Those plants are not invasive.
Re:Minnesota Will Pay Residents to Grow Bee-Friendly Lawns
by Breza on Wednesday July 03, 2019 @11:50AM
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Some native plants can handle that kind of temperature change better than others. I wish there were a database of plants that are both native and climate resilient for different areas.
Even in Minnesota, there's a push to restore native prairie grasses, which also benefits bees: https://www.beeculture.com/prairie-restoration/