Natural History Wanderings

Grazing and exotic plants have often overwhelmed native species in California. However, selective grazing strategies may actually help native plants to recover. If successful this will not only benefit native plants but the many animal species dependent on them for survival.

Conservation Magazine reports on a study that shows how grazing can help native plants recover. By timing and regulating the intensity of grazing it may be possible to have a grazing strategy that reduces exotic annuals and allows native plants more time to grow and seed between grazing periods.

Read article at How grazing could restore California’s grasslands – Conservation.