Natural History Wanderings

UC Davis reports

A recent study led by Justin Valliere, assistant professor in the UC Davis Department of Plant Sciences, found that native wildflowers and other plants that typically flourish following a fire were, instead, replaced by invasive plants on land that received the kind of nitrogen contained in vehicle emissions.

“But we found that these fire-following species may be especially vulnerable to the combination of nitrogen pollution and invasive plants.”

That’s part of the reason native plants in these mountains have been declining.

Read article at  Car Fumes, Weeds Pose Double Whammy for Fire-Loving Native Plants | UC Davis