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The National Forest Service says it’s not okay to spread wildflower seeds across the countryside, despite how good your intentions may be.

In a Thursday email to YourCentralValley.com, they explained that sowing the seeds could be dangerous to the local native plant community.

“[People] may want to help the land heal after a wildfire or feel compelled to supplement natives with more colorful flowers. The truth is that these practices are damaging to wildlands and impair the long-term diversity of native plants (and animals) that inhabit wildlands.”

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