This obsession with replacing exotic vegetation with native exists in NZ, too.
Herbicides damage the soil by killing beneficial microbes and mycorrhizal fungi that facilitate the movement of water and nutrients from the soil to the tree roots.
Attempting to eradicate non-native plants is NOT a short-term project. It is a forever commitment to using herbicides…LOTS of herbicide.
Reblogged this on Rangitikei Enviromental Health Watch.