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How Environmental Plantings Are Done & Used For In Natural Areas

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How Environmental Plantings Are Done & Used For In Natural Areas

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Civilization affords comfort, safety, convenience, and prosperity to its inhabitants. Yet its demands often take a toll on the natural world from which it draws essential resources. From the clear-cutting of forests to the improper disposal of hazardous waste, the earth suffers without proper stewardship. What's good news is that much of the damage is reversible. An example of this positive change is the strategic and widespread employment of environmental plantings. Re-introducing flora in vulnerable areas can strengthen the ecology and beautify the location at once. Creating sustainable environments serves humanity as well as the ecosystem.


Clearing the Air


There is much concern these days about the excess carbon in the atmosphere. The "greenhouse effect" is thought to be a primary actor in the ravages of climate change. With the industrial infrastructure--not to mention countless cars and trucks--releasing carbon emissions at an alarming rate, it is at least comforting to know that trees can capture up to 20 percent of this discharge. Planting trees will thus increase the sequestered volume. Both deciduous and evergreen trees are effective carbon eaters, among them Norway maples, white mulberries, and American elms. Rubber plants and bamboo trees do likewise. Of course, selecting vegetation suitable to local conditions is essential.


Maintaining Solid Ground


Topsoil erosion is an ongoing concern to naturalists, scientists, policymakers, and farmers. While there are several things humans can refrain from to improve the situation, plantings can actively slow--even prevent--soil movement by water and wind. This is achieved utilizing deep root systems that adhere to soil and hold it in place. Low-growing shrubs or grasses--Canada wildrye or little bluestem, e.g.--effectively minimize erosion on sloped land and embankments. Australia's Boolcoomatta Reserve revitalizes unhealthy, compacted, and encrusted soil by replanting similar vegetation.


Birds, Bees, and Assorted Critters


When native plants disappear from a biome, wildlife often follows suit. The plants not only convey food and nutrients to the animals, but they also serve as a protective cover against the elements and predators. The loss of grasslands, shrubbery, and trees from the landscape poses an existential threat to the biodiversity and ecological balance of the area. Environmental plantings create field borders and buffers, i.e., strips of land that protect the ecosystems to which they are adjacent.


 Conservation buffers block the entry of pollutants that can kill fish and other fauna. While hosting nests and dens for birds and myriad animals, these plantings also diminish noise and odors. Wildlife can move quickly within their boundaries; can reproduce at healthy and sustainable rates; and--not so pleasant, though necessary--can occupy food chains for other species. 


How Is It Done?


Environmental plantings take place in a backyard or a national park. They may call for extensive study, soil remediation, and government permits; alternatively, they could be of modest scale and shovel-ready. Determining the location and scope of the project resolves what the next steps should be.


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