04-09-2018, 05:16 AM
conifers are not native..
While that's true, it's doubtful people are going to stop displaying Christmas trees in their homes at Christmas.
If we continue importing cut trees, we also continue to bring snails, slugs, wasps, moths, etc etc into Hawaii - - all non-native. That's one of the goals of the program, to reduce importation of invasive species, only somewhat ironically, by growing non-invasive non-native tree species.
Idiots rule the world, but only when there is a fair vote. - Last Aphorisms
While that's true, it's doubtful people are going to stop displaying Christmas trees in their homes at Christmas.
If we continue importing cut trees, we also continue to bring snails, slugs, wasps, moths, etc etc into Hawaii - - all non-native. That's one of the goals of the program, to reduce importation of invasive species, only somewhat ironically, by growing non-invasive non-native tree species.
Idiots rule the world, but only when there is a fair vote. - Last Aphorisms
"I'm at that stage in life where I stay out of discussions. Even if you say 1+1=5, you're right - have fun." - Keanu Reeves