Native plants can thrive in Piedmont Triad’s soil
On the whole, “Eco-friendly choices” by Eddie Huffman (Jan. 18), was well-presented with the addition of beautifully colored pictures, some of which included native plants.
However, Karen Neill, our county extension agent, made blunders in her rhetoric: “… native plants aren’t really an issue, since dense development has so radically changed the Triad’s landscape. We don’t have native sites anymore …”
She has seen my small native forest as well as many other native plants in the community.
In July 2006, the News & Record started a monthly column, “Going Native,” where members of the N.C. Native Plant Society wrote about their plants and the conflict of invasive plants. Katherine Schlosser, our editor, continues the column.
Should the next person who owns my property cut down the native trees that protect the precious understory, including some rare wildflowers, Neill’s recent insincere, reckless comments would come back to haunt her.
The development in which we live requires the permission of the homeowners’ association’s architectural review committee to cut down trees larger than six inches in diameter.
Conservation efforts should be more intensive rather than “not an issue,” right, Karen?
Judy Stierand
Whitsett
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