The Woodside Ranch Homeowners Association and all of
our fellow neighbors work hard to make our neighborhood
a fantastic place to live. This includes our attraction
to and concern for the natural landscape which surrounds
us.
We have decided to create and name a new Web page on our
site calling it The Native Landscape. We hope it will
serve as a useful resource to you as homeowners. We have
chosen this title because the native landscape includes
native plants, wildlife, insects, etc. that are of
interest to us as resources that we wish to encourage or
limit our impacts upon.
Unfortunately unwanted non-native plants threaten our
Native Landscape. These plant invaders, (some carry the
special title of noxious) can be prevented and existing
populations controlled.
Because it is the season to control and prevent invasive
plants we have chose noxious weeds to be the first topic
to introduce on the Native Landscape page. We hope to
include more information on this and other related
topics in the future.
Question:
We know bitterbrush is highly flammable, but what
about rabbitbrush and manzanita? Seems like they
would have a lot of resin in those nice green leaves.
Answer:
Rabbitbrush is just as friendly as a fuzzy bunny.
It is a native that would be a good plant to have
occupy a disturbed site, rather than knapweed or
cheatgrass. There are several species occurring
locally, not very flammable and can be attractive,
depending on the particular plant. Based on this
information you should be comfortable to let it stay or
remove it depending on your management objectives.
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Rob Evans is our Noxious
Weeds Committee chairperson and has lived in WR since
1989. Rob has a Master of Forestry degree from
Utah State University and worked for the USFS
as a Forester and Silviculturist (applied ecologist) for
over 30 years until his retirement in 2010. To
contact Rob with questions, suggestions or other
information, click...HERE
