Invasive Plant Species Alert for Helena

[Lojo613 1882]

Invasive Species Alert for the City of Helena

 

Dear people of the great city of Helena. Recently, there has been a surge in the growth of two types of local plants, colloquially known as bamboo and sweet-berry bushes. These plants are NOT native to the Heartland of Oren, being imported from extreme environments in the northern and southern latitudes to the temperate and mild Heartland climate. Both of these plants have the ability to grow in untilled soil in a similar manner to a weed, and have a rapid growth pattern. 

 

Bamboo

Bamboo is a woody plant which propagates through cuttings. Even a small cutting of bamboo left on the ground has the chance to grow into a large plant. This makes the bamboo highly invasive and particularly hard to get rid of. Bamboo can grow to extreme heights and block out sunlight for other plants. While bamboo may be pretty, it is dangerous if planted in an unconstrained environment. Bamboo normally grows in the jungles and extreme southern environments of the south. Here, bamboo growth is regulated by natural factors which prevent it from spreading rapidly, such as competition and heavy rainfall. In the temperate climate of the Heartlands, bamboo has no natural predators, competition, and the environment itself is much more hospitable for the rapid growth of jungle plants.

 

 

 

Sweet-Berry Bush

The Sweet-Berry Bush is a thorn-bush which propagates through the spreading of berry seeds, which may be dropped by local urban wildlife such as rats, pigeons, bats, etc. or left to rot on the ground around an already present berry bush. Due to the bushes prolific production of berries, local wildlife rapidly spread the bush to all corners of the city. These bushes often choke out local ground-cover and provide a thorny hiding spot for all manner of urban pests. The sweet-berry is normally found in frigid northern latitudes, where its growth is controlled by the icy climate which prevents year-round propagation. The temperate climate of the Heartlands and large population of berry consuming animals compared to the Taiga has led to the bush invading the city of Helena.

 

Be vigilant Helena, GOD Bless.

-Father Goren

[Shezept 304]

A slim plant woman hears the news, with a look of disappointment she’d straighten the note as she’d hold upon it, slapping her hand upon the paper “And this is why I’d rather beat the Oreners, they lack the basic knowledge and only now decided to look into the plant life, out of all things … plant life” her eyes rolled as her faith in the humans grow shorter each day