The benefits of an invasive species

 

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From left to right, Katelyn Theuerkauf (NC State), Samantha Godwin (NC Coastal Reserve) and Brandon Puckett (NC Coastal Reserve) deploy stakes to monitor marsh erosion at Currituck Banks Reserve.

Credit: Seth Theuerkauf

Invasive, native marsh grasses may provide similar benefits to protected wetlands

Date:

February 27, 2017

Source:

North Carolina State University

Summary:

An invasive species of marsh grass that spreads, kudzu-like, throughout North American wetlands, may provide similar benefits to protected wetlands as native marsh grasses. According to new research, the invasive marsh grass’s effects on carbon storage, erosion prevention and plant diversity in protected wetlands are neutral.

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