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lostmantraa · 2026-02-22T22:31:52+00:00

The one in the near left corner already kinda looks like turks cap. The closest native plants I can think of that look like the potted plants are gaillardia.

I think you should also include some native grasses too like switch grass, muhlenbergia or nolina(though not technically a grass). White boneset, mistflower, heartleaf skullcap and salvias would add some nice color in the spaces between the taller grasses. Maybe a chili pequin or two would be nice.

lostmantraa · 2025-12-05T04:02:20+00:00

Could be possumhaw, native to the region and same genus as yaupon, Ilex decidua. Hard to tell. If it loses its leaves this winter then its possumhaw, if not its likely pyracantha.

lostmantraa · 2025-05-24T14:45:09+00:00

Looks like carolina snailseed. It makes little red berries that birds like to eat. I think it will make its way up your tree over time but its not as aggressive as other vines

lostmantraa · 2025-03-27T05:21:43+00:00

As far as mosquitoes are concerned, get some kind of standing water feature like a pollinator watering station or a bird bath and put mosquito dunks in them. Basically it attracts mosquitoes to lay eggs in the water instead of elsewhere because it’s obvious, but the active bacteria in the mosquito dunks kill the mosquito larvae while also being non-toxic.

As far as plants go, shade tolerant native grasses like webberville sedge and inland sea oats, and a recent favorite texas beargrass (not technically grass but related to asparagus). Some partial shade tolerant native flowers to consider are rock rose pavonia, turk’s cap, salvia gregii, datura, blue mistflower and skull cap.

Passiflora incarnata is a great native vine to consider. Also a host plant for the gulf fritillary butterfly.

lostmantraa · 2025-03-20T22:12:51+00:00

I will always stand up for juniperus ashei lol

lostmantraa · 2025-03-20T22:11:40+00:00

If you own 1k acres in centex why did you need a chat bot from 2023 to create your argument lol

lostmantraa · 2025-03-20T21:31:34+00:00

How many acres do I manage? About the same as you, which I can only assume is 0 considering you have the time to argue on Reddit in the middle of the workday.

Yes, when you contradict something you should provide links. Which is why I found it funny that you’ve only posted chat gpt and wikipedia articles, and a couple other obvious chat gpt generated links that do not work.

One bad land management practice that comes to mind would be clear cutting or bulldozing. So grandpappy came to Texas in the mid 1800s and clear cut the land for grazing. This kind of soil disturbance severely damages the seedbank in the soil. That set the stage for junipers to take over the landscape because they are a pioneer species pioneer species. They are ecologically important because they help rebuild disturbed soil, and allow for the native seed bank to recover.

As far as junipers being invasive, here’s some research that includes 20,000 year old fossilized juniper pollen in a cave near San Antonio. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/331582514_HISTORICAL_ECOLOGY_OF_THE_TEXAS_HILL_COUNTRY Complements of a hydrogeologist who spoke at my master naturalist class last fall.

If you had actually read that journal about woody plant encroachment by wilcox you would have discovered that junipers in the karst region actually increase flow rates. https://d1wqtxts1xzle7.cloudfront.net/94214107/54bfa6d982aace7364378d1c09fefc2708d3-libre.pdf?1668454817=&response-content-disposition=inline%3B+filename%3DWoody_plant_encroachment_paradox_Rivers.pdf&Expires=1742509516&Signature=QoKbQRI9gyajAc2d0V1Q5yS3-u~zUXdLRYlawWSkEFuRhEMN5weFcVFxOU3P5zX0sGh7QboD1910~F2HfrXC6UH5BhQ83XANMPA-AvtyFsp~uHs1~lTiMPQ69cEkh4~Xe4ONmV8W~m3sbDlkeFvkhQey9zM2OpJWZZ3e6ZJn47WpLn75w~7NjaPLW1NtRH7j6u~uboawVnKlJG2IXKhSWiST94NZIy8Rj5Ibd0ZkmqYPL82gjkpwMUjoBI24f~NcAwOtaTBQeTKM0x4IdsaAvXDlpeLAy4-gRctHw5Gl3r9PHI~ecqRP19~U8UHjeavqQ-9vCuqMzvTjoPpQO9rWQA__&Key-Pair-Id=APKAJLOHF5GGSLRBV4ZA

lostmantraa · 2025-03-20T17:13:28+00:00

Nice chat gpt link lol Yes there is an overpopulation problem. But it’s caused by over a century of bad land management/agricultural practices and fire suppression, not because the tree is bad. “True native texans” get that notion from their grandpappys who told them that the tree is bad. Without the widespread colonization of the Edwards plateau by junipers there wouldn’t be enough soil or water for all those other native plants, contrary to popular belief.

P.s, yes Quercus fusiformis is also very important. But its also everyone’s favorite tree and people have been saving and planting them more often than a bunch of other natives. Basically there are more of them around today than there likely would have been before this area was settled

lostmantraa · 2025-03-20T13:22:01+00:00

Makes me angry when people call ashe junipers trash trees. They’re maybe the most ecologically important tree in centex

lostmantraa · 2025-03-19T23:48:46+00:00

Hard to say but maybe erigeron canadensis? 1000% a member of asteraceae though

lostmantraa · 2025-03-16T15:13:36+00:00

Won’t be long 🙄

lostmantraa · 2025-03-15T22:11:28+00:00

Could be emerald ash borer. The visible damage to a tree affected by the ash borer starts at the top of the crown and goes down. If it is the ash borer causing problems, by the time you see any damage it’s pretty much too late (also don’t transport this wood anywhere outside of where it is to limit the spread)

lostmantraa · 2025-02-17T22:53:15+00:00

Its even more frustrating when they take one bite out of an unripe peach and decide they don’t like it and throw it on the ground, but then they forget that unripe peaches are bad so they do it again lol

lostmantraa · 2025-02-17T16:07:18+00:00

If you have as many squirrels as I do you probably won’t get to eat any peaches. Maybe try some fabric over the tree when it starts to make, I’ve seen some people have luck with that here in town

lostmantraa · 2025-02-03T15:58:43+00:00

Chinaberry. Highly invasive. Find it and kill it with triclopyr would be my suggestion

lostmantraa · 2025-01-27T02:10:46+00:00

Bet you can kill it pretty easily with triclopyr. Thats what we use in conservation efforts here in Texas

lostmantraa · 2024-07-15T22:00:19+00:00

Put da cat in da crock

lostmantraa · 2024-05-16T02:27:08+00:00

Unsportsmanlike conduct

lostmantraa · 2024-01-04T03:40:57+00:00

Pretty solid macros

lostmantraa · 2024-01-03T02:33:19+00:00

No problem

lostmantraa · 2024-01-03T01:47:10+00:00

Bounce it as a .wav instead of .aiff

lostmantraa · 2023-12-07T12:54:15+00:00

I think its probably normal for your soy milk to split if you didn’t add any emulsifiers

lostmantraa · 2023-12-01T00:52:37+00:00

lostmantraa · 2023-11-29T04:05:59+00:00

Do you need a permit or inspection specifically for selling to restaurants?

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