Tag Archives: Nativism myths

Refuting Jake Sigg: No, 90% of Insects Do Not Eat Only Native Plants

Posted on May 4, 2019 by SF Forest Alliance

Jake Sigg, considered the doyen of San Francisco’s native plant activists, has an influential newsletter. Recently, it said: “Did you know that 90 percent of insects can only eat the native plant species with which they’ve co-evolved?” It included a … Continue reading →

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Two Myths of Nativism: Mutually Exclusive Relationships, and Eucalyptus Allelopathy

Posted on February 13, 2018 by SF Forest Alliance

We re-publish with permission (and added emphasis) an article from MillionTrees.me, a website that fights the unnecessary felling of trees in the Bay Area. The article, a report from someone who attended the February 2018 meeting of the California Native … Continue reading →