wrote:
>>
> If you want aggressive plants, try invasives. Water hyacinth (the
World's
> Worst Weed), that sedge (Cyperus rotundus), scoth broom, japanese
knotweed,
> wattle (no idea what that is but its from Australia and I know a guy
in RSA
> working on it - bet it's nasty). Elves going abroad to look for
classical
> biological control agents to control nasty weeds in their forest
could be a
> fun one.
>
> Sam being a biologist.
>
Wisteria and kudzu are capable of clearing large areas of forest over
the course of several years. There's a clearing just behind the house
which is just stumps and a thick, tangled coat of kudzu where there
used to be a pine grove.
As I recall, a kudzu-like plant, Dokal's Vine, is cultivated by the
Wenelians on occasion to help rotect them against the elves. In
exchange for his protection during the Great Dark, the humble vine
agreed to serve his decendants. Those clans who are not allowed to
bring axe or fire against the forest are keen worshippers of this
spirit.
Jeff