What does it mean when a plant has a high or low wildlife value?
Plants in their native habitat provide animal species with various necessities such as food, water, shelter and material for nesting. The more a plant provides the higher its wildlife value. Non native plants have a lower wildlife value than native plants. Plants with higher wildlife values help ensure a higher bio-diversity. Bio-diversity is the measure of species richness in an area. Wetlands, like those of the Tijuana Estuary, support an incredible variety of inter-dependant species making wetlands some of the richest habitats on earth. The lack of native coast live oak and sycamore trees in the Tijuana Estuary has negatively affected our bio-diversity. Is it destructive to use exotics in my gardening and landscaping at home? As mentioned above, not all exotics are invasive. Some exotics can be used and contained in your yard without damaging or displacing our native vegetation. However, invasive exotics, even when only a small amount is planted, can spread rapidly and cause damage
