Common juniper and multiflora rose only establish in grazed pastures

Evidence

Both species are slow-growing during their first few years and are intolerant of being shaded (A.7), so they can only establish on a site where herbaceous growth is limited. This occurs in pastures where livestock will graze the herbaceous plants around the unpalatable juniper and multiflora rose, giving these plants the chance to establish. However, in abandoned hay fields or on cultivated sites, herbaceous plants grow more quickly than the young shrubs, covering them and killing them. — Tom Wessels, Forest Forensics, 95

Categorization

• XREF: Indicator-species logic parallels the site-disturbance reading of the Cronon thread: what is present implies what happened and what grazed there. — connects to: Shrubland diversity arises from varied disturbance rather than a single optimum — S. T. A. Pickett and P. S. White, eds., The Ecology of Natural Disturbance and…, 672

Broader Connections

• Shrubland diversity arises from varied disturbance rather than a single optimum #qualifies (0.73) — S. T. A. Pickett and P. S. White, eds., The Ecology of Natural Disturbance and…, 672