(1 November 2014, 12:04)NorthernRaider Wrote: I find the occasional footage from Pripyat fascinating and also that Japanese Island when film is occasionally released, the way nature reclaims land in such short periods of time is amazing, just be glad japanese knotweed is not endemic to the UK that stuff pushes through solid concrete. But I was truly fascinated to see how quickly trees started to grow almost everywhere.
Anyone remember what that creeping carpet type wed is with the small yellow flowers, it covers up the cycle tracks around here every year with a good inch of foliage?
Yes Pripyat is a great example as is Varosha in Cyprus. Both show how despite being abandoned, the infrastructure remains intact. Even the temporary fairground/big wheel remain in place and haven't disappeared into a pile of dust just yet.
(1 November 2014, 12:14)bigpaul Wrote: err "Japanese Knotweed is not endemic in the UK"?? its here in abundance NR along with Himalayan Balsam, both are taking over the countryside at a fast rate, both are I think notifyable plants and landowners can be fined for not trying to remove them, I say "try" because they are the devil to remove. they are both endemic to North Devon and spread along the river valleys.
It is a problem, but it's not endemic, and the South Wales Valleys for example have a far far bigger problem with it than we do in ND.
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