Australian Pioneer Plants
When we're planning a new home we often don't think about all the plants that have to be cleared from the land before building. Canning Vale is a fashionable fast-growing suburb 20 minutes south of Perth.
PIONEER PLANTS - The very first species to grow of the soil has had a traumatic occurrence, like a fire, flood, earthquake. The first plants to take over when a farmstead has been abandoned.
Biologists now recognize lupines as pioneer plants that are specifically adapted to colonize and thrive in severe growing conditions. Lupines are esteemed as glorious wildflowers, stately border perennials and colorful garden annuals.
 See also: Growing, Planting, Grow, Adventitious, Frond
  
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