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Old 05-12-2010 | 04:25 PM
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Originally Posted by carl1191
You would be doing more for wildlife on your property by getting rid of the Barberry and Autumn Olive. Both are exotic invasive species that will crowd out more beneficial native vegetation. If you want shrubs for deer and other wildife I would plant shrubs from the viburnum family. Many produce berries and are popular food sources for an array of wildlife.
Yes. The problem... the viburnium seedlings will get browsed down immediately while the invasives are left to thrive....
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