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Railroad Ecology (wikipedia.org)
8 points by downboots 72 days ago | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment



> Railroad companies routinely clear-cut and/or spray with herbicide any vegetation that grows too close to the tracks.

Cool example of this: drone footage of the Hiwassee Loop where all the Kudzu has been killed, so you can get a sense of how massive just the vines are. Then imagine them with leaves: https://youtu.be/5V3oHAtfh3M?t=256




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