Horseshoe+Farm+Invasive+Species+Removal

=Bamboo= Maya Lin 3B

At Horseshoe Farm, a park and nature preserve in Wake Forest, there has been an increased prevalence of bamboo which has started to lead to problems in the forested areas along the river. This is because the bamboo species is invasive, meaning that it its foreign presence harms the environment it overruns. Although the bamboo present at this location spreads relatively slow, it still has a large effect on the native species as it takes up a lot of the ground floor. In order to get rid of the bamboo, the stalks would need to cut near the base, and then the stumps that remain would need to be treated in the spring to prevent their regrowth.

The removal of the bamboo at the Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve will help protect the native species from being overrun. The damage that comes with the introduction of invasive species is one of the most impactful in terms of species extinction, making removal efforts a key factor for species protection in environmental science.

