After the Disaster

If grass actually dies, as opposed to playing possum, then plenty of the CB grass died during the great rainlessness of DY5. Yet as many know and few recognize, dead grass may make room for something different. Like maybe a different kind of grass or even a herb or two.

Let us espy. Once upon a time there was nought but Bothriochloa ischaemum. Then the God, Ray Pistrum, slew the Bothriochloa because it was wicked in his sight. Once the Bothricohloa was slewn or playing possum, Ray covered that spot with Buchloe dactyloides. And for a little while, that was good and way less evil or wicked than afore. Or so the God Ray surmised.

But alas. Buchloe is naturally disinclined to live everywhere. Soon the Buchloe died a miserable death or played possum too. But Holy Mackerel, the WG says, I shall fix this mess Ray has verily made.

Then, at the command of the WG, a great many weeds sprang forth on that particular spot, where before there had been just one weed and before that, just one weed also, too whit. But the main weed that sprang forth is red seed plantain (Plantago rhodosperma). So called because the seeds are actually red, and because it was a foodstock of the red Indian, red seed plantain is a friendly herb that welcomes many or offers something to everyone. Especially the Hoover fly, Toxomerus margiantus.