Hungry Mice
Pt. Reyes Lupines threatened by invasive beach grass, with the help of a cute little native mouse.
It’s a battle between an invasive plant and a native plant, but with a new twist. The two plants, European beachgrass and Tidestrom’s lupine, are not in direct competition, and yet the beachgrass is helping to drive the lupine over the cliff.
European beachgrass provides cover that allows a timid deer mouse to get close enough to the lupine to snip off stalks of lupine fruits without being nabbed by overflying birds.
How cute is that little mouse? This cute:
Awwww…..
