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Now isn't this a beautiful scene?, to me it isn't. I mean the berries, the mountain, and the sunset may be beautiful but perhaps your overlooking something. See all of those brown patches?, Well they're brown patches of dug up dirt. In most areas you wouldn't be able to see these kinds of things, but since there are very little trees it does stand out. If you're wondering why this is a problem, the reason is that when the ground is dug up the roots of the plants die. When the roots die the plants die. That tips the whole life cycle off balance, because in some instances specific animals may eat that type of plant and if that plant is not avaliable they would die, and become extinct. That is why we should not dig up dirt around an endangered plant, because the result may be devastating. An example is the endangered Silversword which is a beautiful plant found only on Mt. Haleakala on the island of Maui. It has long sensitive roots. Preservationists say even if you were to walk closeby to it, you may kill the plant.
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