Saltwater plants to grow on roads!
on January 15th, 2010 at 10:34 pmThe vegetation, known as halophyte, is not expected to badly effect the local wildlife, as it appears where grit and salt have soaked into the roadsides. Despite the lengthiest cold spell in decades, the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust (WWT), based at Slimbridge, the Environment Agency and British Waterways all insisted that not enough salt had been used on the roads to cause a problem. Halophyte could begin to appear on the roads within the next few weeks, according to an Environment Agency spokeswoman. However, she added that the build up of salt is not expected to cause long-term damage. More



