How ICELAND is CHANGING (fast)

Lupinus Nootkatensis or Nootka Lupine has been introduced to Iceland in 1945 and has been succesfully spreading ever since. It got to a point where people go cut in their free time as Nootka became a threat to native species. Iceland is changing and nobody knows when or if it's going to stop.
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[@PetrHerold]

What do you think about lupines? 🤔

[@Sindrijo]

I like the purple blanket, especially in the light of late summer sunset, but I don't want it everywhere either. It is an invasive species and should be managed as much as possible. Anthriscus sylvestris is also another invasive species that is problematic, though not as beautiful it could be useful if used to create cosmetics or food supplements. Check out the Mossy Earth 'Rewilding Iceland' project: kzbin.info/www/bejne/a52klpqPishkorc

[@jessicajohnston5693]

Purple is my favorite color, and I am glad it is reintroducing nitrogen into the soil. I am sad about it choking out native species though... Hope a good balance between lupines and other species can be found in the future through tweaking the ecosystem and/or human intervention.

[@jessicajohnston5693]

​@@Sindrijo I think I have seen that video before, and I like that channel! If I am remembering correctly, they say the same stuff but with more details.

[@danielnofal]

Human is an invasive species

[@jacobkeller8592]

I just learned about this issue in Iceland yesterday. Lupine will benefit Iceland’s soil quality. It’s definitely there to stay at this point. But Icelanders will have to accept the responsibility of keeping it in balance with other plant life, and pushing plant succession along-planting shrubs and trees in lupine areas and keeping them there. From what I’ve heard about their culture and way of life they’ll be more willing to accept that responsibility than Americans are for their lands (speaking from US). Awesome video and thanks for putting this issue out there! Plant nerd here and a video about Iceland’s native plants would be so cool!!!

[@PetrHerold]

Thank you Jacob! I guess only time will tell. And I've been trying to sneak in some information about plants from time to time in my other videos but maybe if I come up with a good video idea I could do something specifically about native plants 🤔

[@Tagerrun]

You realize they live on a tiny island right? You can find communities in the US that do exactly what they do we’re just such a massive nation not everyone wants to do the same thing or agrees that your way of doing something is the best way.

[@user-ud7zz7yz3p]

​@@Tagerrun As a fellow American I can understand @jacobkeller8592's perspective. Yes, you have a valid point in that there are some communities that are doing the same thing in the US and in the size differential in the two nations. Sadly here in the US there are powerful, conservative political groups who don't care about the environment. Because they care about making money that is why there is such disagreements. It's so sad because we all have to live on this planet together.

[@Narukoopa]

I've seen these plants in so many pictures of Iceland. Always thought they looked nice, but I never knew there was much more to them than meets the eye. Interesting topic!

[@PetrHerold]

Me neither until I started looking into it more like a year ago. Thanks for stopping by :)

[@user-ud7zz7yz3p]

I have known of this issue for a few months now. From what I gather is that these plants should fix nitrogen and over time add that and organic matter into the soil. Areas of that can be sprayed to kill it out and then trees and other plants are planted to speed up the succession process. If they are a light demanding plant like I think they are then they will fade once trees begin to shade them out. The lupines that are native to the American states of Kansas and Missouri are always out in the open. you never see them where they will get much shade. Beside these should help curb wind erosion. Petr, have you or anyone else in Iceland ever seen some of the old footages of the infamous dust bowl that plagued the American Great Plains during the great drought of the 1930s? Iceland doesn't need that kind of erosion. Some might think of these as a problem. But I see them as a temporary problem that will pass with careful planning and patience. Please make more videos on the current issues in Iceland. Especially ones that are in regards to nature. I enjoyed this and thanks for sharing.

[@RCSVirginia]

To @user-ud7zz7yz3p I don't even think that one would have to spray an herbicide. Just manually clear an area of a few square feet and plant a tall enough sapling with wire around it for sheep protection. The shade from the growing tree would take care of the lupine. It would probably be a good idea to give the lupine meadows a few years of growth to fix the soil before starting the reforestation.

[@urskrik6353]

This is not a Fight Fire with Fire situation. it's a Fight Lupines with Trees Situation

[@RCSVirginia]

To @urskrik6353 Exactly right!

[@RCSVirginia]

After they have been established and enriched the soil for some time, these lupine meadows would be perfect sites to plant birch, willow, aspen and rowan trees, all native to Iceland, as well as the descendants of Scots Pines in Iceland that have developed resistance to aphid infection. If there is a sheep presence in these areas, wire cages could be placed around the saplings until they are large enough to survive. Young trees that are already taller than the lupine could be planted, or the lupines in the area just around the sapling could be cut back. Once the trees have grown taller than the meadow plants, they will do nicely and will eventually shade out the lupine. These future diverse forests will benefit wildlife and will curb erosion.

[@becurious2000]

This is a very underrated film. I am surprised you only have 11 k views. Great video!

[@ssten1001]

Moc pěkné video, škoda, že musím číst titulky. Lupinu mám moc ráda už od dětství.

[@user-jw6dw9jf8w]

in fact it is a pioneer plant, it is important in plant development, without it I think it would be difficult for mass reforestation to be effective

[@shababaltaf7875]

Commenting for algorithm! Cool video 👍

[@steveilicous]

This conversation is incomplete without talking about the plans and execution of tree planting AFTER the lupins...please complete the story.

[@Tagerrun]

What’s the difference? Thought they couldn’t plant them before the lupine because the land was so depleted?

[@vendulazlamalovaart]

Great video man 💪

[@PetrHerold]

Appreciate it!

[@sigurdurgretarsson8527]

Wow, this is a very well made video. Colour me impressed :) I don´t really know what to think about the lupine, like you say there are positives and negatives. In many places I see them covering areas that have been almost like a desert and that is of course good. If they are smothering native plants and never "giving up" the areas they spread over, that´s bad. Somehow I was of the impression that the lupine would retreat after a while, leaving the ground more ready for other plants to grow there. Maybe that´s just nonsense? I have to admit I don´t know much about it :) Thanks for a very interesting video, and p.s. is that Húsavík I see in the background?

[@PetrHerold]

I’m not sure if they’ll retreat on their own. From what I found out they would have to be overshadowed but I’m also not an expert on plants 😅 And yes! It is Húsavík. It’s one of the towns that’s just completely surrounded by them, that’s why I chose it as a shooting location :)

[@johnbrennick8738]

Thanks, this is great. One minor item though! Everyone always says the only mammal in Iceland when first settled was the fox, but didn't the fox eat tiny mammals like lemmings or mice? I don't know, but I think foxes eating only birds perhaps can't live well!

[@RCSVirginia]

To @johnbrennick8738 Your comment piqued my curiosity, so I looked it up. Indeed, there are no other mammals native to Iceland, no lemmings, no hares. So, Arctic Foxes there live off birds, their eggs, berries and seashore resources such as algae and dead marine animals that wash up on the beach. Who knew?

[@mjoelnir1899]

There is a lot of nonsense said from the lupin haters. You see most lupin taking over bar land, it does not encroach a lot on grown land. Something has to cover this soil,or it will wash or blow away. The Icelandic vegetation, that is left after the forests were devastated, does not do a good job at reclaiming those bare areas.

[@workingtravelingover50]

Awesome video of the nature history of iceland. Very informative. Peace, love and harmony from your new friend.

[@mikeyKnows_]

Goats eat blue bonnet here in Texas even if they are toxic, I mean goats eat everything.

[@mannu1117]

I am following you from last few months, i like your videos of Iceland...it's really a great that you are making us able to see the Beauty of nature...lots of love brother

[@PetrHerold]

Thank you for watching Mohammad!

[@aleencaeli]

This vid is so good and original!! I was happy watching it, but a little sad about how invasive it is. Still think it's pretty 😭 I think we have some here in washington state. I see similar flowers on my hikes.

[@aleencaeli]

Also, super interesting! I had no idea they were invasive and how it's changing iceland. Thanks for the info!

[@PetrHerold]

I have mixed feelings about them now too after I got to know their true color (ba dum tss 😅)

[@coltenross8562]

They were actually the first plant to grow in after the mount saint helens eruption!

[@aleencaeli]

@@coltenross8562 That's exactly where I saw them!

[@mrkongsimr]

Now it’s called the purple island !!

[@user-ds4ok4mv6n]

Дуже цікаво.

[@Gamer-3458]

Great vid

[@raphlvlogs271]

all legumes are nitrogen fixation plants

[@lexv4894]

Up untill 15:55 in was thinking stop complaining and plant some trees to provide some shade. In time, nature will find balance. But nature is not in a hurry.

[@ia8018]

Exactly! With a warming climate, forests will spread and take over lupines. Also, as the warming accelerate, lupines will colonise new land and create soil for future trees.

[@MARPSTE]

Surely it's not that hard to plant a tree with 1-2 feet of clearance and a tree guard around it. With global warming, there's no reason why we can't have forests again on Iceland in the near future

[@RCSVirginia]

To @MARPSTE That's exactly what I suggested in my comment above. Then, I scrolled down after posting it and saw that you had beaten me to it. Great minds think alike!

[@wyattstuebben]

GET SOME GREEN SOLUTION I HAVE TERRAFORMER

[@AndrewTubbiolo]

Dennis Moore would love this development.

[@ardalla535]

Sort of like heather is an invasive plant in several parts of the world.

[@globalance1948]

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Iceland......I do believe that there is a very valuable lesson to be learned from this......as related to Iceland's "importation of chaep human labor"! Because your (our) precious DNA heritage could easily be overwhelmed by other DNA strands as well.....all because some people want to import "cheap labor" to make more "personal profit"!...without considering the implications of what that could easliy lead to!!! D (74 year old American expat living in Thailand with 48.9% Norwegian/Icelandic DNA heritage....from the Sveinson Clan of the North West of our Island where both of my Great Grandmother and Great Grandfather originated from!)

[@stefanjohansson6297]

Try terra preta.

[@campersiceland]

Cool video chlape!

[@Rickyness]

quick guys use the freakin purification powder or a gun whatever that is i forgot the name

[@indian8281]

This place is located in which place of Iceland?

[@PetrHerold]

All of the locations are from the north, I was shooting at bunch of different spots.

[@ia8018]

Sheep are the worst invasive species.

[@thor.halsli]

It was humans who cut down the forest to make grassland for the sheep in the first place

[@RCSVirginia]

To @ia8018 Yes, but Lamb Kebabs and Greek Leg of Lamb are quite tasty.

[@BelltexTu]

Did we hear the world "global warming"? hehe.....

[@Bagelvr63292]

GRAB YOUR PURIFICATION POWDER EVERYONE!

[@briant6669]

Hate the lupine, love the lupine.

[@joefield8078]

This exercise is good for your shoulders and sides. For losing negative energy and emphasizing inner beauty.