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I've long been intrigued by Paulownia (empress). Nice to see others share the same thought.

Unfortunately its strength in this area is a weakness for adoption because its so highly invasive: http://www.ecosystemgardening.com/paulownia-princess-tree-on...

Bamboo might be another option. While it can be invasive I think it's much more manageable.



I think any plant with a 50% advantage in biomass per year will effectively be invasive, including the ones from this project.


Agreed. But at least with bamboo it appears to be much easier to constrain.


I thought there were non-invasive or less-invasive empress subtrees.

I know there is one that spreads quickly and uncontrollably, but other varieties don't




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