Assertion: himalayan balsam | /r/CapableOf | leave riverbank
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text: Leaving riverbanks exposed to erosion – Himalayan balsam dies back in winter and due to its ability to outcompete other plants, when it does die back, bare earth beneath the plant is exposed.
text: It dies back in the winter, leaving river banks bare and open to erosion.
text: Himalayan balsam grows in almost impenetrable thickets and will bully out any other species; its plentiful nectar means that bumble bees pollinate it rather than native species, and, being an annual, it dies down, leaving riverbanks bare in winter.