On Sun, 27 Jul 2003 17:14:05 +0000, "Uncle StoatWarbler"
wrote:

On Sun, 27 Jul 2003 14:49:38 +0000, Moosh:] wrote:

The moisture loss from green grass, trees and open water is similar.

Really? Not in Australia, but then we use trees for lowering water table
-- stopping salination.

Eucalypts?

Yes jarrah (E marginata) is one of the most effective, but most native
trees here will do the trick. Ideally replace what was cut down
earlier

NZ has a tree called (IIRC) kahikatea. Juveniles only grow in swamps.

Adults are only found in dried out areas which were formerly swamps. This is not coincidence.

The only problem is they take several hundred years to do the job.

Yep, for rehabilitation, the future has to be planned for.