article_snippet: Gently rolling hills covered with lush grass that looked like Gently rolling hills would be at home in Scotland surrounded small islands of native plants.
article_snippet: Environmentalists contend that hardy subtropical vegetation had since retaken the area and that before the bulldozers descended it had become home to several endangered species, including species of butterflies and frogs. '
article_snippet: But non-native grass is just not the same thing as the native ecosystem.'