[quote=RichardJamesEsquire]Ice plant grows on top of it’s self and is very heavy. Old ice plant on a steep enough hill brings the whole hillside down. I “already had plans” the weekend a buddy removed several thousand pounds of it off his back patio.[/quote]

I was going to say … I know I have read/heard some anti-ice plant sentiment before, that it really isn’t the erosion fighter we assume it to be.

Here’s one story about “highway ice plant”

Highway iceplant not a favored groundcover

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/10/15/HOQL13ELH8.DTL