Cultivating native species, once they have been eliminated, is actually very time consuming. Cover crops, invasive species, and depleted soil (if it was farmed)

Cultivating native species, once they have been eliminated, is actually very time consuming. Cover crops, invasive species, and depleted soil (if it was farmed) all contribute to conditions that favor bad plants over good. Fallow doesn't equal native prairie or woodlands. Fallow just equals empty. You really have to work a lot at it to be able to foster a native habitat, for a few years, then it mostly takes care of itself. Source; farming, self-sustaining landscapes, and harvesting local flora and fauna has been my hobby for 3 decades or so.