In my local nature reserve there is an "art" project... but the local population has it's concerns.
Seeing most things seem to be random trash thrown in (like the engine of an old oil tanker).
One of those art projects is this giant ball of sugar and food coloring... (no further detail given on what it is made of)
Does this...sugarball pose any danger to the local fauna/flora?
(the landscape is moors, with some forest area's. Animals include Deer, cows, sheep, goats, horses, donkeys, foxes, snakes, frogs, lizards and a large variety of bugs)
The other effect of high sugar concentrations on plants is,
If you feed your plant a strong solution of sugar water, you create a situation in which the water outside its cells has a higher percentage of soluble material than does the water inside. The direction of osmosis reverses, causing water to exit plant cells or not be able to enter in the first place. The plant begins to die.
As for the effect on animals, some animals will be attracted by the sugar, causing them to frequent the area for a sugar fix. Such animals could fall prey to cunning foxes.