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[–]ClockworkFoolKiA Old Guard 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Ignoring any potential subtext here entirely, invasive plants are a surprisingly huge ecological problem. This spring with everyone staying inside on lockdown will likely have led to the situation really flaring up this year in particular, as it's often only volunteer groups that are even attempting to keep the situation in check here in the uk. Some of the species that have invaded are outright dangerous, like some of the weeds on this list.

I came across a deeply fascinating youtube channel a year or so ago talking about native flora, funnily enough. Can't remember how on earth I stumbled across him, but it was a guy with a very pronounced accent basically rl shitposting about botany. He had a lot to say about how little of the modern landscape in (whatever area it was) actually contained native american plants, and he pointed out a whole bunch on the topic in a very entertaining way.

I'd recommend him, if you're at all interested in the topic (though I haven't watched any of his content for a long time myself).

Crime Pays, But Botany Doesn't

[–]RalphOfPittsburgh 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

No doubt he would have words about me and my CivNat gardening ways, because I don't care where my plants come from as long as they perform the function I want them to perform.

Ant it probably shouldn't be too surprising that a lot of North American vegetation isn't native, considering the early American settlers were effectively trying to recreate Europe on the North American continent. And for plants where the climates weren't quite compatible (lawn grasses, for example, don't stay green throughout the summer without irrigation in most parts of the country) we ended up importing varieties from elsewhere.