[pbs] Friendly Invaders
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totototo at telus.net
Wed Sep 10 13:16:46 EDT 2008
On 9 Sep 08, at 10:48, Judy Glattstein wrote:
> A article in today's New York Times take the viewpoint that exotic
> species are not necessarily "evil". Here's a link so you can read the
> article and then comment.
Let's not forget that a great many important economic plants are non-native.
Wheat, barley, rice among them, also apples and other fruit trees, dates, and
God knows what else. And corn, tomatoes, chocolate, vanilla, potatoes, most
beans, squash, tobacco, and pumpkins are exotic to the Old World.
--
Rodger Whitlock
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Maritime Zone 8, a cool Mediterranean climate
on beautiful Vancouver Island
http://maps.google.ca/maps?q=48.4676,-123.3262&ll=48.4676,-123.3262&z=14
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