[pbs] plant regulation

Adam Fikso adam14113 at ameritech.net
Tue Jul 28 13:03:46 EDT 2009


Yay Boyce!   this information needs to be dispersed and sent to the USDA. 
Glad that you're out of  lurk mode.



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Boyce Tankersley" <btankers at chicagobotanic.org>
To: "Pacific Bulb Society" <pbs at lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Tuesday, July 28, 2009 10:43 AM
Subject: Re: [pbs] plant regulation


> I've written and deleted a number of comments/observations on this
> subject but I think it may be time to come out of the lurk mode.
>
> The Chicago Botanic Garden has an invasive species committee comprised
> of representatives of scientists representing conservation biology,
>>
> I am responding to a very interesting, but ultimately misleading history
> of the invasion by kudzu. So forgive me while I put on my professors cap
> and share some factoids about invasive plants.
>> Another factoid from invasive research that is not as widely known as it
> should be: less than 1% of non-native plants introduced into the USA
> have become invasive.
> 


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