[pcplantdb] Invasive plants
John Schinnerer
john at eco-living.net
Thu Feb 10 15:23:20 EST 2005
Aloha,
> A week or so back we discussed whether to include information about
> invasive plants. I got this email yesterday putting a strong case for
> including this info.
I do support comments, notes, etc. on potential or observed/documented
"invasive" behavior of a plant, given in context.
I don't support an attribute "invasive" being in the DB for each plant
as a boolean sort of value. PC folks if anyone ought to understand that
nothing is that simple.
In other words, I don't support blindly jumping on the "alien invaders"
bandwagon that is so politically correct (and un- and anti-permaculture
and ignorant of the complexity of natural systems) these days.
Key book is "Invasion biology - Critique of a pseudoscience," DI
Theodoropoulos, Avvar Books, 2003, ISBN: 0970850417,
Toby or Peter reviewed it recently in PC Activist.
Holmgren just had an article in the Activist on same general topic.
cheers,
John S.
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