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  • From: John Schinnerer <john@eco-living.net>
  • To: Permaculture Plant Database <pcplantdb@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [pcplantdb] Invasive plants
  • Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2005 20:23:20 +0000

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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