Invasive Species Part 1 - Plants

Today we learn how one man's treasured flower is another man's weed. We discuss Kudzu, Water hyacinth, and the unfortunately extinct career of "Adventurer Botanist."

Sources:

https://www.etymonline.com/word/invade

https://www.etymonline.com/word/plant

https://www.fearof.net/fear-of-plants-phobia-botanophobia/

https://www.mapleleavesforever.com/what-is-a-native-canadian-maple/

https://www.usu.edu/weeds/plant_species/weedspecies/russianthis.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potato

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olive

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kudzu_in_the_United_States

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caulerpa_taxifolia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulip_mania

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kudzu_in_the_United_States

https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/detail/ct/technical/ecoscience/invasive/?cid=nrcs142p2_011124

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruderal_species

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_invasion_biology_terms

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allelopathy

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/10/071012084128.htm

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulip_mania

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eichhornia_crassipes

http://www.ct.gov/caes/cwp/view.asp?a=2823&q=376754

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chestnut_blight

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Fraser_(botanist)