Native prof: Don't fight invasive plants

This Native American professor is urging people to try to understand and appreciate the invasive plants:

https://www.cbc.ca/radio/unreserved/earth-day-indigenous-scientists-academics-and-community-members-take-the-lead-in-environmental-causes-1.4605336/every-plant-and-animal-is-useful-to-us-indigenous-professor-re-thinking-how-we-deal-with-invasive-species-1.4605344?fbclid=IwAR1ppK1uJeP2hHaUpxU5vXW27SH5DAwG4GmKU0qb4nQqVh42wjnUyTtqAEI

John S
PDX OR

I think this brings some much needed perspective to the conversation. It reminds me of the excellent points made in this thread:


https://permies.com/t/41008/dark-side-native-plant-enthusiasm

I haven't read John's link yet, but this reminded me of a book I read years ago: The new wild : why invasive species will be nature's salvation by Fred Pearce  He makes a strong case for invasive plants invading because the ecosystem is out of balance due to human activity (eg Purple Loosestrife in wetlands because there's too much nitrogen run-off from artificial fertilizer or poor septic fields.) I know that I've read more recently that in a saltwater shore system, an "invasive" plant was actually helping a group of native plants re-establish following human damage.