During my talks I make the suggestion that although there are justifiably invasive unwanted species in our part of the world, there are many “black-listed” plants in my view that we may in the future thank our generation for having introduced due to their being valuable and healthy edibles (the positive impacts of such plants haven\u2019t as far as I know been included in the total evaluation of black listed plants. \u00a0There are other positive factors such as Fallopia japonica (Japanese knotweed) being an important bee plant as it is late flowering and also a cultivated source of medicinal resveratrol\u00a0 (an antioxidant also found in red wine and peanuts). \u00a0In my book Around the World in 80 plants, there are about 7 species categorized as having \u201csevere impact\u201d (SE) on the Norwegian Black List, 2 with \u201chigh impact\u201d (HI) and at least 6 with \u201cpotential high impact\u201d (PH). \u00a0At least two others in the book (Dandelion and Ground Elder) are often referred to as invasive, but as they are well established and introduced before 1800 are not on the black list!\u00a0 As they say \u00a0\u201cIf you can\u2019t beat them, eat them\u2026\u201d and I might (jokingly) add\u00a0“If you can’t eat them, beat them”….\u00a0 ;-)<\/p>\n
The link is a recent one arguing against the hysteria by a US based ecologist pointing out that “our panic about invasive species might be a major mistake”
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