I wonder if the plant exhibits (or will eventually) the Edge Effect [1]. Poisonous plants such as poison ivy often do because people will avoid the plants but

I wonder if the plant exhibits (or will eventually) the Edge Effect [1]. Poisonous plants such as poison ivy often do because people will avoid the plants but will tromp on others (thus the poison plants survive readily on the edge since there is less competition). That being said if the plant is exceedingly a nuisance like mosquitos it might prefer not to live on the edge (as humans will actively destroy it). [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edge_effects https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edge_effects