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Native in the sense that it grows wild, here, there and almost everywhere. Regardless of its origination, it has adapted to its “new” native climate.
by EADGBE 7y ago
Native in the sense that it grows wild, here, there and almost everywhere. Regardless of its origination, it has adapted to its “new” native climate.
- Angostura 7y agoAs the original commentator was pointing out 'grow wild' and 'native' are not synonyms. Part of the fun of this - and it is fun - is learning about the actual native floral of the region and trying to make an attractive garden using those plants that will help native wildlife establish.
- gowld 7y agoMy parents came from Europe to USA. They are not natives here, and maybe they don't fit in. I was native born here, I grew up in the local culture, I fit in. Saying that only "original" species count as native, how many centuries or millennia back do you draw the line?
- metabagel 7y agoThe discussion is about native species, not native individual humans. Native species developed over thousands of years to form each particular ecosystem.
- Angostura 7y agoI'm not sure of you have notice, but your parents are the same species as the rest of the people around them and fit in the same ecological niche. There is, of course no wholy correct answer about 'how many centuries back you draw the line', but broadly speaking, pragmatically, it is worth planting plants that help support the rich web of ecological connections that the locality supports. The longer established the plant in the ecology, the more likely it is that some species' caterpillar will live in it, or that there will be a pollinating insect that spends on its shape of flower, or there will be a bird that will like its fibres to build a nest etc. These are things worth nurturing.