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Native or Weed Blur in California | Chico News
Ever wonder if that wild plant in your yard is a native or just a weed? The line’s blurry—natives are species that existed before Europeans, while weeds are simply plants where we don’t want them. But some natives can be aggressive spreaders, like California poppies, while others, like Palmer amaranth, become agricultural nightmares. Invasive species are the real troublemakers, but even natives can turn invasive. Parasitic plants like dodder drain other plants’ resources, and ancient Spanish mission bricks even hold seeds of European weeds. Bottom line: most “weeds” today are introduced, and…
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