Government views Monarch Butterfly Releases as a threat toWesternMilkweeds
1_iron
1_iron at msn.com
Thu Dec 13 05:58:41 EST 2001
Stan and all:
Paul Cherubini used the term "weedy species" in reference to the Monarch,
which elicited from Stan:
I also have to wonder about the use of terms like 'weedy species'.
Normally, a weed is a plant growing where we do not want it to grow.
Used in reference to the Monarch implies to the general public that it
is a pest we do not want. Do we really want to convey this kind of
message? Doesn't the use of such terms have a tendency to mislead?
I read the original post - correctly, I think - with the word "weedy"
meaning "hardy." I don't think anyone was mislead.
We need more Anne Kilmer posts and less picky-picky.
Jim Taylor
PS: Someone once said that if you plant, feed, and water it and it dies,
it's a flower. Otherwise, it is a weed.
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