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@ -246,6 +246,8 @@ He goes on to give a long (and possibly incorrect) definition of the word \texti
\lettrine[lraise=0.0, nindent=3pt]{I}{} have been getting back into the habit of identifying plants I see out on my walks and I've noticed that many of them are ``introduced''—i.e., they were brought to this continent from somewhere else, sometimes accidentally and often deliberately.
When I was in college, we called these ``alien'' or ``foreign'' but we don't use those terms any more because we recognize that Earth is a whole—it is composed of parts that are not fully separated from one another.
It took me longer than it should have to realize that introduced species tend to do well in distubed places—and lawns, gardens, and the sides of roads and paths are all disturbed spaces. So it makes sense that the vast majority of what I find there are introduced species. If I want to see native species, I need to visit the wild spaces around me and go further afoot.
\ksecp{Poison Hemlock}{\textit{Conium maculatum} L.}{Apiaceae}
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\lettrine[lraise=0.0, nindent=1pt]{D}{espite} walking around what is obviously disturbed spaces, I still see quite a few native species. It's just that they're not as noticeable, either because they're trees and thus not something I'm paying attention to, or because they're not as showy as some of the introduced species that surround them. (That showiness may explain why early immigrants brought these plants with them.
\lettrine[lraise=0.0, nindent=1pt]{D}{espite} walking around what is obviously disturbed spaces, I still see quite a few native species. They're just not as noticeable, either because they're trees and thus not something I'm paying attention to, or because they're not as showy as some of the introduced species that surround them. (That showiness may explain why early immigrants brought these plants with them.)
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