Part I: An Odd, but not Unproductive Year So Far

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Awesome. I missed so many things when I lived in Florida, I'll have to go back one day.
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BillMcGighan wrote:when we first moved to south Florida, for the first six months, I was huffing and puffing over all the non-native plants, herps, fishes, and birds, indignant and outraged, because of paradigms of biological prejudices I carried.
After a year or so, coming to grips with the fact that most non-natives seemed innocuous, I marveled at them. ( :roll: I know, biological sacrilege! :roll: )

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We don't have to "hate" invasive species; we can certainly marvel at their ability to adapt to a novel environment, while understanding their impact on our already "compromised" environment. Herpetologists are lucky, we still get excited when we find a cool non-native. Plant people, not such much. How often does someone get excited to see some Phragmites?
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