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Re:The Power of Weeds to End Hunger in an Uncertain Climate by devb on Sunday July 30, 2023 @03:27PM (#36934980)
Dandelions are considered weeds in a botanical sense because they are non-native invasive plants in the United States. Same with clovers, crabgrasses, dallisgrass, and many other common lawn plants.
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Re:The Power of Weeds to End Hunger in an Uncertain Climate by anon84873628 on Sunday July 30, 2023 @05:06PM (#36935972)
That's only true for certain species in the Taraxacum genus. There are many Taraxacum and other chicories native to North America which most people would still call "dandelion".
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Re:The Power of Weeds to End Hunger in an Uncertain Climate by devb on Sunday July 30, 2023 @07:27PM (#36937098)
Many species, but by actual counts the non-natives are vastly over-represented.

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=1&subview=...

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Re:The Power of Weeds to End Hunger in an Uncertain Climate by CBarkleyU on Sunday July 30, 2023 @06:13PM (#36936540)
I mean, isn't lawn grass non-native as well?
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Re:The Power of Weeds to End Hunger in an Uncertain Climate by amalcon on Sunday July 30, 2023 @06:20PM (#36936593)
Most popular lawn grasses were created using selective breeding. People will argue about whether they are properly considered native to anywhere, or whether they belong in some third category of man-made organisms.
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