Re:Bradford pear trees banned in few states – More are looki...
by hollywood_court on Tuesday April 02, 2024 @03:37PM
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If we were 'hands off', the Bradford Pear would have never made it to North America in the first place.
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Re:Bradford pear trees banned in few states – More are looki...
by skeledrew on Tuesday April 02, 2024 @06:04PM
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We don't know that for sure though. All it takes is a single seed in an ideal condition. And that condition could've probably happened in a way that the pear wouldn't have the advantage that's caused some to name it "invasive".
But also, left alone, nature tends to rebalance on its own. Any species with a dominant advantage will eventually lose that advantage, given a few generations. Well, except for humans, who continually fight the natural rebalancing, and are only succeeding in increasingly destroying that which sustains life on this planet.