Yay Boyce! this information needs to be dispersed and sent to the USDA. Glad that you're out of lurk mode. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Boyce Tankersley" <btankers@chicagobotanic.org> To: "Pacific Bulb Society" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> Sent: Tuesday, July 28, 2009 10:43 AM Subject: Re: [pbs] plant regulation > I've written and deleted a number of comments/observations on this > subject but I think it may be time to come out of the lurk mode. > > The Chicago Botanic Garden has an invasive species committee comprised > of representatives of scientists representing conservation biology, >> > I am responding to a very interesting, but ultimately misleading history > of the invasion by kudzu. So forgive me while I put on my professors cap > and share some factoids about invasive plants. >> Another factoid from invasive research that is not as widely known as it > should be: less than 1% of non-native plants introduced into the USA > have become invasive. >