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Dandelions are considered weeds in a botanical sense because they are non-native invasive plants in the United States. Same with clovers, crabgrasses, dallisgra
by devb 3y ago
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.
- anon84873628 3y agoThat'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".
- devb 3y agoMany species, but by actual counts the non-natives are vastly over-represented. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=1&subview=table&taxon_id=447425&view=species https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=1&subview=...
- CBarkleyU 3y agoI mean, isn't lawn grass non-native as well?
- amalcon 3y agoMost 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.