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Alien invaders and native thugs: some new concerns Ian Denholm Botanical Society of the British Isles
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Alien invaders I: Chilean Giant Rhubarb Gunnera tinctoria From stately homes.. to Irish & Scottish riverbanks
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Alien invaders I: Chilean Giant Rhubarb Gunnera tinctoria
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Alien invaders I: Chilean Giant Rhubarb Gunnera tinctoria The Mayo News, July 2010 Gunnera kill begins on Achill. “ARMED with hooks, machetes and a couple of gallons of ‘round- up’, volunteers have travelled to Achill Island to try to eradicate the Gunnera plant”.
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Alien invaders II: Ragweed Ambrosia artemisiifolia World’s most allergenic plant?
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Alien invaders III: Fringe-cups Tellima grandiflora
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Alien invaders IV: Summer cypress Bassia scoparia
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“Natives good, aliens bad?” www.bsbi.org.uk/alien_invaders_.html Cornflower, corncockle & Fuchsia: bad aliens? Nettle, bramble & bracken: native thugs?
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