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When Two Hemispheres Collide: Where to Now for Rewilding in Ireland?

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81 points dnetesn | 1 comments | 18 Dec 24 12:32 UTC | HN request time: 0.208s | source
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secondcoming ◴[21 Dec 24 17:59 UTC] No.42481097[source]▶
> he set about planting the seemingly barren island with Southern Hemisphere exotic species, first by screening the exposed site with plants such as native gorse and then with hedges of Chilean Escalonias and Rhododendron hybrids.

Rhododendron looks pretty but is an absolute plague in Ireland. It grows so big and vast that people sometimes get lost in them.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-27882358

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1. mtrovo ◴[23 Dec 24 13:11 UTC] No.42494140[source]▶
I’ve seen similar purple hills in Scotland and only later realized they were covered in an invasive species. It’s remarkable how widespread it is there. Japanese knotweed is another ornamental plant that's now everywhere, practically the Terminator of plants when it comes to being unkillable.