Rudbeckia hirta
The Un-planted are sometimes called wildflowers or weeds. But they are really just the plants that retain their natural ability to propagate themselves. They may be the indigenous plants of an environment or introduced species that have become naturalized.
It’s unfortunate some introduced species are so prolific in their new environment that they can easily overwhelm the indigenous plants. We call them weeds or invasive. In the current world they occupy the location between the cultivated spaces. Sometimes intruding into the cultivated space, where they are considered a nuisance.
Local Examples: Callery pear (Pyrus calleryana: that prolific descendant of the Bradford pear), Tree of Heaven (Alianthus altissima), Japanese honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica) and Chinese honeysuckle (Lonicera tragophylla), Russian olive (Elaeagnus angustifolia), Poison hemlock (Conium maculatum), You see one – then you see a million.
We humans bring our plants with us. Either by design or by accident. Now the whole planet has been re-arranged in the last 100 years. Of course the plants have been moving around forever, but we have moved them at such a rapid pace. Every nursery, greenhouse, yard, and field are filled with plants from somewhere else.
We adore plants, they nurture, give pleasure to our senses, and are useful for our purposes. However, they have a life that is not about us. I think that is the part that we don’t commonly understand or appreciate. That is Nature for itself, not nature for us.
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