In the story: "The native of Japan and China was introduced in the United States in 1876 as an ornamental plant at the Philadelphia Centennial Exposition. It was widely touted as a way to control soil erosion, and during the 1930s and 1940s the Civilian Conservation Corps planted vast amounts of the vine."
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Do you have any idea how many problems we have (bugs, plants, other non-native critters brought here) because of U.S. blundering?
In the story: "The native of Japan and China was introduced in the United States in 1876 as an ornamental plant at the Philadelphia Centennial Exposition. It was widely touted as a way to control soil erosion, and during the 1930s and 1940s the Civilian Conservation Corps planted vast amounts of the vine."
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Do you have any idea how many problems we have (bugs, plants, other non-native critters brought here) because of U.S. blundering?
Sheesh! Feds: stay out of way!
Mrs. M, I was amazed that a plant would be bad rather than good for the environment...strange.
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