| Comment | Invasive doesn't just mean foreign, it includes native plants that spread aggressively and outcompete other native plants.
> Although Urtica dioica is distributed widely in many parts of the world, it is considered invasive because of its nuisance value even within its native range
https://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/55911#tosummaryOfInvasiveness
> Whether native, such as gorse, bracken and nettles, or non-native, such as Rhododendron or Japanese knotweed, invasive species can have an impact on important habitats and the flora and fauna they support by competing for nutrients and light.
https://www.nature.scot/invasive-species-biggest-pressure-nature-sites |
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