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minus-squarePacmanlives@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down2·1 year agoWait what? Invasive? I have never seen one that just spreads like mint or buttercups
minus-squareXIIIesq@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·1 year agoIn the UK they are an invasive species. They out compete native plants and spread easily. https://forestryandland.gov.scot/what-we-do/biodiversity-and-conservation/habitat-conservation/woodland/rhododendron#:~:text=rhododendron is Scotland’s most threatening,the damage it would cause.
minus-squareSeleni@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·1 year agoOur reply to the ignoble English Ivy over here in the States, apparently
minus-squareXIIIesq@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoI’m pretty sure that rhododendrons originate from Asia.
minus-squareThe_v@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 year agoIt’s a large family with a large geographic area. Some are native to the Americas as well. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhododendron
minus-squareSeleni@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-21 year agoAnd North America. Mostly on the west coast of the US and BC, although they have cousins sometimes called ‘mountain laurel’ on the east coast of the US. Confusingly, in some places on the east coast, they call mountain laurel ‘rhododendron’ as well.
Wait what? Invasive? I have never seen one that just spreads like mint or buttercups
In the UK they are an invasive species. They out compete native plants and spread easily.
https://forestryandland.gov.scot/what-we-do/biodiversity-and-conservation/habitat-conservation/woodland/rhododendron#:~:text=rhododendron is Scotland’s most threatening,the damage it would cause.
Our reply to the ignoble English Ivy over here in the States, apparently
I’m pretty sure that rhododendrons originate from Asia.
Yep, Nepal
It’s a large family with a large geographic area. Some are native to the Americas as well.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhododendron
And North America. Mostly on the west coast of the US and BC, although they have cousins sometimes called ‘mountain laurel’ on the east coast of the US.
Confusingly, in some places on the east coast, they call mountain laurel ‘rhododendron’ as well.