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| echinosum writes:
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| | Ground elder is a xxxxxx. And there is a thing called
Alexanders which
| | is a nuisance in some areas.
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| But they are not an ecological problem, and are native anyway!

Er, I got their nativeness wrong. Ground elder may be (or may not),
but alexanders isn't.

Ground elder was introduced in two waves: the Romans brought it as a
pot-herb, and the monastries and big houses cultivated it in the middle
ages.

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| Ground elder was introduced in two waves: the Romans brought it as a
| pot-herb, and the monastries and big houses cultivated it in the middle
| ages.

Well, that's what they say. But we don't know. As it is widespread
over northern Europe, it could have arrived earlier. As it doesn't
flower much in the UK, its absence from the pollen record is not
evidence of absence.

There are a HELL of a lot of UK plants like that! It's one of the
main reasons that the native/introduced distinction is such a stupid
dichotomy as far as the UK goes.


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Rusty Hinge 2 writes:
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| Ground elder was introduced in two waves: the Romans brought it as a
| pot-herb, and the monastries and big houses cultivated it in the middle
| ages.

Well, that's what they say. But we don't know. As it is widespread
over northern Europe, it could have arrived earlier. As it doesn't
flower much in the UK, its absence from the pollen record is not
evidence of absence.

Mine flowers a lot, every year.

There are a HELL of a lot of UK plants like that! It's one of the
main reasons that the native/introduced distinction is such a stupid
dichotomy as far as the UK goes.

Well, I'll go along with that, but with reservations.

If I had the time, the right internet connection and of course, the
inclination, I might research ground elder in greater depth, though I
don't think my Latin is quite up to it, even with the dictionaries I've
got.

Now, the one which was stolen was about the size of a cathedral's
lectern bible, and sometimes a single word would span several pages,
giving nuances of usage over the whole period Latin was in use -
including Dog-Latin (as used above dog-collars, presumably).

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So long and thanks for all the fish?

Mostly hamless?

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So long and thanks for all the fish?

Mostly hamless?

Definitely - harmless, too. ;-)
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| So long and thanks for all the fish?
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| Mostly hamless?

Well, I was thinking of "Don't Panic".


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Well, I was thinking of "Don't Panic".

Cpl. Jones?

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