White guys and aliens

Stephen Mulkey
6 min readJul 15, 2020
Dandelions — a ubiquitous European invasive in North America

“An invasive species is defined as a species that is: 1) non-native (or alien) to the ecosystem under consideration and, 2) whose introduction causes or is likely to cause economic or environmental harm or harm to human health.”

- USDA legal definition

“A thing is right when it tends to preserve the integrity, stability, and beauty of the biotic community. It is wrong when it tends otherwise.”

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Stephen Mulkey

Environmental scientist and educator; forest and climate change ecologist.