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‘Monster plants’: an expert guide to alien invasive species and the epic battles they win

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par Zarah Pattison, Senior Lecturer in Plant Sciences, University of Stirling

A lot of people think of plants as pretty to look at, but defenceless and passive as far as organisms go. However, the many alien species – or “monster plants” – around us show we should never underestimate plants and the fascinating battles that go on beneath our feet.

Many of the first alien plants – those introduced by humans outside their natural range – to arrive in the UK were brought back by plant hunters of the Victorian era.

Plants have adapted over millennia to their…

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