#erigeron — Public Fediverse posts

#Fleabane #Erigeron #annuus is an #invasive #neophyte in #Europe, originally mative from Canada to Florida (USA). It arrived in Europe and #Asia as an ornamental plant in the 18th century and became naturalized.
C. Wang et al. (2020) studied it in China finding one #alienspecies be able to "generate a #favorable" #speciescommunity #habitat that is beneficial for following ones, using #Solidago #canadensis as 2nd alien.

©#StefanFWirth #Berlin 2025

Ref
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.137128

#Photos
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Erigeron, all self-sown from other plants in the garden, which I have grown from seed, in the folly. It seems happiest growing out of cracks, where conditions seem highly unsuitable.
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#erigeron #ArtistsGarden #ImperfectGarden #garden #gardener #gardening #GardenPhotography #Artist #wolfkettler #Photography #GardenWiltshire #WiltshireGarden #Wiltshire #sustainable #spring #bloomscrolling #biodiversity #natural #NaturalGarden #WeedGardening #weeds #WildlifeFriendly #PlanetFriendly #PollinatorFriendly #ecology #climate #ClimateChange #conservation #sustainability #SelfSown

I love #SelfSown plants. Often, they end up in just the right place. Here, #Erigeron in the #folly under our rusty bench.

#SelfSeeded #RomanticGarden #artistsgarden #imperfectgarden #garden #gardening #gardenphotography #artist #wolfkettler #gardenwiltshire #wiltshiregarden #wiltshire #spring #natural #naturalGarden #weedgardening #weeds #wildflowers #WildlifeFriendly #PlanetFriendly #pollinatorFriendly