My sister recently shared with me an article on the Bradford pear- that seemingly innocuous but definitely ubiquitous white flowering tree. After being introduced by the Department of Agriculture in 1964, it is now an environmental nightmare. Among other things, the trees are sterile and therefore only cross-pollinate with other vegetation, and the resulting trees–which spread rapidly–choke out all other vegetation. As she read me the article, like every good citizen of the South, I thought of the disaster that is kudzu.
Who is our writer of this lovely reflection?