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  • dotCaffe@slrpnk.net
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    2 years ago

    The top comment in the video is a very relevant point - make sure not to plant invasive species. Although that seems like a “check with your doctor first” type of warning, since I personally have no idea what species are native or not. It looks like the National Wildlife Federation, Audubon, and others have databases of this info (at least for the US), but I wonder where their data comes from.

    Just letting my train of thought play out, but this seems like it would be a really good open data project, on the level of open street map, evolving with new information and research.