What is Weed? And Why Do We Care? [Video]

Prof Jonathan Lehrer is Chairperson at the Department of Horticulture and Urban Design at Farmingdale State College.

He was kind enough to present to the student volunteers at the Summer Program To Fight Hunger and Climate Change on July 11th, 2021. New rewilders would much appreciate this excellent presentation on the basics of Long Island Ecology and Invasion Biology. Very accessible information about what makes a species a “weed” or “native” or “non-native” or “Invasive”. Also, which of these terms have a scientific basis and why do we care about these classifications