“Invasive Species.” A clever tree made it onto Canada’s currency.

“It’s a species that’s invasive in Eastern Canada and is displacing some of our native species, and it’s probably not an appropriate species to be putting on our native currency,” Blaney told CBC News. Sean Blaney, senior botanist of the Atlantic Canada Conservation Data Centre, said he never expected to see the Norway maple leaf on a $20 bill.

The bank’s response is equally amusing…

#invasive  #species  #botany  #ecosystems  #maple tree  #norwegian maple  #migration  #climate change  #denial  #canada  #trees  #design  #currency  #money  #loonie  #norway  #scandinavia  
∞  01/18/13 at 04:26pm via cbc.ca
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    At least they got the right Queen.
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    It’s on the penny too! Why has no one else noticed this before now? All of us botanists were constantly complaining...
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