In article <lpzV5.32297$nh5.2066879 at newsread1.prod.itd.earthlink.net>, PMDavis
wrote:
> For purposes of convenience, a clearly arbitrary date of "time of permanent
> white settlement" which would be about 1503 was adopted by both the State of
> Florida Legislature, and the Florida Native Plant Society.
So, does this mean that those species that were introduced by earlier
'non-white' settlers treated as native? That was less than 500 years ago.
Regards,
Roger
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Roger Whitehead,
Oxted, Surrey, England
