Selected collections from the Biodiversity Heritage Library are now online and available through iTunesU. There’s some wonderful stuff. One thing of agrobiodiversity interest is “Wild Oxen, Sheep & Goats of All Lands, Living and Extinct”, by R. Ward, published in 1898. Below is one of the illustrations to whet your appetite.
And yes, we have blogged about Marco Polo sheep here, of course we have.
Did you know that garlic mustard is considered a noxious weed in many states? And as a result of being a noxious weed it can be sprayed with pesticides and probably is all the time.
Now I understand that garlic mustard is delicious and nutritious a wonderful, healthy addition to any foragers salad.
And there are other vilified plants, Japanese Knotweed for instance that is high on the noxious weed lists in lots of states. And apparently in addition to its many virtues, its edible, high in reservatrol etc, not of its virtues appreciated by those who are injecting it with pesticide cocktails (imazapyr and glyphosate) in Washington State in the name of habitat restoration.
So maybe you already have a section for unwanted plants and animals that in fact are a part of biodiversity, and under attack by those who pretend to be protecting biodiversity.