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Invasive species are mostly bad for ecosystems. They introduce a lot of unknowns. There is nothing safe for neither humans nor wildlife about possibility introducing invasive species.

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Go visit a place with a noxious weed problem (e.g the Bitterroot Valley) for positive confirmation of this.

Or closer to many people here, yellow star thistle (yes, that annoying spiky plant you’ll often see in the California grass).

The hills of California used to be green in the summer. The dead yellow fire hazard grass is called “avena” and is an invasive species.

If I ran things, I’d develop an avena-specific herbicide, and drop it from helicopters every spring.

Replacing it with natives would lower the fire risk substantially, and probably also cool the hills off a bit during the summer.

Personally, I tend to have trouble controlling my mint.

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