I’m catching up on old New Yorkers.  In the September 11, 2017 issue, Siddartha Mukherjee has an article where he discusses invasive species.  It has this line:

“The Japanese knotweed, now colonizing the cherished gardens of the English, is hardly known as a weed in Japan.  An aggressor in one environment is a placid resident in another.  The meek are only circumstantially meek; when conditions change, they might suddenly inherit the earth.”

I’m jealous.