" When Europeans first arrived on the shores of what is now Virginia, they imposed European farming techniques on the New World. This was not the way Native Americans grew crops, but Europeans planted monocultures and did their best to weed out all other plants. Any plant that grew uninvited in cropland was called a weed and became an enemy. "

― Douglas W. Tallamy , Nature's Best Hope: A New Approach to Conservation That Starts in Your Yard