Invasive plants

Whenever I look up plants on the Internet, I often find out that things growing in the wild or domestically are deemed invasive. They come from Asia or Africa, and they proliferate much more rapidly than plants that are native to America. Often there are American counterparts to an exotic species that looks very similar. The invasive plants are said to be something to fight off or to never plant in your own yard. For instance, you'll see exhortations to never plant English Ivy, and it's even illegal in Oregon.

Well, this is America. Can't American values be applied to the ecosystem? We value competition and leadership. We like to find ways to work faster and more efficiently. If these vines and shrubs can come over from Asia and find ways to grow faster than their American cousins who look exactly the same, then I say let them. In America we like to adapt to change when change means progress, so the ecosystem can adapt, too.