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      "Invasive aquatic plants clogging waterways",
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        "Wild plant populations are easily lost to collecting."
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    "Should life-cycle types be separate entries?",
    "How should foraging safety be handled?",
    "The registry entry lists specific species as aliases; should they link as instances?"
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