[formerkrogemp]

I hypothesize that invasive species will come to refer to those species that we just don't like or whose function we find annoying or dangerous. Some invasive species could be endemic and fill an ecological role which had been unfulfilled by human intervention or habitat destruction.

[ajmurmann]

> I hypothesize that invasive species will come to refer to those species that we just don't like or whose function we find annoying or dangerous

Isn't that already what "noxious weed" means?