Hawaii brought in gorse as sheep forage in the early 1900s; after the sheep industry faded, the thorny shrub spread across more than 35,000 acres

Hawaii brought in gorse in the early 1900s to feed sheep, and the thorny shrub eventually spread across more than 35,000 acres on two islands.
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