# At what point does an anthropogenic introduction become wild?

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**Created:** [April 16, 2019, 2:27am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/at-what-point-does-an-anthropogenic-introduction-become-wild/2221 "2019-04-16T02:27:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![jnstuart](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/jnstuart/32/1623_2.png) [@jnstuart](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/jnstuart)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2020, 3:51pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/at-what-point-does-an-anthropogenic-introduction-become-wild/2221/14 "2020-10-07T15:51:57Z")

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Same idea for a beaver dam that was built from branches harvested by the beavers from a nearby cultivated orchard. The tree species in the orchard is not wild, but the dam, indicating presence of beavers, is.

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