Assertion: oxford ragwort | /r/CapableOf | spread throughout southern half
Facets:
value: rapidly
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: Oxford Ragwort was apparently introduced as an ornamental plant to the Oxford Botanical Gardens in the late 1700's, from where it escaped into the wild and spread rapidly throughout the Midlands and Southern half of the UK aided by the newly emerging railway system, which provided a similar habitat to its native home of Mount Etna.