Category | Common Name | # | Scientific Name | Nature of Problem | Method of Removal |
Aquatic | x | Callitriche stagnalis | resolved | Leave for the ducks | |
Creeper | Japanese Honeysuckle | x | Lonicerajaponica | ongoing | Removal of runners before they take root – dig out roots |
Indigofera | Indigofera decora | ongoing | Cut and paint didn’t work: try scrape and Paint | ||
Lantana | x | Lantana camara | minimal | pulled out on sighting | |
Pennywort Weed | x | Hydrocotyle | ongoing | Mostly leave – else spot leaves with f/s Round up with wetting agent | |
Moth Plant | o | Araujia sericifea | resolved | ||
Turkey Rhubarb | o | Acetosa agittata | resolved | ||
Red-flowered Mallow | x | Modiola caroliniana | minimal | ||
Blackberry | x | Rubus fruticosus | ongoing | Scrape and paint about 50 cm of stem in warmer times | |
Vetch | x | Vicia spp. | ongoing | Pull out when in flower | |
Ruellia | x | Ruellia dipteracanthus | yes”> | ||
Wisteria | ongoing | ||||
Tree | Willow | o | resolved | drilled and flooded with Roundup | |
Camphor laurel | x | Cinnamomum camphora | minimal | Ringbark if <100mm;frill and paint otherwise | |
Small leaf Privet | x | Ligustrum sinense | minimal | Pull out seedlings; cut and paint larger plamts | |
Leucaena | o | Leucaena leucocephala | resolved | ||
Shrub | Biteau Bush | o | resolved | pulled out on sighting | |
Mexican Butterfly Weed | o | Asclepias currassavica | resolved | pulled out on sighting | |
Cotoneaster | x | Cotoneaster glaucophyllus | minimal | pulled out on sighting | |
Ludwigia | o | Ludwigia longifolia | resolved | ||
Herb | Crofton Weed | x | Ageratina adenophora | ongoing | Bag seed, pull out and raft-pullout as many as possible while not seeding |
Cobblers Pegs | x | Bidens pilosa | ongoing | Bag seed, pull out and raft-pullout as many as possible while not seeding |
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Asparagus Fern | x | Protoasparagus aethiopicus | ongoing | Bag seed, pull out and raft-pullout as many as possible while not seeding |
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Fireweed | x | Senecio madagascariensis | ongoing | Pulled out on sighting, bagging seed if present |
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Mexican Fireweed | x | Erechtites valerianifolia | ongoing | Pulled out on sighting, bagging seed if present | |
Fleabane | x | Conyza spp. | ongoing | Pulled out on sighting, bagging seed if present | |
Ginger Lily | x | Hedychium gardnerianum | resolved | pulled out on sighting | |
Dock | x | Rumex spp, | minimal | Remove with root | |
Paddy’s lucerne | x | Sida rhombifolia | minimal | Remove with root | |
Sedge | x | Juncus articulatus | ongoing | ||
x | Juncus tenuis | ongoing | |||
x | Cyperus eragrostis | ongoing | |||
x | Cyperus brevifolius | ongoing | |||
x | Isolepis prolifera | ongoing | |||
Lily/Iris | Watsonia | x | Watsonia meriana cv.bulbillifera | ??? | |
Blue Pigroot | x | Sisyrinchium iridifolium | ongoing | Pull out when small | |
Freesia hybrid | x | Freesia hybrid | ??? | ||
Grass | Whisky Grass | x | Andropogon virginicus | minimal | Bag seed, pull out |
Giant Paspalum | x | Paspalum | minimal | Crown and bag seed | |
Pigeon Grass | x | Setaria pumila | minimal | Pulled out on sighting | |
Panic Veldtgrass | x | Erhharta erecta | ongoing | Pulled out on sighting if isolated – if dense population | |
Barnyard Grass | x | Echinochloa crus-galli | minimal | Pulled out on sighting | |
Slender Pigeon Grass | x | Setaria gracilis | minimal | Pulled out on sighting | |
Blowfly Grass | x | Briza major | seasonal | ||
x | Briza minor | seasonal | |||
Prairie Grass | x | ||||
Rye Grass | x | Pennisetum Alopecuriodes | |||
Total weeds present | 38 | ||||
Total weeds eliminated | 7 |