Winter Warm-up Mulching Take 2 on Sunday 19 July 1:00 – 4:00 pm What the work site used to look like – a monoculture of the evil grass Chilean Needlegrass Nassella neesiana, before spraying with herbicide. Photo by W. Pix. Join the Friends of Mt Majura for a warm-up mulching session…
Mulch, Mulch glorious Mulch – Where? At The Fair! Sun 16 August 1 pm Mulching group enjoy an afternoon cake break under the watchful eyes of a magpie, in July near the lower Hackett reservoir. Picture by Jenni Marsh. Friends of Mt Majura (FoMM) host working parties on the third…
Hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna) Novice weeders are encouraged to be early for an induction on target weeds and the safe handling of equipment. You will be working in pairs, the weather will be fantastic and you will go home with a cheerful feeling because you enhanced our precious woodlands. More information…
Find a list of the tree species of Mt Majura (with comments) at majura.org/species-lists Scribbly Gum (Eucalyptus rossii) with compression lines (left); Blakely’s Red Gum (E. blakelyi) clusters of buds (photographs Waltraud Pix) The Eucalypts and Wattles Australian vegetation, with the exception of smaller patches of rainforest and chenopod shrublands,…
The introduced Myna birds aggressively compete with native birds and mammals for nesting tree hollows. They fight for hollows, destroy eggs and chicks of native birds like Rosellas. They evict Sugar Gliders from hollows, which means the death sentence for these small mammals because they have nowhere to go. The…
What kind of woody weeds to expect Oldfields Lane goes from Antill Street east through endangered box – gum woodland country containing a good variety of native wildflowers, so it is important to restrict the spread of invasive weeds to allow the wildlife in this area to thrive. The Lane…
The Common’ has a variety of weeds to be tackled, and plenty of them as we found in May when we worked with the Mt Ainslie Weeders. The corner of ‘The Common’ nearest to Kellaway St has now been cleared of Cootamundra Wattles using loppers or small saws and herbicide…
Foxes and the spread of Sweet Briar Fox scats of Sweet Briar fruits and seeds, photo taken in nature reserve east of The Fair (W.Pix). Foxes are highly adaptable opportunistic omnivores. They hunt and scavenge, and take a wide variety of vertebrate and invertebrate prey, both native and introduced and…
About Blue Gums Southern Blue Gum mature leaf (left), juvenile leaves (right), fruits or gum-nuts (top) and warty flower buds (Canberra Nature Map). The up to 45 m tall Eurabbie or Southern Blue Gum, Eucalyptus globulus subsp. bicostata is a tree from Victoria’s forests which has been extensively planted in…
Deep Mulching – An experiment to help control Chilean Needle Grass Chilean Needle Grass (CNG), Nassella neesiana is a Weed of National Significance. It is regarded as one of the worst weeds in Australia because of its invasiveness, potential of spread, and economic and environmental impact. It is closely related…
