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…
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…
What to expect: Hawthorns, Sweet Briar roses, Blackberry, and non-local Cootamundra wattles and their hybrids, young Snowy River wattles, and Grevillea shrubs invading from the Federal Highway plantings. Many hawthorns are small, heavily grazed, may carry only few leaves and be hard to spot such as these recorded on Canberra…
Evergreen woody plants such as Rosemary Grevillea, Cootamundra wattle or Privet can be tackled any time of the year provided the correct treatment procedure. How to …. Control woody weeds using cut & dab and frill & fill. Cut stems close to ground level and immediately treat cut surface with…
Typical woody weeds you will find within 100m of Hackett houses …or choking drainage lines and gullies such as this one in the Mount Majura reserve… Environmental woody weeds such as Grevillea, Cootamundra and other non-local wattles and various hybrids of wattles, Hakea, Privets, Prunus, Sweet Briar Rose, Cotoneaster, Nettle…
Typical woody weeds within 300m of Hackett houses Woody weeds are perennial plants, evergreen or deciduous, climbing, creeping or upright growing, with woody stems such as Grevillea, Cootamundra wattle and their hybrids, hakeas, privets, prunus and other ornamental fruit trees, Wild roses, cotoneasters, Nettle tree, Hawthorn, African olive, Sacred bamboo…
If you think Privets are an environmental disaster, think again: Callery Pear, Pyrus calleryana, the darling of horticulturists and landscapers, is on the march to invade our nature reserves and local bush land. In September, Friends of Mt Majura (FoMM) wrote to Suzanne Orr, the Minister for Climate Change, Environment,…
After our January working bee in the reserve area adjacent to Valour Park, Friends of Mount Majura will be returning there to cut and dab briars and pull Southern Blue Gum seedlings from 9 am to noon on Sunday, 25th February in a shady site mostly under trees. And while…
