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 Nature Map.
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A hawthorn growing six new stems after the originally single stemmed plant was cut (W.Pix Canberra Nature Map.
We will tackle exotic species such as deciduous Hawthorn and Sweet Briar roses and some non-local evergreen Australian plants such as Cootamundra wattle, Snowy River Wattle, and
Grevilleas which invade the grassy woodland from the Federal Highway road verge plantings.
Autumn is a good time to cut deciduous hawthorns and wild roses and treat them with herbicide before they enter winter hibernation.
It is crucial how to carry out work: suckering hawthorns and roses must be cut close to the ground and herbicide applied to the cut surface immediately using a spray bottle or dabber.
If not treated correctly, roses in particular tend to re-sprout with growing more stems than before the treatment such as this re-sprounting rose and sending out suckers along their underground stems. The result would be more work for volunteers.
Cootamundra wattles growing in the grassy woodlands of Mt Majura’s north slope (Photo W.Pix Canberra Nature Map).
