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Mike
wrote:
3 hrs ago
Cootamundra wattle is a declared pest plant so I don't see that the Government is cultivating them; maybe just ignoring them because of lack of resources. I don't worry too much about them in Isaacs/Mugga because there is a lack of other natives.
Acacia baileyana
waltraud
wrote:
3 hrs ago
Mike
I do follow up monitoring all the time preferably 1 or 2 years after tackling parent plants - I monitor treated sites and follow up since over ten years because the seeds survive a long time in the soil seed bank. I found that less and less germinate, however, we can't win since Government cultivate Cootamundra wattles nearby in areas surrounding Mt Majura nature reserve, such as on an offset site block 578 abutting nature reserve to the northeast, see https://canberra.naturemapr.org/sightings/4723338, or along the Fed Highway, or at Epic....
I do follow up monitoring all the time preferably 1 or 2 years after tackling parent plants - I monitor treated sites and follow up since over ten years because the seeds survive a long time in the soil seed bank. I found that less and less germinate, however, we can't win since Government cultivate Cootamundra wattles nearby in areas surrounding Mt Majura nature reserve, such as on an offset site block 578 abutting nature reserve to the northeast, see https://canberra.naturemapr.org/sightings/4723338, or along the Fed Highway, or at Epic....
Acacia baileyana
waltraud
wrote:
3 hrs ago
Im positive about grazing because i ve seen half nibbled leaves and specimen that are not defoliated but presumably only because they were protected by a ball of previously cut hawthorns. this would also indicate grazing by large herbivore not grass hoppers
Crataegus monogyna
Mike
wrote:
4 hrs ago
Does this mean you are winning the battle? The timeline shows large ones a few years ago; now you are reporting tiny seedlings.
Acacia baileyana
Mike
wrote:
4 hrs ago
What is grazing on it? I see a lot of defoliated hawthorns but I am not sure grazing is responsible.
Crataegus monogyna
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