Weeds Identification (PDF, 13MB, new window) - Manningham City ...
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Climbers and Creepers<br />
14<br />
Japanese Honeysuckle<br />
Lonicera japonica<br />
Status:<br />
Very serious environmental weed<br />
Garden escape<br />
Found in disturbed areas and invades bush. More<br />
vigorous in moist areas.<br />
Features: Vigorous scrambler or climber to 8m.<br />
Opposite ovate leaves, lobed on juvenile plants.<br />
Fragrant yellow flowers in spring to summer, small<br />
blackberries in autumn. Dense clumps smother<br />
native groundstorey and can blanket shrubs and<br />
small trees.<br />
Dispersal: Mainly by seed spread by birds, often<br />
from dumped garden refuse. Also reproduces<br />
vegetatively, with stems taking root and spreading.<br />
Control:<br />
Note: Spray treatment can be problematic and<br />
should only be carried out by a professional.<br />
Wandering Tradescantia<br />
Tradescantia fluminensis<br />
Status:<br />
Very serious environmental weed<br />
Garden escape<br />
Features: Perennial ground cover herb with soft<br />
glossy bright green oval leaves on succulent fragile<br />
stems. White flowers with three petals at the end of<br />
stems in summer.<br />
Dispersal: Nodes readily take root if in contact with<br />
moist soil. Proliferates along waterways as plant<br />
fragments move down stream, often to the extent<br />
of excluding all other ground covers. Also from<br />
dumping of garden refuse.<br />
Warning: May cause severe contact allergy in dogs.<br />
Control:
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