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Small to Medium Shrubs 30 Myrtle-leaf Milkwort Polygala myrtifolia Status: Serious environmental weed Garden escape Increasing in <strong>Manningham</strong> Features: Bushy shrub to 2m with small elliptic leaves and purple butterfly shaped flowers. Hard seeds germinate prolifically especially after fire and disturbance. Tolerates wide range of conditions. Dispersal: Seed is spread by water, ants, birds, soil and dumped garden waste. Similar Native Plants: Indigofera australis (Austral Indigo). Note: Sterile hybrids are available. Control: Red-ink Weed Phytolacca octandra Status: Serious environmental weed Increasing in <strong>Manningham</strong> Features: Small to medium, bushy, soft wooded shrub. Long, oval leaves with a pointed tip, rank smelling when crushed. Flowers are small and white, greenish or tinged red in a dense spike, followed by shiny purple/black berries. Stems often reddish. Dispersal: Spread by birds and foxes. Mainly in disturbed sites, also invades bushland. Warning: All plant parts are poisonous and cause skin irritations. Control:
Spanish Heath Erica lusitanica Status: Very serious environmental weed Found in moist sites, shaded slopes Features: An erect shrub to 3m high. Small, fine hairless and crowded leaves. Numerous white flowers with pink–tinged buds. Anther lobes dark purple. Flowers in winter. Dispersal: Small pepper–like seed spread by wind and dumping of plants containing seeds. Slashing encourages regrowth and suckering. Similar local native plants: Epacris impressa (Common Heath), Cassinia arcuata (Drooping Cassinia), Dillwynia cinerascens (Grey Parrot-pea). Control: St Peter’s Wort (Square-stem St John’s Wort) Hypericum tetrapterum Status: NOXIOUS Regionally prohibited Very serious environmental weed Found in moist sites, gullies and streams Features: Erect herb or soft wooded subshrub to 1m with square stems. Broad ovate green leaves with distinctive veins. Leaf bases hug the stems. Clusters of yellow flowers with brown capsule fruit. Dispersal: By seed and runners along drainage lines and waterways. Warning: Poisonous to stock. Control: Small to Medium Shrubs 31
Page 1 and 2: Weeds Identification and control of
Page 3 and 4: What is a weed? Weeds are plants th
Page 5 and 6: Methods of Control Prevention Do no
Page 7 and 8: Agapanthus Agapanthus praecox ssp.
Page 9 and 10: Freesia Freesia species hybrids Sta
Page 11 and 12: Bridal Creeper Asparagus asparagoid
Page 13 and 14: Creeping Buttercup Ranunculus repen
Page 15 and 16: Many indigenous grasses and sedges
Page 17 and 18: Kikuyu Grass Pennisetum clandestinu
Page 19 and 20: Serrated Tussock Nassella trichotom
Page 21 and 22: Capeweed Arctotheca calendula Statu
Page 23 and 24: Ragwort Senecio jacobaea Status: NO
Page 25 and 26: St John’s Wort Hypericum perforat
Page 27 and 28: Blackberry Rubus fruticosus species
Page 29: Gorse Ulex europaeus Status: Weed o
Page 33 and 34: Cherry Plum Prunus cerasifera Statu
Page 35 and 36: Tree Privet Ligustrum lucidum Statu
Page 37 and 38: Wattles (seven species below) Statu
Page 40 and 41: Other Weeds 40 The following plants
Page 42 and 43: Glossary 42 Alternate (of leaves) a
Page 44 and 45: Botanical Name Index 44 Page Acacia
Page 47 and 48: Useful environmental pest control r

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