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Large Shrubs and Trees 34 Hawthorn Crataegus monogyna Status: NOXIOUS Regionally controlled Very serious environmental weed Garden escape Found in gullies, moist slopes and streams Features: Erect, deciduous, perennial shrub to 7m tree. Thorny branches, with small deeply lobed and serrated, bright green leaves. White, or sometimes pink, flowers in spring followed by red berries in autumn. Dispersal: Seeds spread by water, birds, to a lesser extent foxes. Control: Irish Strawberry Tree Arbutus unedo Status: Serious environmental weed Garden escape Features: Small tree to 6m with dark green leaves, finely serrated margins and reddish stems. Small white urn–shaped flowers from autumn to winter, followed by red strawberry like fruits. Dispersal: Seed spread mainly by birds. Control:
Tree Privet Ligustrum lucidum Status: Serious environmental weed Garden escape Found in moist slopes, gullies and streams Features: Evergreen shrubs or trees, with green oval leaves and small white flowers in spring, followed by prolific red fruits turning black. Dispersal: Fruit eaten by birds and foxes, spread into gardens and bush. Control: Increasing in <strong>Manningham</strong> Radiata Pine Pinus radiata Status: Serious environmental weed Garden escape Features: A tall, evergreen, softwood tree to 30m. Dark green needle like leaves in threes. The large, seed bearing cones at the end of branches take two to three years to mature. Dispersal: Seeds dispersed by wind some distance from the parent tree all year round and by birds. Similar local native plants: Exocarpos species (Ballarts). Control: Large Shrubs and Trees 35
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 and 30: Gorse Ulex europaeus Status: Weed o
Page 31 and 32: Spanish Heath Erica lusitanica Stat
Page 33: Cherry Plum Prunus cerasifera 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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