| Weed type
| Comparative
Effort
(relative to last season; Reserve only)
| Likely reasons
|
| African Lovegrass
| much more
| ALG is flourishing this season |
| St. John's Wort |
much less
|
Spraying was interrupted by wet weather and then by very dry conditions in February and March halting growth. |
| Blackberries |
similar |
Another season when Blackberries are germinating and growing strongly, with more effort to come in April. |
| Briars |
similar |
Briar numbers have been similar to the last few seasons. |
| Cootamundra wattle |
similar |
There are not many on the Reserve and treatment is occasional. |
| Saffron thistles |
much more |
Although more than last season effort required was much less than several years ago. |
| Horehound |
similar |
Horehound is no longer a major problem on the reserve compared with a decade ago and just requires a small amount of effort each season. |
| Verbascum |
much less |
Much less Verbascum so far this season, consistent with expectations from summer rainfall, which was much less than the previous season.
|
| non-Saffron thistles |
less |
Although these had been largely under control on the Reserve until 2020, the wet seasons since then have caused their resurgence and they are now requiring more effort to control than we are able to provide. The effort belies their prevalence because of rain interruptions to treatment. |
| Paterson's Curse |
much more |
Paterson's Curse is more prevalent this season in some locations (notably Kama Link) and requiring a lot of attention. |
| Capeweed |
similar |
Continued less effort to control it in Weetangera paddock this season. |
| Exotic grasses (other than those classified of National Significance) |
much less |
Much less effort spent in Weetangera paddock trying to clear exotic grasses from planting areas than last season. |
| Bathurst Burr |
much less |
Bathurst Burr is not evident so far this season |
| Other woody weeds |
much more |
There have been a lot of miscellaneous woody weeds this season in a delayed response to the previous three high rainfall seasons |
| Skeleton weed |
much less |
Skeleton weed has not been specifically targeted so far this season. |
| Miscellaneous broadleaf weeds |
similar |
This category includes a range of low to medium risk weeds such as Hoary mustard, Prickly lettuce, fleabane, flatweed, catsear, Tragopogon, plantain, etc. Less effort in Weetangera paddock this season but more elsewhere in the reserve. |
