| Weed type
| Comparative
Effort
(relative to last season; Reserve only)
| Likely reasons
|
| African Lovegrass
| more
| but small so far |
| St. John's Wort |
much less
|
In July to September last year there was a lot of catch-up treatment from the previous season. |
| Blackberries |
similar |
Blackberry treatment doesn't start until November. |
| Briars |
similar |
Briar treatment doesn't start until November. |
| Cootamundra wattle |
similar |
There are not many on the Reserve and treatment is occasional. |
| Saffron thistles |
similar |
Still much reduced number of Saffron thistles compared with several years ago. |
| Horehound |
similar |
Horehound is a little more prevalent this 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 |
similar |
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. |
| Paterson's Curse |
much more |
Paterson's Curse is more prevalent this season in some locations and receiving a lot of attention. |
| Capeweed |
more |
More effort to control it in Weetangera paddock this season than the previous two but less than 3 years ago. |
| Exotic grasses (other than those classified of National Significance) |
much less |
Less effort spent in Weetangera paddock trying to clear exotic grasses from planting areas than last year. |
| 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 early this season in response to the previous two high rainfall seasons |
| Skeleton weed |
much less |
Skeleton weed has not been specifically targeted so far this season. |
| Miscellaneous broadleaf weeds |
much more |
This category includes a range of low to medium risk weeds such as Hoary mustard, Prickly lettuce, fleabane, flatweed, catsear, Tragopogon, plantain, etc. A lot of effort spent in Weetangera paddock trying to clear broadleaf weeds from planting areas. |
