| Weed type
| Comparative
Effort
(relative to last season; Reserve only)
| Likely reasons
|
| African Lovegrass
| similar
| An ever-present problem |
| St. John's Wort |
similar
|
Slightly more effort because a slightly larger area was treated than last season. |
| Blackberries |
similar |
Another season when Blackberries are germinating and growing strongly, although slightly less effort was required. |
| Briars |
similar |
Briar numbers were similar to last season. |
| Cootamundra wattle |
similar |
There are not many on the Reserve and treatment is occasional. |
| Saffron thistles |
much more |
Conditions were more favourable for Saffron thistles this season compared with the last few. |
| 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 more |
This largely reflects a different approach to Verbascum control this season with more grubbing by unnecessarily large teams rather than spraying by one person. Verbascum prevalence is reasonably high in some areas but overall on the reserve is low in keeping with the low rainfall.
|
| non-Saffron thistles |
similar |
|
| Paterson's Curse |
slightly less |
Conditions over winter have been favourable for Paterson's Curse in the last two seasons, requiring more attention than it has in the seasons before that. |
| Capeweed |
much more |
Attention to treatment of Capeweed is not consistent from season to season. |
| Exotic grasses (other than those classified of National Significance) |
much more |
Much more effort spent in Weetangera paddock trying to clear exotic grasses from planting areas than last season. |
| Bathurst Burr |
much less |
Bathurst Burr was not evident this season |
| Other woody weeds |
similar |
There has continued to be a lot of miscellaneous woody weeds this season as the effects of the three high rainfall seasons between 2020 and 2023 continue to express themselves. It also reflects the time spent by grubbing teams scouring for woody weeds rather than targeted spraying. |
| Skeleton weed |
much less |
Skeleton weed has not been specifically targeted so far this season. |
| Miscellaneous broadleaf weeds |
much less |
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, largely because not required as a result of the amount and timing of rainfall. |
