| Weed type
| Comparative
Effort
(relative to last season; Reserve only)
| Likely reasons
|
| African Lovegrass
| more | An ever-present problem |
| St. John's Wort |
much more
|
Spraying has commenced earlier than last season and in additional areas. |
| Blackberries |
similar |
Blackberry treatment has not yet commenced. |
| Briars |
similar |
Briar treatment has not yet commenced. |
| Cootamundra wattle |
similar |
There are not many on the Reserve and treatment is occasional. |
| Saffron thistles |
much less |
Unsure why as there are a lot of Saffron thistles germinating in some places. |
| 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 |
Not a major target yet this season.
|
| non-Saffron thistles |
similar |
An ever-present problem |
| Paterson's Curse |
slightly more |
Conditions over winter have been favourable for Paterson's Curse again as in the previous two seasons, requiring more attention than it has in the seasons before that. |
| Capeweed |
less |
Attention to treatment of Capeweed is not consistent from season to season. |
| Exotic grasses (other than those classified of National Significance) |
less |
Much less effort spent in Weetangera paddock trying to clear exotic grasses from planting areas than last season. |
| Bathurst Burr |
similar |
Still too early in the season |
| Other woody weeds |
much less |
The rainfall conditions in the past 12 months have been less favourable for woody weed germination and growth. |
| 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. Effort is largely in Weetangera paddock. |
