Sweet Briar, Eglantine at Mount Majura
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| Rosa rubiginosa | 1 Mar 2024 | abread111 |
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waltraud
wrote:
2 Mar 2024
Barb can you point out to me what the difference is between R. rubiginosa and R. canina?
Mike
wrote:
2 Mar 2024
See Rosa sp. (A Wild Rose) for both species. See also the comments for Rosa sp. (A Wild Rose) (which I have added to the Discussions collection, so it easier to find).
I don't see much value in mapping individual plants or small groups when there are thousands to contend with, at least in Isaacs/Mugga and the Murrumbidgee valley.
I don't see much value in mapping individual plants or small groups when there are thousands to contend with, at least in Isaacs/Mugga and the Murrumbidgee valley.
waltraud
wrote:
5 Mar 2024
hi Mike and abread111
FoMM started woody weed control over 20 years ago and at times I spent roughly 2000 hours per year to tackle mainly woody weeds - I assure you there were 100s if not 1000s of Rosa. I divided Mt Majura in blocks and for weeks I would go early morning and spent the whole day until dark systematically working through the blocks. The density and locality of regrowth interests me, therefore mapping either with Field maps or CNM. My hope is that certain species can be seriously decimated if not eradicated such as African Boxthorn which I think no one cultivates in gardens or uses for landscaping. My concern is the inability of follow-up because of disease and old age, but I'm also concerned of untreated Rosa (and other woody weeds) in neighbouring reserves (Watson Woodland for example) and other land ("nature" strip along Federal Highway for example), and the continuing invasion of landscape / garden escapes. On the northwest slope we have now a totally new crop of garden escapes such as ornamental pears popping up since 2 years which are from the highly invasive Pears planted as street trees at The Fair (built and landscaped in 2011 / 2012).
I think, significant ParkCare efforts should go into advocacy for education and things like providing input for the list of prohibited plants in the ACT, the list of recommended plants, insisting on regular review of those lists etc, and in terms of on ground work insisting of concerted action to control woody weeds in clusters of land (birds and foxes, the main spreaders of Rosa, don't care about boundaries....). In the 20.5 years since FoMM began, PCS carried out 4 times woody weed control work in the Mt Majura reserve; 3 of those were by Parkcare field support last year...
FoMM started woody weed control over 20 years ago and at times I spent roughly 2000 hours per year to tackle mainly woody weeds - I assure you there were 100s if not 1000s of Rosa. I divided Mt Majura in blocks and for weeks I would go early morning and spent the whole day until dark systematically working through the blocks. The density and locality of regrowth interests me, therefore mapping either with Field maps or CNM. My hope is that certain species can be seriously decimated if not eradicated such as African Boxthorn which I think no one cultivates in gardens or uses for landscaping. My concern is the inability of follow-up because of disease and old age, but I'm also concerned of untreated Rosa (and other woody weeds) in neighbouring reserves (Watson Woodland for example) and other land ("nature" strip along Federal Highway for example), and the continuing invasion of landscape / garden escapes. On the northwest slope we have now a totally new crop of garden escapes such as ornamental pears popping up since 2 years which are from the highly invasive Pears planted as street trees at The Fair (built and landscaped in 2011 / 2012).
I think, significant ParkCare efforts should go into advocacy for education and things like providing input for the list of prohibited plants in the ACT, the list of recommended plants, insisting on regular review of those lists etc, and in terms of on ground work insisting of concerted action to control woody weeds in clusters of land (birds and foxes, the main spreaders of Rosa, don't care about boundaries....). In the 20.5 years since FoMM began, PCS carried out 4 times woody weed control work in the Mt Majura reserve; 3 of those were by Parkcare field support last year...
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- Coordinates 149.167882-35.230622
- Altitude 660.0m
- Maps Mount Majura
- Places Watson, ACT
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- 2 Abundance
- 1 Mar 2024 10:39 AM Recorded on
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- 1 metre to 5 metres Plant height
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- Rosa rubiginosa Scientific name
- Sweet Briar, Eglantine Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Exotic
- Noxious or High Risk Weed or Pest
- Up to 1279.7m Recorded at altitude
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