Galium aparine
Goosegrass, Cleavers at Watson, ACT
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| Galium aparine | BettyDonWood | 6 Nov 2016 | |
| Galium aparine | BettyDonWood | 6 Nov 2016 | |
| Unverified | AaronClausen | 6 Nov 2016 |
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Big infestation
5 comments
2 Dec 2016
You haven't seen anything Aaron: for instance the infestation further north towards Valour park is approx 100m x 50m Cleavers. We pulled large piles but it seems rather hopeless.
waltraud
waltraud
2 Dec 2016
How should this stuff be killed Waltraud? Just pulled out by the root? MASSIVE job...! There is tons of it back there now in this same spot.
2 Dec 2016
Aaron i don't know what the best way is to control cleavers. Sso far we removed by hand but as you noted it would be a huge job. Rreports suggest to spray with Starane however Starane is very expensive; also I haven't checked the label ie whether Starane can be used to control cleavers in the ACT.
2 Dec 2016
The other problem with it is that it seeds freely. On my suburban block with a tiny infestation, no sooner had we got rid of it than it came up again.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.169600-35.229970
- Altitude 642.8m
- Places Watson, ACT
Sighting information
- 101 - 1,000 Abundance
- 6 Nov 2016 11:44 AM Recorded on
- AaronClausen Recorded by
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Species information
- Galium aparine Scientific name
- Goosegrass, Cleavers Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Exotic
- Minor weed or pest
- Up to 874.13m Recorded at altitude
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In flower
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