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Asparagus asparagoides

1 Bridal Creeper, Florist's Smilax at O'Connor, ACT

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Identification history

	Asparagus asparagoides	8 Jul 2020	RWPurdie
	Asparagus asparagoides	8 Jul 2020	trevorpreston

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Significant sighting

MichaelMulvaney noted:

9 Jul 2020

New location for this high risk weed

8 comments

trevorpreston wrote:

9 Jul 2020

From what I understand, this plant needs to be removed.
I'm not sure on the protocol here, do I leave it to the volunteer group that looks after Bruce ridge, should I contact someone, or can I just go up there again with a shovel?

Parks818 wrote:

9 Jul 2020

Best time to control is in spring using herbicide - metsulfuron methyl. It has a large rhizome-like root system - so if dug out this must be removed. Job has been added to ACT Parks - Invasive Plants Program for spring.

MichaelMulvaney wrote:

9 Jul 2020

Thanks for the sighting, great to be able to get on top of this weed before it becomes an unmanageable problem

Rebeccaryanactgov wrote:

2 Oct 2020

This one has been sprayed.

MichaelMulvaney wrote:

2 Oct 2020

Thanks Rebecca much appreciated

Rebeccaryanactgov wrote:

30 Jun 2021

Visited this site again today to check, manually removed one small plant in similar location. Will continue to monitor area for new incursions.