Arctotheca calendula

Capeweed, Cape Dandelion at Watson, ACT

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	Arctotheca calendula	29 Sep 2020	MichaelBedingfield
	Arctotheca calendula	28 Sep 2020	MAX

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Rampant Invasive Weed, We have An UNPRECEDENTED Weed Problem on our hands. URGENT ACTION is needed to prevent a Grassy Woodlands BIODIVERSITY DISASTER !!,

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waltraud wrote:

29 Sep 2020

Capeweed is omnipresent and is taking over areas where I haven't noticed the species before. As we go through the cycles of drought and overgrazing the native grass cover has practically disappeared, no wonder with such a huge a kangaroo population (at least 5times of what is sustainable); the weeds just fill in. Say Goodby to endangered Horay sunray, good by critically endangered grassy woodland... Volunteers can't battle the weeds, 1000s of hours are not enough, we can't inundate the nature reserve with herbicide year in year out and still loose native biodiversity to overgrazing. We lose this war on weeds because the government is not managing the overgrazing.

MAX wrote:

29 Sep 2020

Kia Ora Waltraud, Your Review Comments are SAD but SPOT ON ! Perhaps the only Messages Politicians are willing to Understand is Through the Ballot Box. Unfortunately if by some Miracle ! they choose to act to at least Start to save our PRECIOUS and UNIQUE BIODIVERSITY, which supports all our ECOSYSTEMS, the Damage from DECADES of NEGLECT as the CARETAKERS and Stewards of our Natural Environment, Will take an Equally long time to reach some stage of Restoration. Haere Mai Kaitiaki, Tena Koutou Tangata Whenua.

George wrote:

29 Sep 2020

I agree Waltraud - found capeweed in our significant wildflower area on our MTPG walk on Sunday 0 we miss Jenny Connolly who used to assist us maintain this area

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