Moth Plant at Lyons, ACT
Identification history
| Araujia sericifera | 27 May 2022 | Tapirlord | ||
| Unverified | 27 May 2022 | jmcleod |
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User's notes
Didn't really check whether it is a single plant or multiple. Flowers have finished, currently fruiting
7 comments
jmcleod
wrote:
27 May 2022
So... any specific techniques for killing this one off? Or shall I wander up there again with a garbag this weekend and just pull out everything I can find (fruits and roots in particular)?
MichaelMulvaney
wrote:
28 May 2022
Yes this major weed elsewhere in Australia is becoming more frequent in the ACT and we will need people like Jmcleod to keep it out - Thanks
jmcleod
wrote:
29 May 2022
Dig the roots out, he says... Erk, these things have extensive but shallow roots... almost 3m from where it came out of the ground to where I lost the longest root.
Did a search around and couldn't see any others - there are a lot of hardenbergia in the area that the leaves can be superficially confused with.
Did a search around and couldn't see any others - there are a lot of hardenbergia in the area that the leaves can be superficially confused with.
Mike
wrote:
30 May 2022
Sorry about that. I must have been lucky with the ones I dug. When there are lots of different plants around I scrape the stems and apply glyphosate, but I didn’t know if you could do that.
Plants on Oakey Hill possibly spread from the old School of Horticulture (now Featherston Gardens) in Weston. I reported some from there in 2017 and assume they were removed.
Plants on Oakey Hill possibly spread from the old School of Horticulture (now Featherston Gardens) in Weston. I reported some from there in 2017 and assume they were removed.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.066574-35.336655
- Altitude 685.0m
- Maps Oakey Hill
- Places Lyons, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 27 May 2022 07:10 AM Recorded on
- jmcleod Recorded by
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Significant jmcleod Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Araujia sericifera Climbers Climbers & Mistletoes Plants
Species information
- Araujia sericifera Scientific name
- Moth Plant Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Exotic
- Major weed or pest
- Up to 762.57m Recorded at altitude
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