Viburnum tinus

Laurustinus at Fisher, ACT

Viburnum tinus at Fisher, ACT - 23 Oct 2022
Viburnum tinus at Fisher, ACT - 23 Oct 2022
Viburnum tinus at Fisher, ACT - 23 Oct 2022
Viburnum tinus at Fisher, ACT - 23 Oct 2022
Viburnum tinus at Fisher, ACT - 23 Oct 2022
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Identification history

Viburnum tinus 23 Oct 2022 Tapirlord
Unidentified 23 Oct 2022 MatthewFrawley

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Some sort of exotic plant

3 comments

   23 Oct 2022
@George do you know what this one is? Under a large Red Box, lots of weeds in that small area, good place to target for weed removal.
George wrote:
   23 Oct 2022
I’ll note it down - every large tree seems to have a crop of woody weeds underneath - another garden escapee
Rosie wrote:
   24 Oct 2022
Viburnum tinus has been found in increasing numbers in nature reserves by landcaring volunteers in the last 5 - 10 years. Sightings and removals have been reported but V. tinus is still sold and widely used for landscaping in the ACT region.
The same is true for Photinia, the berries of which birds now find palatable and spread in their droppings.
Reporting these garden escapee species on CNM is helpful as volunteers and rangers toil to begin this new cycle of protecting the biodiversity of the territory's essential open spaces.

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  • 30cm to 1 metre Plant height
  • True In flower

Species information

  • Viburnum tinus Scientific name
  • Laurustinus Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Exotic
  • Medium Weed or Pest
  • Up to 811.73m Recorded at altitude
  • Machine learning
  • In flower
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