Viburnum tinus

Laurustinus at Fisher, ACT

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Identification history

	Viburnum tinus	23 Oct 2022	Tapirlord
	Unverified	23 Oct 2022	MatthewFrawley

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Some sort of exotic plant

3 comments

MatthewFrawley wrote:

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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Location information

Coordinates 149.065761 -35.366855
Maps Mount Taylor
Places Fisher, ACT

Sighting information

1 Abundance
23 Oct 2022 11:50 AM Recorded on
MatthewFrawley Recorded by
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Plants Other Shrubs MatthewFrawley Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr

Additional information

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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