Sifton Bush, Chinese Shrub at Hackett, ACT
Identification history
| Cassinia sifton | 25 Jun 2023 | waltraud |
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In secondary grassland, on high transmission power line easement; between 250-300 Sifton bushes in an area of 270square meters; more patches with dense growth around plus scattered Sifton; all fruit bearing Sifton beyond peak seed. Current work to replace timber power poles with concrete poles just a few meters to the north with extreme soil disturbance (2nd and 3rd pic). Close to major conservation (Canberra Spider orchid) site. The dense patch of Sifton recorded here occurs in relatively undisturbed secondary grassland; there was one, may be 5-6 years old Sifton, surrounded by 100s of younger of different ages.
2 comments
abread111
wrote:
25 Jun 2023
Yes, this does seem to be invasive... must have taken a while to pull or treat all those.
I've read the discussion and seems we should not worry about the odd Sifton bush in undisturbed areas, but only tackle infestations like this one, where the disturbed area is close to a rare wildflowers area.
I've read the discussion and seems we should not worry about the odd Sifton bush in undisturbed areas, but only tackle infestations like this one, where the disturbed area is close to a rare wildflowers area.
waltraud
wrote:
25 Jun 2023
Thanks Barb.
My worries
1. it seems to have started with the odd one Sifton here and there and then the Sifton number exploded probably helped by the recent LaNina events - I will check whether other dense growth patches in the vicinity have one parent plant and a similar spread pattern
2. the Siftons shown in this record grow in relatively dense native groundcover which may indicate a potential to invade relatively intact bush not only disturbed sites. there are some disturbed sites in the vicinity from previous replacements of power poles and some quite big rabbit warrens.
My worries
1. it seems to have started with the odd one Sifton here and there and then the Sifton number exploded probably helped by the recent LaNina events - I will check whether other dense growth patches in the vicinity have one parent plant and a similar spread pattern
2. the Siftons shown in this record grow in relatively dense native groundcover which may indicate a potential to invade relatively intact bush not only disturbed sites. there are some disturbed sites in the vicinity from previous replacements of power poles and some quite big rabbit warrens.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.170486-35.248314
- Altitude 655.4m
- Maps Mount Majura
- Places Hackett, ACT
Sighting information
- 101 - 1,000 Abundance
- 24 Jun 2023 04:12 PM Recorded on
- waltraud Recorded by
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Plants Daisies waltraud
Additional information
- 30cm to 1 metre Plant height
Species information
- Cassinia sifton Scientific name
- Sifton Bush, Chinese Shrub Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 864m Recorded at altitude
- 231 images trained Machine learning
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- More than one media file
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- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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