Acacia baileyana

Cootamundra Wattle, Golden Mimosa at Watson, ACT

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Acacia baileyana	21 Jul 2023	michaelb
Acacia baileyana	20 Jul 2023	CarbonAI
Acacia baileyana	20 Jul 2023	HappyWanderer

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4 comments

waltraud wrote:

21 Jul 2023

happywanderer come to our woody weed working party on 20 August and help tackle this and other cootas; see https://majura.org/woody-weeds-working-bee-20-08-2023/

Mike wrote:

21 Jul 2023

@waltraud, don’t you get complaints that “wattle is our national emblem” and shouldn’t be removed? I know Acacia pycnantha golden wattle is the national one but but many people just think ‘wattle’. Even A. pycnantha is extending its range in the ACT and could be potentially invasive.

waltraud wrote:

21 Jul 2023

No, so far no complains reg removal of Cootamundra Wattle on Mt Majura; but our fellow Parkcare group the Mt Ainslie Weeders had quite aggressive objections... Cootamundra invasions on east slope of Mt Ainslie change the grassy woodland into something else. So much need for education plus management would need to consider bird habitat - not easy.

MatthewFrawley wrote:

21 Jul 2023

Removal has occurred in Mount Taylor Nature Reserve where it was shading out known PTWL habitat.

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