Asparagus asparagoides
Bridal Creeper, Florist's Smilax at Mount Majura
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| Asparagus asparagoides | abread111 | 17 Jun 2024 |
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MichaelMulvaney noted:
18 Jun 2024
New occurrence of high risk weed within an general known location
User's notes
Dug out carefully and bagged, 3 stems in the clump, is a protected area under native cherry trees, with strawberry plants, Paterson's curse etc also present.
8 comments
18 Jun 2024
https://canberra.naturemapr.org/users/4030, I checked the Bridal creeper records of Mts Majura / Ainslie again to see whether there are indications of habitat preferences and I stumbled over your comment at our Bridal Creeper sighting Asparagus asparagoides (Bridal Creeper, Florist's Smilax) from May 2023 reg your "past hand removal of 12 garbage bag full of bridal creeper bulb masses". It is not clear to me from where you removed them. Was it at the locality of above mentioned sighting? Most of our Bridal Creeper findings are at drainage lines of lower slopes at sites disturbed by previous management, one garden dumping site, all have good tree canopy (bird perching sites and protection from frost). I do wonder whether the current climate condition in Canberra with frost in winter keeps this serious weed at bay...
18 Jun 2024
Sorry for the confusion - I was talking about my son's place on Kangaroo Island, trying to make the point that even where there was a massive carpet infection across an area tens x tens of metres digging the bulbs out with a mattock and hand was surprisingly successful. Yes I think it doesn't like the frosts but worry that if we don't get on top of it with warmer winters on the way it may boom.
18 Jun 2024
Agree; it seems that it likes similar conditions than Inkweed includ. the spread by birds most likely mainly the Currawongs...
18 Jun 2024
Just FYI bridal creeper is still an eradication target for the ACT Governemnt. We monitor a number of sites across the territory, predominantly in north Canberra and usually conduct a chemical treatment starting in September.
18 Jun 2024
https://canberra.naturemapr.org/users/19461, if we find bridal creeper should we just report but not digging out? we dug out before (see sighting mentioned above) and that seemed to be successful (no bc found at a couple of surveys)
18 Jun 2024
Thanks Waltraud. No need to leave any you find if you have the time and capacity to remove it immediately. Just map it on treated weeds so we know which areas have been treated to avoid doubling up.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.172073-35.228953
- Altitude 676.0m
- Places Watson, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 17 Jun 2024 11:39 AM Recorded on
- abread111 Recorded by
- 30cm to 1 metre Plant height
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- Significant abread111 Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Asparagus asparagoides Climbers Climbers & Mistletoes Plants
Species information
- Asparagus asparagoides Scientific name
- Bridal Creeper, Florist's Smilax Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Exotic
- Major weed or pest
- Up to 765m Recorded at altitude
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