City of Nedlands - Geraldton Carnation Weed(ing)

Vicki has organised a contractor to remove Geraldton Carnation Weed from the bushland - from the 3rd of September up to the 12th of November 2009. Thanks Vicki! The map of locations worked is shown below.

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Christmas (spiders) just around the corner!

When walking through some areas of the bushland the Jewel (or Christmas) Spiders (Astracantha minax)seemed to be out in force. These spiders appear to rely on their bright colours and hard spiny bodies to enable them to remain active in their webs all day.

This clump of Agave has been here for many years and isn't spreading fast. It would take a bob-cat and lots of disturbance to get rid of it, so we just keep a watch on it.

I had been watching the Agave to see if we could catch it in flower so that we can identify it more precisely. Looks like I just missed the flowering this year ...

I spent most of this morning weeding Watsonia remnants and veldgrass (perennial).I will need to come back next Sunday because there is still quite a bit in the Watsonia patch area.

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Continuing with fountain grass removal

John and I spent most of today removing the fountain grass we discovered along the southern boundary with the defence department - will need to contact the defence department to get them to remove the fountain grass in their land.
John took a photo of me pushing the wheelbarrow with the results of our labours back to the front gate.

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Newsletter #74 November 2009

Thanks to our volunteers
We couldn't deal with all of the weeds that constantly threaten the bushland without the help of volunteers – so thanks to all those who have come along to help this year.

John removing fountain grass flowers

Weed control activities for 2009
We still have a month or so of weeding to do this year, so the maps below may still change before the end of the year.
Freesia – area hand weeded (still to add areas sprayed by City of Nedlands contractors)

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Flinders ranges wattles removed

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Geraldton carnation weeds removed (and also marked for future attention)

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Lachenalia – we only removed isolated plants – will add maps of areas sprayed by City of Nedlands contractors.

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Miscellaneous weeds – lots of them!

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Pelargonium are scattered throughout the bushland, and we remove isolated plants as we come across them. This map shows large infestations we dealt with (pelargonium pull) and markers show future areas where we intend to work.

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We hand removed perennial veldgrass over summer and helped spray in winter. Contractors sprayed the rest of the area this year.

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Watsonia – hand weeded remnants. Also marked a couple of fresh outbreaks along eastern boundary.

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AGM
We are planning to hold our AGM early next year – probably a picnic at Matilda Bay – any suggestions for where to hold our meeting are welcome!

Getting back to the summer pattern

After the frenetic winter weeding period we are now settling back into a more relaxed summer weeding pattern, cruising around the bushland looking for the odd plant we missed during winter. On Sunday we explored the southern area of the bushland near the Karrakatta Army Barracks, and area that has been quite weedy in the past. We found the usual assortment of ti trees and fountain grass, and also removed a patch of Watsonia that we had discovered earlier in the year.

This is a plant that I was not familiar with - Stenanthum notiale (sub sp chamelum) a small shrub that at first we thought might have been an olive tree!

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