Getting hot

I cruised around the bushland on Sunday in search of veldgrass, also to mark the location of the fire lit in the bushland in November.

Fortunately the fire was lit in the 'barrens' area so it didn't burn a large area.

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End of year summary of activities

This is a compilation of our activities for the past 12 months.
FREESIA - hand weeding during winter (Friends of Shenton Bushland)

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LACHENALIA - hand weeding during winter (Friends of Shenton Bushland)

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MISCELLANEOUS
Hand weeded lupins, painted lady, and ixia during winter and spring (Friends of Shenton Bushland)

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Spraying organised by the City of Nedlands

Broadleaf weed spraying (Glyphosate) organised by the City of Nedlands

Black flag spraying (???) organised by the City of Nedlands

FLINDERS RANGES WATTLE
Hand removal by the Friends of Shenton Bushland

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Hand removal organised by the City of Nedlands

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GERALDTON CARNATION WEED
Hand weeding by the Friends of Shenton Bushland

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Hand weeding organised by the City of Nedlands

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VELDGRASS - hand weeded during summer

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Veldgrass spraying (Fusilade Forte) organised by the City of Nedlands

WATSONIA - hand weeded during spring (Friends of Shenton Bushland)

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Vetch - hand weeding organised by the City of Nedlands

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Bee hive removal organised by the City of Nedlands

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Recruitment following 'The Storm'

Shenton bushland has looked distinctly bare this year following the storm; the ground cover plants got shredded, and so, much of the ground cover disappeared leaving the soil bare and exposed to weed invasion.
Having been away for the past few weeks, it was most exciting to walk through the bushland on Sunday and discover millions of sedges (Alexgeorgea nitens, Desmocladus flexuosa) and other shrubs coming up despite the very dry winter. Hopefully they will survive the summer.
John and I went around the western section removing veldgrass that survived the spraying.
I also mapped any lomandra that looked like either maratima or hermaphrodites (hard to tell without the flowering spikes) since these are possible hosts for the endangered sun-moth (symenon gratiosa) that we will be looking for again in March.

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