Re: New potential weed
- To: m*@ucdavis.edu
- Subject: Re: New potential weed
- From: S* Y* <s*@networking.stanford.edu>
- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1998 08:24:07 -0800
John,
Hope this is some reassurance. 6 years ago when I was wandering thru
Australia, I spent a week with the Conservation Trust in Townsville. We
spent a week clearing out rubber trees and lantana. I used to like
lantana when I was a little kid in Los Angeles but I don't think I can
bring myself to ever plant it now.
Sunia
Menlo Park, California
>Pampas grass (Cortaderia spp) is a bad weed in the bush here in NSW too,
>especially in the coastal heathlands around Sydney (Royal National Park). I
>don't know how serious they are about eradicating it; it is on the noxious
>weed list (W2 -- "must be fully and continually destroyed"), but that
>doesn't necessarily mean a thing -- the same is true of lantana and I've
>never noticed any public body (local council, railways, or even Nat Park
>people) bothering to do anything about the masses of that on their land.
>It's certainly hard work to get rid of pampas grass by digging it out, but
>presumably roundup would be effective if appropriately applied.
>
>John.
>
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